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Hiram MAXWELL

Hiram MAXWELL

Male 1878 - 1967  (89 years)

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  • Name Hiram MAXWELL 
    Census 1900, 10, 20, 30  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In 1900, listed as a boarder in the household of George W. & Nancy J. (Lipscomb) Maxwell. Two years later, Hiram married Nancy's niece Dosia Lipscomb.
      In 1930, location specified as Straight Fork.
    Born 12 Jul 1878  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Middle initial given as B in 1880 Census but as M in 1930 Census.
      Ages 4 in 1880 Census, 34 in 1910 Census, 44 in 1920 Census, and 54 in 1930 Census would put birth in about 1876. But his death record states birth date as Jul 5 1874, while the SSDI shows it as Jul 12 1878. Birth date on headstone is 1874.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3] 
    Residence Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1965  Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Died 14 Dec 1967  Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Buried Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I22055  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2014 

    Father James Thomas MAXWELL,   b. 5 Aug 1843 
    Mother Ruth E. WILLIAMS,   b. CA 1854, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F41397  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Dosia LIPSCOMB,   b. Jan 1881,   d. 8 Jan 1944, Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Married 25 May 1902  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
    +1. John Stewart MAXWELL,   b. CA 1903, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. James Edward Lawson MAXWELL,   b. 21 Dec 1909, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1994  (Age 84 years)
    +3. Albert Brent MAXWELL,   b. 16 Oct 1911, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1993, Holmes Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     4. Liquetta M. MAXWELL,   b. CA 1914
    +5. Okey Harlan MAXWELL,   b. 27 Jun 1915, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 2004, Wooster, Wayne Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F20719  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Florence Almira MCGARY,   b. 4 Mar 1894, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1965, Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 2 Jan 1954  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Family ID F8186  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

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

    3. [S2036] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    4. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    5. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    6. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S2550] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    8. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.