When Hiram Augustus Conant was born on February 21, 1845, in Turner, Maine, his father, Everett, was 35 and his mother, Larania, was 32. He married Flora Augusta Adkins on February 9, 1866, in his hometown. They had 14 children in 23 years. He died on September 22, 1897, in Buckfield, Maine, at the age of 52, and was buried there.
He fought in the Civil War
Sources
United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6D8-9ST : 17 October 2014), Hiram A Conant, Maine, United States; citing p. 41, family 359, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,036
United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VS-Q4V : 9 November 2014), Hiram A Conant in household of Everette Conant, Turner, Oxford, Maine, United States; citing family 498, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQC-2PH : 4 December 2014), Hiram A Conant, 22 Sep 1897; citing Death, Buckfield, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,001,827
Maine, Civil War Enlistment Papers, 1862-1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QB-NT41 : accessed 12 June 2017), Hiram A Conant, 16 Feb 1864; citing Turner, Turner, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, Maine State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm
Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DY-VJZ : 4 December 2014), Hiram A. Conant and Flora A. Adkins, 03 Feb 1866; citing Turner, Androscoggin, Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 12,255
New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD2G-SHR : 31 December 2014), Hiram Conant in entry for George I. Conant and Gertrude V. Bean, 11 Sep 1900; citing reference 2:24XPGGF; FHL microfilm 1,000,977
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