Who wants a partial obituary? I think the person posting them is doing a great service! I don't have any recent ancestors in Montgomery County but I certainly don't object to obituaries being posted for those who do. Old or new, they are definitely genealogy. I can't count how many times I have been too late to get a copy of an online obituary. Regarding the copyright issue, facts cannot be copyrighted. Format can but the person posting them is not posting them in the original format. Methinks some people are living life just to be critical of others. Please, we are all on this planet together. Let's try to be more tolerant. Lif is too short. These lists are for sharing. If you don't like to see others getting information when you aren't, unsubscribe. Alternatively, post you own information. Maybe you will receive an unexpected surprise. HERE IS MY SHARE FOR TODAY: Family of Thomas Maxwell and Rachel Chambers Generation No. 1 1. Thomas2 Maxwell (Thomas1)1 was born December 30, 1767 in or near Trenton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, and died October 05, 1820 in a few miles southeast of Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio. He married Rachel Chambers in New Jersey1, daughter of John Chambers. She was born in New Jersey. Notes for Thomas Maxwell: Montgomery County, Ohio Estate - Case #447; Page 259 Maxwell, Thomas. Administratrix: Rachel Maxwell. Sec: Fletcher Emley and Andrew Small, Sr. November 3, 1820. Guardian Book 1 - Case #802; P321 - March 5, 1827 Maxwell, Nathaniel, 18 years, Phebe, age 16 years, heirs of Thomas Maxwell chose Thomas Maxwell as their guardian. Sec: Fletcher Emly and Court appointed same as guardian of George Maxwell, age 13 years. _________________________ I am very skeptical of the aka with the middle name Van. It was posted by a person who was related to a brother of George McCann and John B., Nathaniel Van Maxwell, through a sibling marriage. She had no direct relationship. She also had nothing to support the name. I have included it only as a possibility and not as fact. More About Thomas Maxwell: Burial: Aft. October 05, 1820, New Jersey Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Carlisle, Warren County, Ohio Life Span: 52 years, 9 months, 3 days Occupation: Chairmaker More About Rachel Chambers: 1820 Census: 1820, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio - Page 145 Marriage Notes for Thomas Maxwell and Rachel Chambers: The first five children listed with this couple have asterisks after their names. That is because I am still researching the connections and do not have definite proof of the family relationships. It is easier for me to carry them as their children while I continue the research. I do know that Thomas and Rachel did have twelve children. Several pieces of information suggest strongly that the first five children are closely related to Thomas and Rachel if they were not, in fact, their children. Children of Thomas Maxwell and Rachel Chambers are: 2 i. David*3 Maxwell, born Abt. 1792 in New Jersey. He married Elizabeth McCashon March 24, 1814 in Greene County, Ohio. Notes for David* Maxwell: Thomas and Rachel (Chambers) Maxwell had twelve children. I have no absolute proof that David was one of them. He is mentioned several times in estate administration documents. He may have been a brother, cousin or other relation. More About David* Maxwell: 1820 Census: 1820, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio - Page 145 1850 Census: August 17, 1850, Van Buren Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana - Page 322B Occupation: August 17, 1850, Farmer 3 ii. Rachel* Maxwell, born January 14, 1796 in New Jersey; died May 10, 1859 in Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio. She married Daniel Small February 08, 1816 in Montgomery County, Ohio; born March 13, 1788 in Pennsylvania; died September 14, 1823 in Montgomery County, Ohio. Notes for Rachel* Maxwell: Thomas and Rachel (Chambers) Maxwell had twelve children. I have no absolute proof that Rachel was one of them. Her husband and father-in-law are mentioned several times in estate administration documents. She may have been a sister, cousin or other relation. Also included in the administration documents is a bill for $7.75 from a Dr. Benjamin Dubois of Warren County, Ohio for "Medicine and attendance on himself [Thomas Maxwell, Deceased] and his family in his last illness." A sworn deposition was given by Dr. Dubois in Franklin, Ohio on March 28, 1821. More About Rachel* Maxwell: 1850 Census: August 02, 1850, Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio - Page 33A Burial: Aft. May 10, 1859, Washington Church Cemetery, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio Life Span: 63 years, 3 months, 26 days More About Daniel Small: 1820 Census: 1820, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio - Page 148 More About Daniel Small and Rachel* Maxwell: Married by: February 08, 1816, Charles Hardy Recorded: April 01, 1816, Montgomery County, Ohio 4 iii. Samuel* Maxwell, born Bet. 1797 - 1798 in New Jersey; died March 03, 1874 in Middletown, Butler County, Ohio. He married Eleanor Conover February 23, 1820 in Warren County, Ohio; born Abt. 1798 in New Jersey. Notes for Samuel* Maxwell: Thomas and Rachel (Chambers) Maxwell had twelve children. I have no absolute proof that was one of them. He is mentioned several times in estate administration documents. He may have been a nephew, cousin or other relation. ____________________ Dayton Daily Journal March 9. 1874 Samuel Maxwell died Tues. March 3rd at his residence in Middletown. Age 77. Remains taken to Piqua on Thurs. for internment. More About Samuel* Maxwell: 1850 Census: July 17, 1850, Spring Creek Township, Miami County, Ohio - Page 318B 1860 Census: July 24, 1860, Spring Creek Township, Miami County, Ohio - Page 338A Burial: Aft. March 03, 1874, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio Occupation 1: July 17, 1850, Farmer Occupation 2: July 24, 1860, Farmer More About Eleanor Conover: 1850 Census: July 17, 1850, Spring Creek Township, Miami County, Ohio - Page 318B More About Samuel* Maxwell and Eleanor Conover: Marriage license: February 22, 1820, Warren County, Ohio Married by: February 23, 1820, Francis Monfort, V.D.M. 5 iv. Sarah* Maxwell. She married John Vinder November 24, 1823 in Montgomery County, Ohio. Notes for Sarah* Maxwell: Thomas and Rachel (Chambers) Maxwell had twelve children. I have no absolute proof that Sarah was one of them. She may have been a sister, cousin, other relation or no relation at all. More About John Vinder and Sarah* Maxwell: Married by: November 24, 1823, M. G. Wallace, V.D.M. Recorded: June 02, 1824, Montgomery County, Ohio 6 v. Thomas* Maxwell, born May 29, 1800 in Monmouth County, New Jersey; died October 11, 1881 in Miami County, Ohio. He married (1) Susannah John February 04, 1824 in Montgomery County, Ohio2; born Abt. March 31, 1805 in Ohio; died April 11, 1840 in Miami County, Ohio. He married (2) Anna McCurdy Aft. 1839; born Bet. 1790 - 1797 in Pennsylvania; died April 14, 1874 in Miami County, Ohio. Notes for Thomas* Maxwell: Thomas and Rachel (Chambers) Maxwell had twelve children. I have no absolute proof that Thomas was one of them. He may have been a nephew, cousin or other relation. He was appointed guardian of the three minor children, Nathaniel, Phebe and George. See notes for the Thomas Maxwell born 1767. More About Thomas* Maxwell: Died 2: October 11, 1884, Miami County, Ohio 1850 Census: July 27, 1850, Staunton Township, Miami County, Ohio - Page 26B 1860 Census: July 30, 1860, Staunton Township, Miami County, Ohio - Page 309B 1870 Census: July 07, 1870, Staunton Township, Miami County, Ohio - Page 583A 1880 Census: June 07, 1880, Staunton Township, Miami County, Ohio - Page 323A Burial: Raper Chapel Cemetery, Miami County, Ohio Life Span: 81 years, 5 months, 2 days Occupation 1: July 27, 1850, Farming Occupation 2: July 30, 1860, Retired Farmer Occupation 3: July 07, 1870, Retired Farmer More