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Edwin Lewis MAXWELL

Edwin Lewis MAXWELL

Male 1889 - 1955  (65 years)

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  • Name Edwin Lewis MAXWELL 
    Born 14 Aug 1889  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1929  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1930  Ellicott City, Howard Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [5] 
    farmer 
    Residence 1934  Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 1940  Buckeye Run, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Education Staunton Military Academy  [8] 
    Occupation 1940  [7] 
    buyer for South Philadelphia Beef Co 
    Died 1955  [2] 
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Person ID I16363  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2018 

    Father Lewis M. MAXWELL,   b. 21 Feb 1843, Bluestone, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1934, Bluestone, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Mother Sarah Elizabeth GIVENS,   b. Oct 1870, Monroe Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1908  (Age ~ 37 years) 
    Family ID F24100  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Elizabeth FARR,   b. 19 May 1887,   d. 26 Jan 1913, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years)  [11] 
    Married 14 Nov 1911  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
    +1. Mary Agnes MAXWELL,   b. 15 Jan 1913,   d. 9 Dec 2004  (Age 91 years)
    Family ID F10679  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Nell Rae HACKER,   b. 5 Dec 1898, Pickens, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1929, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years) 
    Married 29 Nov 1916  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Howard County, Maryland, enumerated on Apr 22 1930 at Clarksville Pike in Ellicott City:
      Edward L. Maxwell, 42, farmer, widowed; son Edward L, 11; son Robert S, 10; son David L, 7; mother-in-law Leota Hess, 56, widowed; sister-in-law Wilda E. Hess, 15; boarder Effie P. Perine, 24, single. All born in West Virginia.
    Children 
    +1. Edwin Lewis MAXWELL, Jr.,   b. 9 Aug 1918, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1976, Miami, Miami-Dade Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    +2. Robert Samuel MAXWELL,   b. 1 Oct 1919, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 2017, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years)
     3. David Lee MAXWELL,   b. 6 Oct 1922, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1972, Dade Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
    Family ID F5881  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Alice HOOVER,   b. 22 Feb 1902, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1987  (Age 85 years) 
    Notes 
    • 1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 27 1940 on Route 50 at Buckeye:
      Edwin A. Maxwell, 50, b. WVa, 2 yrs high school, buyer for South Philadelphia Beef Co; wife Alice H, 35, b. WVa, 4 yrs college; dau Sarrah A, 8, b. Md; son John M, 4, b. WVa. All were residing in the same home in 1935. Randomly selected by the enumerator to answer some supplemental questions, Edwin identified his parents as Lewis & Sara Maxwell.
      NOTE: Basis for Edwin Maxwell's middle initial being given as A rather than L is not known.
    Children 
     1. Sarah Alice MAXWELL,   b. CA 1932, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Mar 2014  (Age ~ 82 years)
     2. John Marshall MAXWELL,   b. 21 Oct 1935, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 2014, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F50591  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    54357_MaxwellAutoCompany_WestUnionRecord_25Feb1915.jpg    		54357_MaxwellAutoCompany_WestUnionRecord_25Feb1915.jpg
    80080_RINGER_Glen_Larceny-Convicted-Sentenced_Dec1916.jpg    		80080_RINGER_Glen_Larceny-Convicted-Sentenced_Dec1916.jpg
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    4. [S1588] Death record of wife.

    5. [S2041] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    6. [S643] Obituary of father.

    7. [S2639] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    8. [S691] West Union Herald, 1/3/1907.

    9. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    10. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    11. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.