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Cornelius MAXSON

Cornelius MAXSON

Male 1843 - 1913  (69 years)


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  • Name Cornelius MAXSON
    Birth 30 May 1843  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 28 Jul 1862 to 29 Jun 1865  [4, 5, 6] 
    Pvt, Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (wounded: shot in left hip & arm) 
    Census 1870, 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1890  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 1900, 1910  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [7, 8, 9] 
    Death 27 May 1913  [1, 2] 
    Burial Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Person ID I50165  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2013

    Father Gideon MAXSON,   b. 31 Oct 1815, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Mother Catherine HUGHES,   b. 15 Apr 1820   d. 28 Mar 1849 (Age 28 years)
    Family ID F20691  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine L. DAVIS,   b. 29 Mar 1842, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1905 (Age 63 years)
    Marriage 21 Oct 1867  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
    +1. John Herbert MAXSON,   b. 31 Aug 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1944, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     2. Joseph Johnson MAXSON,   b. 9 May 1871
     3. Bezalelle MAXSON,   b. 9 May 1871   d. 1894 (Age 22 years)
    +4. Mary Virginia MAXSON,   b. Sep 1873   d. 12 Jun 1950 (Age ~ 76 years)
     5. Leander MAXSON,   b. 25 Jun 1874, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1874, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     6. Emma Jane MAXSON,   b. 14 Aug 1875   d. 2 May 1906 (Age 30 years)
    >7. Berkley Davis MAXSON,   b. 28 Mar 1877, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Sep 1961, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    +8. Arlington MAXSON,   b. 6 Aug 1878   d. 1949 (Age 70 years)
     9. Christian MAXSON,   b. 18 May 1880, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1880, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +10. Genevieve V. "Jennie" MAXSON,   b. Jun 1881, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1938, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 56 years)
    >11. Edward G. MAXSON,   b. 2 Jul 1884
     12. Alta May MAXSON,   b. 30 Nov 1887   d. 10 Apr 1889 (Age 1 year)
     13. Sarah Martha MAXSON,   b. 7 Jan 1889   d. 11 Feb 1891 (Age 2 years)
    Family ID F20695  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Cornelius Maxson    		Cornelius Maxson
    Cornelius Maxson & Catherine L Davis    		Cornelius Maxson & Catherine L Davis

  • Sources 
    1. [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 111.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

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

    4. [S2605] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], (National Park Service , Ancestry.com).

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

    6. [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    7. [S2005] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    8. [S2082] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    9. [S493] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp).

    10. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    11. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791510&Type=Marriage.