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Clement J Adams 
  Rank: Sgt Co: K Age: 27 Residence: Newfield Birthplace: Newfield Occupation: farmer
​Married/Single: S Height: 5' 6.5 Eyes: Bl Hair: Dk Complexion: Lt 
Promoted to Full Sgt on 1 March, 1863 

CLEMENT JACKSON ADAMS was born on 9 Dec 1833 in West Newfield, Maine, the son of Dr Stephen and Mary (Hobbs) (Marston) Adams [Gen History of Robert Adams, pg 174 and History of Parsonsfield, pg 383]. He died on 9 Apr 1899 in Newfield [Bidd Wkly Jrnl, iss dated 4/14/1899, pg 5; didn't see in ME vr] and is buried in the "Community" Cemetery in Newfield, located near the Adams cellar hole [YCCI, pg 1305].

On 6 June 1869, Clement married SARAH JANE DORMAN [called JENNIE S on most records], the daughter of Benjamin and Julia (Maddox) Dorman of Newfield. She was born in Newfield abt 30 Sept 1839 [calc from age at death; ages on censuses seem to indicate an 1841 birth year perhaps Oct 1841 as on 1900 rec] and died in Newfield on 14 May 1913 from pneumonia at age 73 yrs, 7 mos, 14 days [ME VR]. she is buried with her husband in the family plot. Sarah's brother, George H Dorman also served in the 27th Maine, as did the husband of her sister Lizzie, John R Wilson.

Clement was a produce merchant in Newfield and lived his entire life in town. His probate in York County [vol 207, pp 49,275,621] deeds all his estate to wife Jennie. John Bennett was executor. They did not have any children. 

NOTE: For more on the ancestry of this family, see "A Genealogical History of Robert Adams of Newbury, Mass and His Descendants 1635-1900" by Andrew N Adams c1900 Tuttle Co Printers, Rutland, VT. The pedigree was given as such: Clement (Dr Stephen,Simeon,Richard,Richard,Sgt Abraham,Robert).
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Additional source data:
1850 Newfield census
1860 Newfield, h.h. 496/507
1870 Newfield, h.h. 222/241
1880 Newfield (pg 22B): h.h. 191/198 [Clement and Jennie w/ Benjamin and Julia Dorman]
1890 Veteran Schedule: Clement in Newfield
1900 Newfield (pg 78A): h.h. 180/182 census gives birth date of Jennie as Oct, 1841 [age 58, widow)
1910 Newfield: h.h. 133/139
Civil War Pension Index: filed 1888, 21 Nov [app #679,225 cert #752,470] widow's dates hard to read [app #725,111 cert #522,51_]
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