Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: Frank Jarvis MAXWELL / Clara Friend GIBSON (F13720)  [1, 2

m. 12 Oct 1920


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  • Frank Jarvis MAXWELLFather | Male
    Frank Jarvis MAXWELL

    Born  11 Nov 1897  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  22 Dec 1964  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  12 Oct 1920  [3]  Harrison Co, WV  [3] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  William Brent MAXWELL | F13717 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Lillie Belle JARVIS | F13717 Group Sheet 

    Clara Friend GIBSONMother | Female
    Clara Friend GIBSON

    Born  22 Oct 1898  Beaver Falls, Beaver Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  14 Aug 1948  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Francis Sprigg GIBSON | F14412 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sevilla Shaffner FRIEND | F14412 Group Sheet 

    Frank Jarvis MAXWELL, Jr.Child 1 | Male
    + Frank Jarvis MAXWELL, Jr.

    Born  13 Jul 1921  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  12 Dec 2017  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Susan Cone HARNISH | F50725 
    Married  13 Jul 1957  Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    William Brent MAXWELL, IIIChild 2 | Male
    William Brent MAXWELL, III

    Born  2 Jun 1925  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Nov 2018  Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     


  • Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (City of Clarksburg), enumerated on Apr 2 1930 at 355 Buckhannon Avenue:
      Frank J. Maxwell, 32, b. WVa, no occupation, value of home $11,000, served in World War; wife Clara G, 31, b. Pa; son Frank Jr, 8y 8m, b. WVa; son William B, 4y 10m, b. WVa; servant Anna Sargent, 42, white female, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), single, child's nurse for private family; servant Jessie Armstrong, 29, Negro female, b. Ohio (both parents b. Ohio), married, servant for private family.

      1940 Census, Harrison Co, WV (City of Clarksburg), enumerated on Apr 12 1940 at 355 Buckhannon Avenue:
      Frank J. Maxwell, 42, postmaster at post office, value of home $14,000; wife Clara G, 41; son Frank J. Jr, 18; son Wm. Brent III, 14.
      The next enumerated household, at address 355-1/2 Buckhannon Ave, was that of Jessie Armstrong, 45, Negro female, b. Ohio, maid in private home.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    2. [S1854] West Virginians of 1934-1935, (The Wheeling Intelligencer, Wheeling, WV (1936)), p. 103.

    3. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR, p. 203.