About Susannah John: Died 2: 1839 Died 3: April 16, 1848, Miami County, Ohio Burial: Raper Chapel Cemetery, Miami County, Ohio Life Span: 35 years, 11 days More About Thomas* Maxwell and Susannah John: Married by: February 04, 1824, John C. Brooke, P.G. Recorded: June 02, 1824, Montgomery County, Ohio More About Anna McCurdy: Died 2: 1879 1850 Census: July 27, 1850, Staunton Township, Miami County, Ohio - Page 26B 1860 Census: July 30, 1860, Staunton Township, Miami County, Ohio - Page 309B 1870 Census: July 07, 1870, Staunton Township, Miami County, Ohio - Page 583A Burial: Raper Chapel Cemetery, Miami County, Ohio 7 vi. John B. Maxwell, born Bet. 1801 - 1802 in New Jersey. He married (1) Sarah Conover January 08, 1824 in Warren County, Ohio; died Bet. August - December 1826. He married (2) Elizabeth Small December 19, 1826 in Montgomery County, Ohio; born October 09, 1803 in Ohio; died March 28, 1883 in Cambridge, Story County, Iowa. Notes for John B. Maxwell: May 19, 2004 - All the facts I have in my possession very strongly suggest that John B. Maxwell is a very close relative of George McCann Maxwell (1814 -1889]. I believe he is his brother. More About John B. Maxwell: 1850 Census: August 17, 1850, Van Buren Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana - Page 324A 1860 Census: July 10, 1860, Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana - Page 671 Occupation 1: August 17, 1850, Farmer Occupation 2: July 10, 1860, Farmer More About John Maxwell and Sarah Conover: Marriage license: January 06, 1824, Warren County, Ohio Married by: January 08, 1824, Elias Vickers, E.C.C. More About Elizabeth Small: 1850 Census: August 17, 1850, Van Buren Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana - Page 324A 1860 Census: July 10, 1860, Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana - Page 671 1870 Census: July 28, 1870, Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana - Page 365B 1880 Census: June 09, 1880, Union Township, Story County, Iowa - Page 365C Burial: March 29, 1883, Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Story County, Iowa More About John Maxwell and Elizabeth Small: Married by: December 19, 1826, Jacob Mulford, M.G. 8 vii. Nathaniel Van Maxwell3, born July 10, 1809 in three miles northeast of Franklin, Warren County, Ohio4; died March 08, 1886 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio. He married Eleanor Denise November 18, 18305; born July 22, 1811 in a log cabin built on the west side of the Great Miami River two miles north of Franklin, Warren County, Ohio; died July 20, 1898 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio. Notes for Nathaniel Van Maxwell: >From Maxwell Family History - Nathaniel Van Maxwell [1809 -- 1886]: businessman, Nathaniel was born in Warren County, Ohio, the son of Thomas and Rachel Maxwell. He moved to Centreville, Ohio, as a young man, and established a general store, which grew to be quite successful. He served as treasurer of the township for forty-four years, and he was a founder of the Centreville Union Academy. Maxwell was a delegate to numerous local and state conventions, and he was a trustee of the Glendale Female College. Gravestone lists birth date as Jul 10, 1809 and death date as March 5, 1886. >From the Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, - Vol. I-X (10). Boston, MA: The Biographical Society, 1904. Johnson, Rossiter, ed. MAXWELL, Nathaniel Van, merchant, was born in Warren county, Ohio, July 10, 1809; son of Thomas and Rachel (Chambers) Maxwell, and grandson of Thomas Maxwell, who came to America from Scotland about 1760. His father [p.313] removed to Montgomery county, Ohio, and died there about 1820, and Nathaniel was apprenticed to a tailor and about 1828 removed to Centreville. He abandoned his trade in 1842 and with Ellis S. Bradstreet established a general store. In 1846 Bradstreet withdrew and the business was continued by Mr. Maxwell. He also served as treasurer of his township almost continuously, 1842-86; was a founder of the Centreville Union academy, 1847; trustee of Glendale Female college and a leader in the public-school movement. He was a Henry Clay Whig and a founder of the Republican party in Ohio. He supported Salmon P. Chase for the party nomination for governor before the Whig convention of 1855 and the same year was defeated for representative in the state legislature by a small majority. He served as delegate to numerous county, district and stats conventions, which latter he reached on horseback riding more than one hundred miles to the state capital. He actively supported Abraham Lincoln for President in 1860 and the government in the civil war. He was married, Nov. 18, 1830, to Eleanor, daughter of Sidney and Anna (Conover) Denise of Huguenot and Dutch stock. She died July 20, 1898. Their eldest son was Sidney Denise Maxwell (q.v.). Mr. Maxwell died in Centreville, Ohio, March 8, 1886 >From The Dayton Daily Journal (March 1886) - Death of Nathaniel V. Maxwell The announcement yesterday of the death of Nathaniel V. Maxwell, perhaps the oldest merchant in this county, and one of the old citizens of the Miami Valley, will be read with deep sorrow by a host of friends in this and adjoining counties, as well as in the State. He had been unusually well during the winter, until last Tuesday, when about the middle of the afternoon he was taken with a chill which developed into and attack of catarrhal fever, with serious bronchial complications that resulted in his death at 7:14 p.m. on Monday, at his late residence in Centreville, of this county. He was very sick from the first, and being advanced in years and of delicate constitution, the attack the attack proved more than he could bear. Mr. Maxwell was on of the few old personal landmarks remaining in the southeastern part of the county, nearly all of his contemporaries having preceded him and gone to their reward. For forty-four year he had been a merchant in Centreville, and died while yet engaged in the personal management of his business, and during all this period no man ever pursued a more unswerving course of business integrity. No not of his ever went to protest. No man ever lost a cent by him under any circumstances. In this long period of business intercourse he was a conspicuous figure of commercial honor. His word everywhere was recognized as equal to his bond. Prior to Mr. Maxwell's career as a merchant his occupation was that of a tailor, to which, after the death of his father, he had been apprenticed in Miamisburg in 1825, when about sixteen years of age. In 1829, he was sent by his principal to open a tailor shop in Centerville, when business of this kind was quite different from the present day, which soon passed into his own hands, and which in about twelve years was abandoned for the general dry goods business, Mr. Maxwell first associating himself with Ellis S. Bradstreet, now of this city, under the firm name of Maxwell & Bradstreet. In 1846, this firm was dissolved, Mr. Maxwell thereafter, during the remainder of the long period which followed up to the present time, having conducted the business in his own name. Nor was he solely a business man. He was actively and influentially with everything in his part of the county having for its object the development, education and morality, and the improvement of the community. A man of singular probity, he was a marked person in the community where he, for 57 years, had been a potential public factor. A prominent and loyal Whig during the existence of that party, he was still the uncompromising opponent of human slavery, and when the time came in 1856, for the organization of the Republican party, the new political organization found in him an enthusiastic supporter. He attended the Ohio State convention that year, and was an earnest friend of the nomination of the late Salmon P. Chase as a candidate for the Governor of the State. He was opposed to the Silver Grey element of his party from Montgomery county who contended that Mr. Chase could