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Lewis M. MAXWELL

Lewis M. MAXWELL

Male 1843 - 1934  (91 years)


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  • Name Lewis M. MAXWELL  [1]
    Birth 21 Feb 1843  Bluestone, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5] 
    • Birth date given as Feb 1842 in 1900 Census, but Feb 21 1843 is on headstone, death record and obituary.
    Gender Male
    Census 1880, 1900 10 20 30  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1867  [6] 
    cattle merchant 
    Census 1870  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer, cattle man  [3, 5] 
    Residence Bluestone, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7] 
    Death 22 Oct 1934  Bluestone, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Burial Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 8] 
    Person ID I34254  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2016

    Father Franklin MAXWELL,   b. 16 Jun 1814, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jul 1892, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Mother Frances Jane REYNOLDS,   b. 12 Jan 1819, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Aug 1897, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F13448  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Alice M. HARPER,   b. 3 Jun 1848, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1884, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)  [1, 9]
    Marriage 2 Dec 1867  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Aug 2 1870:
      Lewis Maxwell, 26, farmer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $4,000; Alice, 22; Clarence, 2; Frances, 8 months, born Sep; Eli Nutter, 17, farm laborer.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 24 1880:
      Lewis Maxwell, 37, farmer; wife Alice, 28; son Clarence, 12; dau Frances, 11; son Lewis Brent, 8; dau Idell, 7; son Frank, 4; dau V. Grace, 2; servant Fannie Swann, 20, single; mother-in-law Sarah Bland, 65, widowed.
    Children 
    +1. Clarence MAXWELL,   b. 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1924, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    +2. Frances Jane "Fannie" MAXWELL,   b. 11 Sep 1869   d. 14 Sep 1901 (Age 32 years)
    +3. Lewis Brent "Lute" MAXWELL,   b. 9 Aug 1871   d. 7 Jun 1964, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     4. Alice Idell MAXWELL,   b. May 1873   d. 23 Jul 1886, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 13 years)
    +5. Franklin E. MAXWELL,   b. 25 Sep 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1958, Polk Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     6. (Female) MAXWELL,   b. 20 Sep 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    >7. V. Grace MAXWELL,   b. 18 Aug 1878   d. 8 Feb 1977 (Age 98 years)
    +8. Susie Pearl MAXWELL,   b. 1880   d. 9 Jun 1958, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F15000  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sarah Elizabeth GIVENS,   b. Oct 1870, Monroe Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1908 (Age ~ 37 years)  [5, 7]
    Marriage 1886  [10] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 6 1900:
      Lewis Maxwell, 57, b. Feb 1842 in W.Va., farmer, married 9 yrs (corrected from 40 yrs); wife Sarah E, 29 (corrected from 30), b. Oct 1870 in Ohio, both parents b. in Ohio, married 9 yrs, mother of 5 children (all still living); dau Susie P, 19, b. Jun 1881; son Edwin, 10, b. Aug 1889; son Everet, 8, b. Jul 1891; son Howard, 6, b. Aug 1893; dau Isabel, 5, b. Mar 1895; dau Mary E, 2, b. Dec 1897; servant Jesse Tempol, black female, 19, b. Jun 1880 in W.Va., single, day laborer.
      NOTE: Jessie May Temple was born Jun 12 1879 in Marion County, the illegitimate daughter of Julia Ann Union. She was listed as 2-year-old mulatto Jessie Union in the 1880 Census of Fairmont with her mother, who was a cook in a hotel. Julia Union married former slave Philip Sirer Temple (aka Quill Temple, born 1858) in West Union on Apr 13 1882. Quill Temple & Julia had four children together, but he was an abusive husband and father and eventually abandoned the family, moving to Ohio.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on May 12 1910:
      Lewis Maxwell, 66, widowed, farmer; son Edwin L, 20; son Evert W, 18; son Howard, 16; dau Isabelle, 14; dau Mary, 12; son Hugh, 9; dau Ruth, 7; son Leeman, 2; housekeeper Susie Smith, 22, single; sister-in-law Susie Givens, 31.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District):
      Lewis Maxwell, 75, widowed; sister-in-law Susie Givens, 44, single; dau Mary, 22, single.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 29 1930 at Arnolds Creek Road:
      Lewis Maxwell, 87, widowed; son Leeman Maxwell, 22, married, age 20 at time of first marriage; dau-in-law Sallie, 18, age 17 at first marriage; servant Susie Givens, 50, single, b. Ohio; boarder Jane Collins, 45, married; boarder Emma Collins, 15, single.
    Children 
    +1. Edwin Lewis MAXWELL,   b. 14 Aug 1889, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1955 (Age 65 years)
    >2. Everett William MAXWELL,   b. 7 Jul 1891   d. 9 Jun 1963, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    +3. John Howard MAXWELL,   b. 21 Aug 1893, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1973, Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    >4. Isabel Martha MAXWELL,   b. Mar 1895
    >5. Mary Elizabeth MAXWELL,   b. Dec 1897
     6. Hugh Jarvis MAXWELL,   b. 29 Jun 1900, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1942, McKeesport, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    +7. Ruth Virginia MAXWELL,   b. 22 Jul 1902, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Aug 1979, Easton, Talbot Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +8. Leeman MAXWELL, III,   b. 18 Apr 1908, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jun 1969, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F24100  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1604] Death record of son.

    2. [S14] Obituary.

    3. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    4. [S5] Headstone.

    5. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 152, Line 5 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791516&Type=Marriage.

    7. [S1570] Obituary of son.

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

    9. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    10. [S110] Obituary of husband.