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Abner M. MAXWELL

Abner M. MAXWELL

Male 1834 - 1909  (75 years)


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  • Name Abner M. MAXWELL
    Birth 18 Oct 1834  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • 1900 Census gives birth date as Oct 1834, but death record states age as 74y 18d at time of death, putting birth date at Oct 18 1835.
    Gender Male
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1900  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2] 
    Death 5 Nov 1909  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Burial South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I32467  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2014

    Father Abner MAXWELL,   b. 3 Oct 1784, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1864, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Mother Judith MODISETTE,   b. 23 Dec 1791   d. 23 Jun 1871 (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F13445  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lydia Jane P. WOOFTER,   b. 1 Aug 1842   d. 21 May 1903 (Age 60 years)  [5]
    Marriage 1862  [2, 6] 
    Notes 
    • Minnie Kendall Lowther's "History of Ritchie County," p. 602, states that Abner M. Maxwell married Lydia Jane Osbourne in 1862, and that they were the parents of, among others, Levi Maxwell and Porter Maxwell. But Doddridge County death records show the parents of Levi Maxwell, who died Oct 3 1929, as Abner Maxwell & Lydia Jane Woofter; and Harrison Co death records show the parents of Porter Maxwell, who died Dec 6 1934, as Abner Maxwell & Jane Woofter.

      1870 Census, Doddridge County WV (New Milton Township), enumerated on Aug 5 1870:
      Abner M. Maxwell, 35, farmer; Lidia J, 27; Porter, 6; Mary F, 4; Levi, 3; Judah (middle initial A ?), 1.

      1880 Census, Doddridge County WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 29 1880:
      Abner Maxwell, 45; farmer; wife Jane, 37; son Porter, 16; dau Frances, 14; son Levi, 12; dau Juline A (?), 11; dau Ella J, 9; dau Rebecca B, 7; son James, 3.
      (Note: The next enumerated household was that of Abner's brother James.)

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District):
      Abner M. Maxwell, 65, b. Oct 1834, married 38 yrs; wife Lyda J, 57, b. Aug 1842, mother of 8 children (7 still living); son James A, 22, b. Jun 1877; son William B, 18, b. Jul 1881.
    Children 
    +1. Porter MAXWELL,   b. 18 Mar 1864, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1934, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    >2. Mary Frances MAXWELL,   b. CA 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Levi MAXWELL,   b. 27 Oct 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 1929, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    >4. Judah MAXWELL,   b. CA 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Ella Jane MAXWELL,   b. 24 Nov 1870   d. 1 Aug 1906 (Age 35 years)
     6. Rebecca Blanche MAXWELL,   b. 26 Sep 1872   d. 12 Feb 1892, Toms Fork, Porto Rico, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years)
    >7. James Alpha MAXWELL,   b. 26 Jun 1877, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1964 (Age 87 years)
    >8. William Bruce MAXWELL,   b. 1 Jul 1881, Market, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1968, Newark, Licking Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F12611  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S2077] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    3. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    4. [S2555] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    5. [S1604] Death record of son.

    6. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 602.