not carry Mr. Maxwell's own strong Whig township, to which the latter replied that unless they placed whoever they nominated on a strong anti-slavery platform they would certainly fail. The wise counsels of such men as he prevailed and the sequel the country now fully comprehends. Mr. Maxwell frequently represented his county at State conventions, sometimes riding on horseback the whole distance, the trip taking a week. He was once or twice a candidate of his party for the Legislature prior to the war; was prominent in the counsels of both the Whig and Republican parties in the earlier years of his life and an earnest supporter of the Union cause during the rebellion, giving liberally both of substance and time to the support of the Government's defenders. In the year 1842, he became the treasurer of Washington township and held the office, with the exception of one or two years, from that time until his death, making a service of more than forty years. In late years, though a pronounced Republican he had no opponent, the members of both parties uniting in his election to a position which in all this time he had so faithfully filled. The last working day of his life was mainly devoted to his office. He thus died in the harness of public service. On the subject of religion he was an adherent at the Presbyterian Church. For many years a trustee, and entertained broad views. In the last days of his illness, in frequent conversations with the members of his family, he expressed the largest faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, saying that for years, He had been his "only hope, " a hope, as he expressed it, "both sure and steadfast." Few men in their closing hours have given such beautiful and satisfactory evidence of faith in the fundamental truths of the Christian religion. Surrounded by his sorrowing family, he said to them, Don't cry. We shall pass over. It won't be long." When the hour of dissolution drew near, he passed into a profound slumber, but in an hour he opened his eyes, recognizing those about him and speaking to them. After the lapse of another hour, when one of the physicians spoke to him in a strong tone, he was again aroused, and on one of his children asking him if all was well with him, he replied, making a great effort to express himself, "very well." These were the last words he ever spoke, remaining thence in deep sleep and with laborious respiration for several hours, and until he passed away without a struggle as peacefully as the day closes. Mr. Maxwell's wife, who, at the age of seventy-four, survives him, was the daughter of the late Sidney Denise, of this county. He had five children; Colonel Sidney D. Maxwell, the Superintendent of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. Marcellus Maxwell, also of Cincinnati; Mrs. Dr. William H. Lamme, of Centreville; Mrs. John M. Adams, of Medway Clark county, in this State, and Miss Addie R. Maxwell, who remained at home and was intensely devoted to her father. All these were with him in his closing days and hours, administering to his wants, and doing everything that could be done for his recovery, and to make his condition as comfortable as possible. He educated his children and left to them the priceless legacy of a singularly well-spent life--a life in which charity was distinguished by a multitude of expressions, of which none but the poor ever knew. More About Nathaniel Van Maxwell: Date born 2: July 10, 1803, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio6 1850 Census: July 24, 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio - Page 20A 1860 Census: June 07, 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio - Page 094B 1870 Census: June 28, 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio - Page 793A 1880 Census: June 19, 1880, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio Burial: Aft. March 08, 1886, Centerville Cemetery, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio Occupation 1: June 28, 1870, Dry Goods Merchant Occupation 2: June 19, 1880, Dry Goods More About Eleanor Denise: 1850 Census: July 24, 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio - Page 20A 1860 Census: June 07, 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio - Page 094B 1870 Census: June 28, 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio - Page 793A 1880 Census: June 19, 1880, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio (Listed as Abigail) Burial: Centerville Cemetery, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio 9 viii. Phoebe Chambers Maxwell, born Bet. 1811 - 1812 in Ohio. She married Robert Gay January 24, 1833 in Montgomery County, Ohio; born Bet. 1798 - 1804 in Virginia or Ohio (probably Virginia). More About Phoebe Chambers Maxwell: 1850 Census: August 14, 1850, Van Buren Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana - 316B 1860 Census: July 10, 1860, Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana - Page 671 1870 Census: June 21, 1870, Shelby Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana - Page 317B More About Robert Gay: 1850 Census: August 14, 1850, Van Buren Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana - 316B 1860 Census: July 10, 1860, Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana - Page 671 1870 Census: June 21, 1870, Shelby Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana - Page 317B 1880 Census: June 23, 1880, Prairie Township, White County, Indiana - Page 343B Occupation 1: August 14, 1850, Farmer Occupation 2: July 10, 1860, Farmer Occupation 3: June 21, 1870, Farmer More About Robert Gay and Phoebe Maxwell: Married by: January 24, 1833, J. L. Belville, M.G. 10 ix. George McCann Maxwell, born January 04, 1814 in Montgomery County, Ohio; died August 02, 1889 in Cambridge, Story County, Iowa. He married (1) Amelia Winebrenner July 25, 1833 in Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio8; born September 22, 1814 in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland; died July 12, 1860 in Story County, Iowa. He married (2) Caroline E. Ingersoll November 11, 1860 in Story County, Iowa9; born Bet. 1831 - 1833 in Pennsylvania; died June 20, 1867 in Story County, Iowa. He married (3) Angeline Sweet April 05, 1867 in Cambridge, Story County, Iowa10; born September 18, 1842 in Lone Tree, Johnson County, Iowa; died October 09, 1906 in Aurora, Brookings County, South Dakota. Notes for George McCann Maxwell: >From the Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Story County, Iowa (1890) George McCann Maxwell was born in Montgomery County, Ohio on January 4, 1814. He was the youngest of twelve children. He was reared as an agriculturist, mechanic and merchant. His early scholastic training was in the old subscription schools. Although he did not receive the golden opportunities of later generations, he cheerfully and with vigor seized every privilege that presented itself for the improvement of his intellectual faculties. He commenced earning his own living at the early age of fourteen years. Young George had not a dollar with which to begin the battle of life, his only capital being willing hands, a good constitution and an industrious and economical disposition. From his native state, he first emigrated to La Fayette, Indiana. In 1856, he relocated again settling in Story County, Iowa. The country was then in a virgin state, comprising low marsh land, offering but little encouragement to early pioneers. Very few residences were there at the time. Cambridge was but a hamlet. George traveled across the state by stage from Davenport to Des Moines. He then walked across the country to Cambridge in Story County. He was elected the first county superintendent of schools but also followed the occupation of a land surveyor. George always supported the men and measures of the Republican party. During the War of the Rebellion he filled the position of provost-marshal in Story County. After that time he became a stronger partisan than ever. He soon became well known throughout the region