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Frank Jarvis MAXWELL

Frank Jarvis MAXWELL

Male 1897 - 1964  (67 years)

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  • Name Frank Jarvis MAXWELL 
    Born 11 Nov 1897  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given as Nov 11 1897 in death record and SSDI, but 1900 Census (enumerated in Jun 1900) shows age as 1 and birth date as Nov 1898.
    Gender Male 
    Military From 1917 to 1919  [1, 3] 
    World War I - Ambulance Service in Europe (Italy, France, Germany, Belgium) 
    Census 1900 10 20 30 40  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education West Virginia University  [1] 
    Occupation Postmaster, Clarksburg Post Office  [1, 4, 5] 
    Residence Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 7] 
    Died 22 Dec 1964  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8] 
    Person ID I34848  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2018 

    Father William Brent MAXWELL,   b. 27 Apr 1850, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1930, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Lillie Belle JARVIS,   b. 5 May 1863, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1953, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Family ID F13717  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clara Friend GIBSON,   b. 22 Oct 1898, Beaver Falls, Beaver Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1948, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)  [1, 9] 
    Married 12 Oct 1920  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (City of Clarksburg), enumerated on Apr 2 1930 at 355 Buckhannon Avenue:
      Frank J. Maxwell, 32, b. WVa, no occupation, value of home $11,000, served in World War; wife Clara G, 31, b. Pa; son Frank Jr, 8y 8m, b. WVa; son William B, 4y 10m, b. WVa; servant Anna Sargent, 42, white female, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), single, child's nurse for private family; servant Jessie Armstrong, 29, Negro female, b. Ohio (both parents b. Ohio), married, servant for private family.

      1940 Census, Harrison Co, WV (City of Clarksburg), enumerated on Apr 12 1940 at 355 Buckhannon Avenue:
      Frank J. Maxwell, 42, postmaster at post office, value of home $14,000; wife Clara G, 41; son Frank J. Jr, 18; son Wm. Brent III, 14.
      The next enumerated household, at address 355-1/2 Buckhannon Ave, was that of Jessie Armstrong, 45, Negro female, b. Ohio, maid in private home.
    Children 
    +1. Frank Jarvis MAXWELL, Jr.,   b. 13 Jul 1921, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 2017, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
     2. William Brent MAXWELL, III,   b. 2 Jun 1925, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 2018, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    Documents
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    Family ID F13720  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1854] West Virginians of 1934-1935, (The Wheeling Intelligencer, Wheeling, WV (1936)), p. 103.

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S2039] 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    4. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    5. [S2638] 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    6. [S1588] Death record of wife.

    7. [S2113] 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    8. [S2269] Cemeteries of Clark District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV).

    9. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    10. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR, p. 203.