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Leeman Bassel MAXWELL

Leeman Bassel MAXWELL

Male 1888 - 1956  (67 years)

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  • Name Leeman Bassel MAXWELL 
    Born 22 Aug 1888  Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    • Birthplace given in death record as Duck Creek, but both the WW I and WW II Draft Registration cards state Good Hope.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1917  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Census 1920  Coburns Fork (Jarvisville), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930, 1940  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer and stockman  [4
    Residence Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Died 28 May 1956  Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Buried K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on Jan 9 at Coburns Fork:
      Leemon B. Maxwell, 31, farmer (stock farm); wife Esta B, 25; dau Louise, 1 yr 8 mo; dau Eula V, 5 mo.

      1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (City of Salem, W. Main St.), enumerated on Apr 18 1930:
      L. Bassel Maxwell, 41, stock farmer, age 28 at time of first marriage; wife Blonda E, age illegible, age 17 at first marriage; dau Esta J, 12; dau Ula V, 10; son Joseph C, 9; dau Vanessa, 7; dau Madaline, 7; son Leeman M, 5; mother Mary A. Cox, 85, widowed.

      1940 Census, Harrison Co, WV (City of Salem), enumerated on Apr 19 1940 at 233 W. Main St:
      Leeman Maxwell, 51, stockman & farmer; wife Blonda M, 34, 2 yrs college; dau Louise, 22, single, 1 yr college (absent); dau Ula V, 21, single, 2 yrs college (absent); son Joseph C, 19; dau Vanessa M, 17; dau Enid M, 17; son Leeman M, 16; son Lewis F, 6.
    Person ID I54357  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2014 

    Father Leeman MAXWELL,   b. 30 Nov 1840, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 1920, Bluestone, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Mary Columbia BASSEL,   b. 18 Jan 1856, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1930, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F14305  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Esta Beulah COX,   b. 1 Dec 1894, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jun 1922, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years) 
    Married 4 Jan 1917  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
     1. Esta J. "Louise" MAXWELL,   b. 8 Apr 1918,   d. 8 Aug 1999  (Age 81 years)
     2. Ula Virginia "Ginny" MAXWELL,   b. 19 Sep 1919, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1980  (Age 60 years)
     3. Joseph Churchill MAXWELL,   b. 1921,   d. 1943  (Age 22 years)
    +4. Vanessa Mae MAXWELL,   b. 18 Jun 1922, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1998, Manatee Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     5. Enid Madelon MAXWELL,   b. 18 Jun 1922, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 2016  (Age 93 years)
    Family ID F22469  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Blonda Elaine MASON,   b. 30 Jun 1905, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1978, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)  [7
    Married 3 Jul 1923  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Children 
    +1. Leeman Mason "Dink" MAXWELL,   b. 2 Apr 1924, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 1962, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
     2. Lewis Franklin "Sam" MAXWELL,   b. 17 Jul 1933, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 2018  (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F22470  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    54357_MAXWELL_LeemanBassell_1888-1956_DeathCertificate.jpg
    54357_MAXWELL_LeemanBassell_1888-1956_DeathCertificate.jpg
    54357_MAXWELL_LeemanBassel_1930Census_HarrisonCoWV_CityofSalem_18Apr1930.jpg
    54357_MAXWELL_LeemanBassel_1930Census_HarrisonCoWV_CityofSalem_18Apr1930.jpg
    54357_MaxwellAutoCompany_WestUnionRecord_25Feb1915.jpg
    54357_MaxwellAutoCompany_WestUnionRecord_25Feb1915.jpg
    80080_RINGER_Glen_Larceny-Convicted-Sentenced_Dec1916.jpg
    80080_RINGER_Glen_Larceny-Convicted-Sentenced_Dec1916.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    2. [S2508] World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    5. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).

    6. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Leeman Bassell Maxwell, 28, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Esta Beulah Cox, 22, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Jan 4 1917.

    7. [S1604] Death record of son.

    8. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).