for his broad intelligence, liberal and progressive ideas, also his sterling integrity. The people showed the correctness of their judgment by electing him to represent them in the state congress from 1863 to 1870. Mr. Maxwell was a prime mover in causing the state to build the State Agricultural College at Ames. Vigorous and persevering, he pushed to perfection this grand and noble institution of erudition of which all may be justly proud. This important factor in the education of the masses is an institution that gives the students a full scientific or classical education. While in congress, Mr. Maxwell was also the originator of a bill making it a law that farmers and owners of estates, or farms, who have partition fences, must keep up their part of the fence. This law proved to be a great blessing to the agriculturists of the state. George served two terms as representative and one term as State Senator. This accomplishment speaks more loudly than words both to his ability and to the high esteem in which he was held by his fellow citizens. The measures which he upheld were always for the people and by the people. To him may be traced the direct cause of the erection of many commodious and substantial brick schoolhouses which dot the fertile prairies of Story County. Mr. Maxwell married three times. On July 25, 1832 he married Miss Amelia Winebrenner in Miamisburg, Ohio. Their union produced seven children: Joseph Warren, Christian, Elizabeth, Charles B., David, Huston Taylor and Mary. After living several years as a widow, George took as his second wife a Miss Caroline E. Ingersoll. They exchanged vows on November 11, 1860. Caroline bore George four sons: Sidney Ingersoll, Henry Ingersoll, George Chambers and William. George was a successful man of business. With his sons he built up a splendid practice throughout Story County, especially in the vicinity of Cambridge. During twenty-three years of mercantile experience he accumulated a large fortune. His death occurred on August 2, 1889 from a stroke of paralysis. He was mourned not only by his immediate and sorrowing household, but by the entire population of Story County, who knew him as a man of principle, honor and sterling worth. _________________________ Cambridge Garland Cambridge, Iowa Friday, August 9, 1889 Died August 2nd at 8 o'clock P. M. at his residence in Cambridge, Iowa, the Hon. George M. Maxwell. The funeral services were held in the M. E. church in Cambridge Sunday A. M. and the body interred in the cemetery at Iowa Center in the afternoon. The largest number of persons ever assembled in Cambridge on a funeral occasion were in attendance last Sabbath, paying their tribute of respect in the funeral rites of Uncle George Maxwell. Mr. Maxwell was 75 years 9 months and 28 days old at the time of his death. He was born in Miamisburg Montgomery county Ohio. He moved to Iowa in 1856 and to Cambridge in 1867, and for the last 22 years has been most intimately associated with the interests of Cambridge and Story county. Mr. Maxwell being a man of great brain power, was during his life chosen to many places of honor and trust; and faithful to his constituents and the laws of his country, never failed to do his whole duty at all times and in every place, He at one time served as Mayor of Lafayette Indiana [He was actually mayor of Delphi, Indiana, not Lafayette.], and during the War of the Rebellion was Provost Marshall for this district of Iowa. He served in the Legislature of Iowa as Representative and as Senator two terms. During all his life in official capacity, in business transactions and social intercourse, he was always found to be a man of true integrity, and we can truly record the fact that no man in Story county had more admiring friends than Hon G. M. Maxwell. He leaves a large family to mourn his loss, and they are but a tithe of those who are deeply bereaved by the death of the noble Uncle George Maxwell. Having spent a life so full of merit, it may well be said of him, "Well done good and faithful servant!" He has fought a good fight and there is laid up for him in Heaven a crown of glory. We shall not with our mortal vision see him again, but we know if we are faithful to the end to do those things commanded us in God's word, we shall at the last in the twinkling of an eye be changed and the dead of earth and sea and the living of Heaven shall be caught up together to ever be in the presence of the Lord when sorrow and bereavement will not afflict us, so with patience we must run the race of life, laying aside every weight and hindrance and finally receive the crown of everlasting life that awaits all those who are faithful in Christ Jesus. More About George McCann Maxwell: 1850 Census: September 13, 1850, Third Ward, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana - Page 72B 1860 Census: July 25, 1860, Iowa Center, Indian Creek Township, Story County, Iowa - Page 796 1870 Census: June 15, 1870, Union Township (P.O. Cambridge), Story County, Iowa - Page 169A 1880 Census: June 28, 1880, Union Township (Village of Cambridge), Story County, Iowa - Page 375C 1885 Census: 1885, Cambridge, Story County Iowa - Page 624 Baptism: October 27, 1816, New Jersey Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, Warren County, Ohio Burial: August 04, 1889, Woodland Cemetery, Iowa Center, Story County, Iowa Occupation 1: June 28, 1880, Merchant Occupation 2: September 13, 1850, Baker Occupation 3: July 25, 1860, Farmer Occupation 4: June 15, 1870, Variety Store Occupation 5: 1885, Dry Goods Merchant More About Amelia Winebrenner: 1850 Census: September 13, 1850, Third Ward, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana - Page 73A 1860 Census: July 25, 1860, Iowa Center, Indian Creek Township, Story County, Iowa - Page 796 Burial: Woodland Cemetery, Iowa Center, Story County, Iowa11 Christening: February 26, 1815, Zion Reformed Church, Hagerstown, Washington County, Pennsylvania Life Span: 46 years11 Marriage Notes for George Maxwell and Amelia Winebrenner: The Maxwell Family Bible lists George and Amelia's marriage date as July 25th, 1832. Montgomery County, Ohio Marriage Records, Volume B-1 (1827-1837) lists the date as July 25th, 1833. It was not recorded until September 26th, 1833. More About George Maxwell and Amelia Winebrenner: Marriage 1: July 25, 1833, Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio12 Marriage 2: July 25, 1832, Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio13 Married by: July 25, 1833, N. Worley14 Recorded: September 26, 1833, Montgomery County, Ohio14 More About Caroline E. Ingersoll: 1860 Census: July 25, 1860, Iowa Center, Indian Creek Township, Story County, Iowa - Page 796 Burial: Woodland Cemetery, Iowa Center, Story County, Iowa15 Life Span: 36 years15 Notes for Angeline Sweet: >From the Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Story County, Iowa (1890) Mrs. Angeline Maxwell is the relict of the late Hon. George M. Maxwell, a sketch of whom immediately precedes this. Her parents were born in Ohio, her father in 1801 and her mother in 1806. The former was a brick and stone mason by trade, but also gave considerable attention to agriculture, his death occurring at the age of forty-four, his wife passing from this life at the age of eighty years. To them a family of five children were born: William (who is a farmer in Johnson County, Iowa), Martha (the wife of Henry Walker, a tiller of the soil in Johnson County), Louisa (wife of Z. S. Cray, a farmer of Page County) and Angeline (the subject of this sketch). She obtained a good common-school education in Iowa, and after reaching womanhood was first married to a Mr. Harkell, a native of New York, who died during the late war while serving with Sherman, being with that general on his famous march to the sea. [Other more reliable records show that his name was actually Haskell.] His widow was married to the Hon. George M. Maxwell on the 5th of April, 1867, and to their union a family of eight children were born: Adda (who was