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Lamar MAXWELL

Lamar MAXWELL

Male 1829 - 1900  (~ 71 years)

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  • Name Lamar MAXWELL 
    Born CA 1829  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Co H, 6th WVa Inf, Civil War  [2, 3] 
    Census 1860  Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1891  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died Jan 1900  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Cause: struck by train 
    Buried (NO DATES)  EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I23083  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2015 

    Family 1 Margaret E. COTTRILL,   b. CA 1831,   d. Bef Oct 1891  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Married 18 Jun 1851  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Gilmer Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 11 1860:
      Lemar Maxwell, 30, b. Harrison Co Va, farmer (agent for Josiah Law); Margaret, 29, b. Harrison Co Va; Sarah, 5, b. Harrison Co Va; Virginia, 3, b. Harrison Co Va. [7, 8]
    Children 
    +1. Sarah Elizabeth MAXWELL,   b. CA 1851,   d. 17 Jan 1923, League, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years)
     2. Salina E. MAXWELL,   b. 17 Oct 1856, Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1856, Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. Virginia MAXWELL,   b. CA 1857, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. George W. MAXWELL,   b. CA 1862,   d. 27 Oct 1931, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years)
    Family ID F8622  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Esther MCGEORGE,   b. CA 1834, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 11 Oct 1891  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID F19025  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    2. [S263] Headstone (no dates given).

    3. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    4. [S2601] Doddridge County Republican.
      Local news item, Thursday, Jan 12 1900, in its entirety:
      "Lamar Maxwell was struck by the fast mail at Pennsboro one day last week and instantly killed."

    5. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    6. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).

    7. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    8. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    9. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as Lamar Maxwell, widowed, 62, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Easter Horner, widowed, 58, res. Ritchie Co. Married Oct 11 1891. Unclear if Horner is bride's maiden name or from a previous marriage.