educated in the schools of Cambridge, and took a full course in the Iowa City Commercial College, being now engaged in teaching in Story County), Fannie (who was also educated in the schools of Cambridge), Grace (who died at the age of four years), Caleb (who is fourteen years of age, assists his mother on the farm), Ole, Nathaniel Van, Marietta (aged eight years), and John A. Logan (aged five years). Mrs. Maxwell's daughters are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and have always contributed with their mother to benevolent enterprises. Mrs. Maxwell emigrated from Johnson County in 1866, the country being in a very primitive condition at that time and sparsely inhabited. She has a well-improved farm of 240 acres, and is also the owner of an excellent residence in the town of Cambridge. Her farm residence is a beautiful brick structure, and she and her children are provided with everything to make life comfortable and enjoyable. She lives surrounded by her many friends and acquaintances, and expects to spend the rest of her days here. _________________________ Extract of a letter from Angeline M. Carman dated September 23, 1974 _________________________ Grandma Maxwell, my mother's mother, lived with us and died when we lived near Aurora, South Dakota. She lived there when your Uncle Robert and I were born. We were also very sick when Grandma Maxwell died. They told us they thought they would lose us too. _________________________ Cambridge, Iowa October 18, 1906 Funeral of Mrs. Maxwell Mrs. Angeline Sweet Maxwell, a former highly respected resident of this town, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fannie Carman, in Aurora, S. D. Tuesday, Oct. 9th. The remains were shipped to this place and the funeral took place Friday afternoon at the United Brethern church. Rev. H. G. Hicks conducted the funeral assisted by his brother, N. F. Hicks. The deceased was born September 18th, 1842 in Lone Tree, Johnson county, Iowa, and had reached the age of sixty-four years and twenty-one days at the time of her death. She was the youngest of five children and she was three years old when her father died. She married Geo. M. Maxwell April 5th, 1867 and became the mother of nine children, two of whom are dead. The family lived here a number of years Mr. Maxwell then conducting a large general store. A few years ago she with her daughter and three of her sons, Mr. Maxwell having died some time before, moved to Aurora, S. D. which place was her home until her death. She became identified with the United Brethern church in 1866 and the lot upon which the present church stands was donated by her as well as parts of the building. She took an active part in all the different duties of the church, was a member of the Ladies' Aid society and remained a faithful member of that church until her departure from this earth. Surely her life can be spoken of as one well spent. Those present at the funeral were: George, Ole and Harry of Colorado, Cale and Logan of South Dakota, J. W. Maxwell of Maxwell and a number of near relatives. A large circle of friends were present at the funeral who sympathize with the bereaved ones in this time of sorrow. More About Angeline Sweet: 1850 Census: September 15, 1850, Wayne Township, Champaign County, Ohio - Page 347B 1860 Census: June 21, 1860, Fremont Township, Johnson County, Iowa - Page 607 1870 Census: June 15, 1870, Union Township (P.O. Cambridge), Story County, Iowa - Page 169A 1880 Census: June 28, 1880, Union Township (Village of Cambridge), Story County, Iowa - Page 375C 1885 Census: 1885, Cambridge, Story County Iowa - Page 624 1895 Census: 1895, Union Township, Story County, Iowa - Page 657 1900 Census: June 08, 1900, Union Township, Story County, Iowa - Page 186B Burial: Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Story County, Iowa Life Span: 64 years, 21 days Occupation: Housewife Marriage Notes for George Maxwell and Angeline Sweet: The Maxwell Family Bible lists George and Angeline's marriage date as April 5, 1867. Story County, Iowa Bride Index lists the date as April 5, 1868. Since both sources are considered secondary, I have chosen to show both years. More About George Maxwell and Angeline Sweet: Marriage 1: April 05, 1867, Cambridge, Story County, Iowa17 Marriage 2: April 05, 1868, Cambridge, Story County, Iowa18 Endnotes 1. The Compendium of American Genealogy, Volume IV, Page 384, 4-Thomas Maxwell (1767-1820) m. Rachel Chambers. 2. Montgomery County, Ohio - Marriage Book A, Page 133. 3. Maxwell Family History, (American Genealogical Research Institute), Page 72. 4. The Compendium of American Genealogy, Volume II, Page 96, Nathaniel Van Maxwell b. Centerville, Ohio. 5. The Compendium of American Genealogy, Volume IV, Page 384, Nathaniel V. Maxwell (1809-1896) m. Eleanor Denise (1811-1898). 6. The Compendium of American Genealogy, Volume II, Page 96, Nathaniel Van Maxwell b. Centerville, Ohio. 7. The Compendium of American Genealogy, Volume IV, Page 384, Nathaniel V. Maxwell (1809-1896) m. Eleanor Denise (1811-1898). 8. Montgomery County, Ohio Marriage Records - Volume B-1, 1827 - 1837. 9. Story County, Iowa Bride Index. 10. Maxwell Family Bible. 11. William G. Allen, Nevada, Iowa, A History of Story County, Iowa, (March 1, 1987 by Des Moines Iowa Printing Company). 12. Montgomery County, Ohio Marriage Records - Volume B-1, 1827 - 1837. 13. Maxwell Family Bible. 14. Montgomery County, Ohio Marriage Records - Volume B-1. 15. William G. Allen, Nevada, Iowa, A History of Story County, Iowa, (March 1, 1987 by Des Moines Iowa Printing Company). 16. Story County, Iowa Bride Index. 17. Maxwell Family Bible. 18. Story County, Iowa Bride Index.

Thank you, Ray! I applaud you and the wonderful posting of your family geno....it doesn't get much better than that....now we're on the roll! You go, guy! Cheers, Pamela On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 11:12 PM, Ray W. Justus <rwjustus@cox.net> wrote: > Who wants a partial obituary? I think the person posting them is doing a > great service! I don't have any recent ancestors in Montgomery County but I > certainly don't object to obituaries being posted for those who do. Old or > new, they are definitely genealogy. I can't count how many times I have > been too late to get a copy of an online obituary. > > Regarding the copyright issue, facts cannot be copyrighted. Format can but > the person posting them is not posting them in the original format. > Methinks some people are living life just to be critical of others. Please, > we are all on this planet together. Let's try to be more tolerant. Lif is > too short. These lists are for sharing. If you don't like to see others > getting information when you aren't, unsubscribe. Alternatively, post you > own information. Maybe you will receive an unexpected surprise. > > HERE IS MY SHARE FOR TODAY: > > Family of Thomas Maxwell and Rachel Chambers > > Generation No. 1 > > 1. Thomas2 Maxwell (Thomas1)1 was born December 30, 1767 in or > near Trenton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, and died October 05, 1820 in a > few miles southeast of Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio. He married > Rachel Chambers in New Jersey1, daughter of John Chambers. She was born in > New Jersey. > > Notes for Thomas Maxwell: > Montgomery County, Ohio > > Estate - Case #447; Page 259 > Maxwell, Thomas. Administratrix: Rachel Maxwell. Sec: Fletcher > Emley and Andrew Small, Sr. November 3, 1820. > > Guardian Book 1 - Case #802; P321 - March 5, 1827 > Maxwell, Nathaniel, 18 years, Phebe, age 16 years, heirs of Thomas > Maxwell chose Thomas Maxwell as their guardian. Sec: Fletcher Emly and > Court appointed same as guardian of George Maxwell, age 13 years. > _________________________ > > I am very skeptical of the aka with the middle name Van. It was posted by a > person who was related to a brother of George McCann and John B., Nathaniel > Van Maxwell, through a sibling marriage. She had no direct relationship. > She also had nothing to support the name. I have included it only as a > possibility and not as fact. > > More About Thomas Maxwell: > Burial: Aft. October 05, 1820, New Jersey Presbyterian Church Cemetery, > Carlisle, Warren County, Ohio > Life Span: 52 years, 9 months, 3 days > Occupation: Chairmaker > > More About Rachel Chambers: > 1820 Census: 1820, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio - Page 145 > > Marriage Notes for Thomas Maxwell and Rachel Chambers: > The first five children listed with this couple have asterisks after their > names. That is because I am still researching the connections and do not > have definite proof of the family relationships. It is easier for me to > carry them as their children while I continue the research. I do know that > Thomas and Rachel did have twelve children. Several pieces of information > suggest strongly that the first five children are closely related to Thomas > and Rachel if they were not, in fact, their children. > > Children of Thomas Maxwell and Rachel Chambers are: > 2 i. David*3 Maxwell, born Abt. 1792 in New > Jersey. He married Elizabeth McCashon March 24, 1814 in Greene County, > Ohio. > > Notes for David* Maxwell: > Thomas and Rachel (Chambers) Maxwell had twelve children. I have no > absolute proof that David was one of them. He is mentioned several times in > estate administration documents. He may have been a brother, cousin or > other relation. > > More About David* Maxwell: > 1820 Census: 1820, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio - Page 145 > 1850 Census: August 17, 1850, Van Buren Township, Kosciusko County, > Indiana - Page 322B > Occupation: August 17, 1850, Farmer > > 3 ii. Rachel* Maxwell, born January 14, 1796 in > New Jersey; died May 10, 1859 in Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio. > She married Daniel Small February 08, 1816 in Montgomery County, Ohio; born > March 13, 1788 in Pennsylvania; died September 14, 1823 in Montgomery > County, Ohio. > > Notes for Rachel* Maxwell: > Thomas and Rachel (Chambers) Maxwell had twelve children. I have no > absolute proof that Rachel was one of them. Her husband and father-in-law > are mentioned several times in estate administration documents. She may > have been a sister, cousin or other relation. > > Also included in the administration documents is a bill for $7.75 from a Dr. > Benjamin Dubois of Warren County, Ohio for "Medicine and attendance on > himself [Thomas Maxwell, Deceased] and his family in his last illness." A > sworn deposition was given by Dr. Dubois in Franklin, Ohio on March 28, > 1821. > > More About Rachel* Maxwell: > 1850 Census: August 02, 1850, Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio - Page > 33A > Burial: Aft. May 10, 1859, Washington Church Cemetery, Washington Township, > Montgomery County, Ohio > Life Span: 63 years, 3 months, 26 days > > More About Daniel Small: > 1820 Census: 1820, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio - Page 148 > > More About Daniel Small and Rachel* Maxwell: > Married by: February 08, 1816, Charles Hardy > Recorded: April 01, 1816, Montgomery County, Ohio > > 4 iii. Samuel* Maxwell, born Bet. 1797 - 1798 in > New Jersey; died March 03, 1874 in Middletown, Butler County, Ohio. He > married Eleanor Conover February 23, 1820 in Warren County, Ohio; born Abt. > 1798 in New Jersey. > > Notes for Samuel* Maxwell: > Thomas and Rachel (Chambers) Maxwell had twelve children. I have no > absolute proof that was one of them. He is mentioned several times in > estate administration documents. He may have been a nephew, cousin or other > relation. > ____________________ > > Dayton Daily Journal > March 9. 1874 > > Samuel Maxwell died Tues. March 3rd at his residence in Middletown. Age 77. > Remains taken to Piqua on Thurs. for internment. > > More About Samuel* Maxwell: > 1850 Census: July 17, 1850, Spring Creek Township, Miami County, Ohio - Page > 318B > 1860 Census: July 24, 1860, Spring Creek Township, Miami County, Ohio - Page > 338A > Burial: Aft. March 03, 1874, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio > Occupation 1: July 17, 1850, Farmer > Occupation 2: July 24, 1860, Farmer > > More About Eleanor Conover: > 1850 Census: July 17, 1850, Spring Creek Township, Miami County, Ohio - Page > 318B > > More About Samuel* Maxwell and Eleanor Conover: > Marriage license: February 22, 1820, Warren County, Ohio > Married by: February 23, 1820, Francis Monfort, V.D.M. > > 5 iv. Sarah* Maxwell. She married John Vinder > November 24, 1823 in Montgomery County, Ohio. > > Notes for Sarah* Maxwell: > Thomas and Rachel (Chambers) Maxwell had twelve children. I have no > absolute proof that Sarah was one of them. She may have been a sister, > cousin, other relation or no relation at all. > > More About John Vinder and Sarah* Maxwell: > Married by: November 24, 1823, M. G. Wallace, V.D.M. > Recorded: June 02, 1824, Montgomery County, Ohio > > 6 v. Thomas* Maxwell, born May 29, 1800 in > Monmouth County, New Jersey; died October 11, 1881 in Miami County, Ohio. > He married (1) Susannah John February 04, 1824 in Montgomery County, Ohio2; > born Abt. March 31, 1805 in Ohio; died April 11, 1840 in Miami County, Ohio. > He married (2) Anna McCurdy Aft. 1839; born Bet. 1790 - 1797 in > Pennsylvania; died April 14, 1874 in Miami County, Ohio. > > Notes for Thomas* Maxwell: > Thomas and Rachel (Chambers) Maxwell had twelve children. I have no > absolute proof that Thomas was one of them. He may have been a nephew, > cousin or other relation. He was appointed guardian of the three minor > children, Nathaniel, Phebe and George. See notes for the Thomas Maxwell > born 1767. > > More About Thomas* Maxwell: > Died 2: October 11, 1884, Miami County, Ohio > 1850 Census: July 27, 1850, Staunton Township, Miami County, Ohio - Page 26B > 1860 Census: July 30, 1860, Staunton Township, Miami County, Ohio - Page > 309B > 1870 Census: July 07, 1870, Staunton Township, Miami County, Ohio - Page > 583A > 1880 Census: June 07, 1880, Staunton Township, Miami County, Ohio - Page > 323A > Burial: Raper Chapel Cemetery, Miami County, Ohio > Life Span: 81 years, 5 months, 2 days > Occupation 1: July 27, 1850, Farming > Occupation 2: July 30, 1860, Retired Farmer > Occupation 3: July 07, 1870, Retired Farmer > > More About Susannah John: > Died 2: 1839 > Died 3: April 16, 1848, Miami County, Ohio > Burial: Raper Chapel Cemetery, Miami County, Ohio > Life Span: 35 years, 11 days > > More About Thomas* Maxwell and Susannah John: > Married by: February 04, 1824, John C. Brooke, P.G. > Recorded: June 02, 1824, Montgomery County, Ohio > > More About Anna McCurdy: > Died 2: 1879 > 1850 Census: July 27, 1850, Staunton Township, Miami County, Ohio - Page 26B > 1860 Census: July 30, 1860, Staunton Township, Miami County, Ohio - Page > 309B > 1870 Census: July 07, 1870, Staunton Township, Miami County, Ohio - Page > 583A > Burial: Raper Chapel Cemetery, Miami County, Ohio > > 7 vi. John B. Maxwell, born Bet. 1801 - 1802 in New > Jersey. He married (1) Sarah Conover January 08, 1824 in Warren County, > Ohio; died Bet. August - December 1826. He married (2) Elizabeth Small > December 19, 1826 in Montgomery County, Ohio; born October 09, 1803 in Ohio; > died March 28, 1883 in Cambridge, Story County, Iowa. > > Notes for John B. Maxwell: > May 19, 2004 - All the facts I have in my possession very strongly suggest > that John B. Maxwell is a very close relative of George McCann Maxwell > (1814 -1889]. I believe he is his brother. > > More About John B. Maxwell: > 1850 Census: August 17, 1850, Van Buren Township, Kosciusko County, > Indiana - Page 324A > 1860 Census: July 10, 1860, Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana - > Page 671 > Occupation 1: August 17, 1850, Farmer > Occupation 2: July 10, 1860, Farmer > > More About John Maxwell and Sarah Conover: > Marriage license: January 06, 1824, Warren County, Ohio > Married by: January 08, 1824, Elias Vickers, E.C.C. > > More About Elizabeth Small: > 1850 Census: August 17, 1850, Van Buren Township, Kosciusko County, > Indiana - Page 324A > 1860 Census: July 10, 1860, Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana - > Page 671 > 1870 Census: July 28, 1870, Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana - > Page 365B > 1880 Census: June 09, 1880, Union Township, Story County, Iowa - Page 365C > Burial: March 29, 1883, Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Story County, Iowa > > More About John Maxwell and Elizabeth Small: > Married by: December 19, 1826, Jacob Mulford, M.G. > > 8 vii. Nathaniel Van Maxwell3, born July 10, 1809 in > three miles northeast of Franklin, Warren County, Ohio4; died March 08, 1886 > in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio. He married Eleanor Denise November > 18, 18305; born July 22, 1811 in a log cabin built on the west side of the > Great Miami River two miles north of Franklin, Warren County, Ohio; died > July 20, 1898 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio. > > Notes for Nathaniel Van Maxwell: > >From Maxwell Family History - Nathaniel Van Maxwell [1809 -- 1886]: > businessman, Nathaniel was born in Warren County, Ohio, the son of Thomas > and Rachel Maxwell. He moved to Centreville, Ohio, as a young man, and > established a general store, which grew to be quite successful. He served > as treasurer of the township for forty-four years, and he was a founder of > the Centreville Union Academy. Maxwell was a delegate to numerous local and > state conventions, and he was a trustee of the Glendale Female College. > > Gravestone lists birth date as Jul 10, 1809 and death date as March 5, 1886. > > >From the Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, - > Vol. I-X (10). Boston, MA: The Biographical Society, 1904. Johnson, > Rossiter, ed. > MAXWELL, Nathaniel Van, merchant, was born in Warren county, Ohio, > July 10, 1809; son of Thomas and Rachel (Chambers) Maxwell, and grandson of > Thomas Maxwell, who came to America from Scotland about 1760. His father > [p.313] removed to Montgomery county, Ohio, and died there about 1820, and > Nathaniel was apprenticed to a tailor and about 1828 removed to Centreville. > He abandoned his trade in 1842 and with Ellis S. Bradstreet established a > general store. In 1846 Bradstreet withdrew and the business was continued > by Mr. Maxwell. He also served as treasurer of his township almost > continuously, 1842-86; was a founder of the Centreville Union academy, 1847; > trustee of Glendale Female college and a leader in the public-school > movement. He was a Henry Clay Whig and a founder of the Republican party in > Ohio. He supported Salmon P. Chase for the party nomination for governor > before the Whig convention of 1855 and the same year was defeated for > representative in the state legislature by a small majority. He served as > delegate to numerous county, district and stats conventions, which latter he > reached on horseback riding more than one hundred miles to the state > capital. He actively supported Abraham Lincoln for President in 1860 and > the government in the civil war. He was married, Nov. 18, 1830, to Eleanor, > daughter of Sidney and Anna (Conover) Denise of Huguenot and Dutch stock. > She died July 20, 1898. Their eldest son was Sidney Denise Maxwell (q.v.). > Mr. Maxwell died in Centreville, Ohio, March 8, 1886 > > >From The Dayton Daily Journal (March 1886) - Death of Nathaniel V. Maxwell > The announcement yesterday of the death of Nathaniel V. Maxwell, > perhaps the oldest merchant in this county, and one of the old citizens of > the Miami Valley, will be read with deep sorrow by a host of friends in this > and adjoining counties, as well as in the State. He had been unusually well > during the winter, until last Tuesday, when about the middle of the > afternoon he was taken with a chill which developed into and attack of > catarrhal fever, with serious bronchial complications that resulted in his > death at 7:14 p.m. on Monday, at his late residence in Centreville, of this > county. He was very sick from the first, and being advanced in years and of > delicate constitution, the attack the attack proved more than he could bear. > Mr. Maxwell was on of the few old personal landmarks remaining in the > southeastern part of the county, nearly all of his contemporaries having > preceded him and gone to their reward. For forty-four year he had been a > merchant in Centreville, and died while yet engaged in the personal > management of his business, and during all this period no man ever pursued a > more unswerving course of business integrity. No not of his ever went to > protest. No man ever lost a cent by him under any circumstances. In this > long period of business intercourse he was a conspicuous figure of > commercial honor. His word everywhere was recognized as equal to his bond. > Prior to Mr. Maxwell's career as a merchant his occupation was that > of a tailor, to which, after the death of his father, he had been > apprenticed in Miamisburg in 1825, when about sixteen years of age. In > 1829, he was sent by his principal to open a tailor shop in Centerville, > when business of this kind was quite different from the present day, which > soon passed into his own hands, and which in about twelve years was > abandoned for the general dry goods business, Mr. Maxwell first associating > himself with Ellis S. Bradstreet, now of this city, under the firm name of > Maxwell & Bradstreet. In 1846, this firm was dissolved, Mr. Maxwell > thereafter, during the remainder of the long period which followed up to the > present time, having conducted the business in his own name. > Nor was he solely a business man. He was actively and influentially > with everything in his part of the county having for its object the > development, education and morality, and the improvement of the community. > A man of singular probity, he was a marked person in the community where he, > for 57 years, had been a potential public factor. A prominent and loyal > Whig during the existence of that party, he was still the uncompromising > opponent of human slavery, and when the time came in 1856, for the > organization of the Republican party, the new political organization found > in him an enthusiastic supporter. He attended the Ohio State convention > that year, and was an earnest friend of the nomination of the late Salmon P. > Chase as a candidate for the Governor of the State. He was opposed to the > Silver Grey element of his party from Montgomery county who contended that > Mr. Chase could not carry Mr. Maxwell's own strong Whig township, to which > the latter replied that unless they placed whoever they nominated on a > strong anti-slavery platform they would certainly fail. The wise counsels > of such men as he prevailed and the sequel the country now fully > comprehends. > Mr. Maxwell frequently represented his county at State conventions, > sometimes riding on horseback the whole distance, the trip taking a week. > He was once or twice a candidate of his party for the Legislature prior to > the war; was prominent in the counsels of both the Whig and Republican > parties in the earlier years of his life and an earnest supporter of the > Union cause during the rebellion, giving liberally both of substance and > time to the support of the Government's defenders. > In the year 1842, he became the treasurer of Washington township and > held the office, with the exception of one or two years, from that time > until his death, making a service of more than forty years. In late years, > though a pronounced Republican he had no opponent, the members of both > parties uniting in his election to a position which in all this time he had > so faithfully filled. The last working day of his life was mainly devoted > to his office. He thus died in the harness of public service. > On the subject of religion he was an adherent at the Presbyterian > Church. For many years a trustee, and entertained broad views. In the last > days of his illness, in frequent conversations with the members of his > family, he expressed the largest faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, saying that > for years, He had been his "only hope, " a hope, as he expressed it, "both > sure and steadfast." Few men in their closing hours have given such > beautiful and satisfactory evidence of faith in the fundamental truths of > the Christian religion. > Surrounded by his sorrowing family, he said to them, Don't cry. We > shall pass over. It won't be long." When the hour of dissolution drew > near, he passed into a profound slumber, but in an hour he opened his eyes, > recognizing those about him and speaking to them. After the lapse of > another hour, when one of the physicians spoke to him in a strong tone, he > was again aroused, and on one of his children asking him if all was well > with him, he replied, making a great effort to express himself, "very well." > These were the last words he ever spoke, remaining thence in deep sleep and > with laborious respiration for several hours, and until he passed away > without a struggle as peacefully as the day closes. > Mr. Maxwell's wife, who, at the age of seventy-four, survives him, > was the daughter of the late Sidney Denise, of this county. He had five > children; Colonel Sidney D. Maxwell, the Superintendent of the Cincinnati > Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. Marcellus Maxwell, also of Cincinnati; Mrs. Dr. > William H. Lamme, of Centreville; Mrs. John M. Adams, of Medway Clark > county, in this State, and Miss Addie R. Maxwell, who remained at home and > was intensely devoted to her father. All these were with him in his closing > days and hours, administering to his wants, and doing everything that could > be done for his recovery, and to make his condition as comfortable as > possible. He educated his children and left to them the priceless legacy of > a singularly well-spent life--a life in which charity was distinguished by a > multitude of expressions, of which none but the poor ever knew. > > > More About Nathaniel Van Maxwell: > Date born 2: July 10, 1803, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio6 > 1850 Census: July 24, 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio - > Page 20A > 1860 Census: June 07, 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio - > Page 094B > 1870 Census: June 28, 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio - > Page 793A > 1880 Census: June 19, 1880, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio > Burial: Aft. March 08, 1886, Centerville Cemetery, Centerville, Montgomery > County, Ohio > Occupation 1: June 28, 1870, Dry Goods Merchant > Occupation 2: June 19, 1880, Dry Goods > > More About Eleanor Denise: > 1850 Census: July 24, 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio - > Page 20A > 1860 Census: June 07, 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio - > Page 094B > 1870 Census: June 28, 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio - > Page 793A > 1880 Census: June 19, 1880, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio > (Listed as Abigail) > Burial: Centerville Cemetery, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio > > 9 viii. Phoebe Chambers Maxwell, born Bet. 1811 - > 1812 in Ohio. She married Robert Gay January 24, 1833 in Montgomery County, > Ohio; born Bet. 1798 - 1804 in Virginia or Ohio (probably Virginia). > > More About Phoebe Chambers Maxwell: > 1850 Census: August 14, 1850, Van Buren Township, Kosciusko County, > Indiana - 316B > 1860 Census: July 10, 1860, Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana - > Page 671 > 1870 Census: June 21, 1870, Shelby Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana - > Page 317B > > More About Robert Gay: > 1850 Census: August 14, 1850, Van Buren Township, Kosciusko County, > Indiana - 316B > 1860 Census: July 10, 1860, Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana - > Page 671 > 1870 Census: June 21, 1870, Shelby Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana - > Page 317B > 1880 Census: June 23, 1880, Prairie Township, White County, Indiana - Page > 343B > Occupation 1: August 14, 1850, Farmer > Occupation 2: July 10, 1860, Farmer > Occupation 3: June 21, 1870, Farmer > > More About Robert Gay and Phoebe Maxwell: > Married by: January 24, 1833, J. L. Belville, M.G. > > 10 ix. George McCann Maxwell, born January 04, 1814 > in Montgomery County, Ohio; died August 02, 1889 in Cambridge, Story County, > Iowa. He married (1) Amelia Winebrenner July 25, 1833 in Miamisburg, > Montgomery County, Ohio8; born September 22, 1814 in Hagerstown, Washington > County, Maryland; died July 12, 1860 in Story County, Iowa. He married (2) > Caroline E. Ingersoll November 11, 1860 in Story County, Iowa9; born Bet. > 1831 - 1833 in Pennsylvania; died June 20, 1867 in Story County, Iowa. He > married (3) Angeline Sweet April 05, 1867 in Cambridge, Story County, > Iowa10; born September 18, 1842 in Lone Tree, Johnson County, Iowa; died > October 09, 1906 in Aurora, Brookings County, South Dakota. > > Notes for George McCann Maxwell: > >From the Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Story County, Iowa (1890) > George McCann Maxwell was born in Montgomery County, Ohio on January > 4, 1814. He was the youngest of twelve children. He was reared as an > agriculturist, mechanic and merchant. His early scholastic training was in > the old subscription schools. Although he did not receive the golden > opportunities of later generations, he cheerfully and with vigor seized > every privilege that presented itself for the improvement of his > intellectual faculties. > He commenced earning his own living at the early age of fourteen > years. Young George had not a dollar with which to begin the battle of > life, his only capital being willing hands, a good constitution and an > industrious and economical disposition. From his native state, he first > emigrated to La Fayette, Indiana. In 1856, he relocated again settling in > Story County, Iowa. The country was then in a virgin state, comprising low > marsh land, offering but little encouragement to early pioneers. > Very few residences were there at the time. Cambridge was but a > hamlet. George traveled across the state by stage from Davenport to Des > Moines. He then walked across the country to Cambridge in Story County. He > was elected the first county superintendent of schools but also followed the > occupation of a land surveyor. George always supported the men and measures > of the Republican party. During the War of the Rebellion he filled the > position of provost-marshal in Story County. After that time he became a > stronger partisan than ever. > He soon became well known throughout the region for his broad > intelligence, liberal and progressive ideas, also his sterling integrity. > The people showed the correctness of their judgment by electing him to > represent them in the state congress from 1863 to 1870. Mr. Maxwell was a > prime mover in causing the state to build the State Agricultural College at > Ames. Vigorous and persevering, he pushed to perfection this grand and > noble institution of erudition of which all may be justly proud. This > important factor in the education of the masses is an institution that gives > the students a full scientific or classical education. > While in congress, Mr. Maxwell was also the originator of a bill > making it a law that farmers and owners of estates, or farms, who have > partition fences, must keep up their part of the fence. This law proved to > be a great blessing to the agriculturists of the state. George served two > terms as representative and one term as State Senator. This accomplishment > speaks more loudly than words both to his ability and to the high esteem in > which he was held by his fellow citizens. The measures which he upheld were > always for the people and by the people. To him may be traced the direct > cause of the erection of many commodious and substantial brick schoolhouses > which dot the fertile prairies of Story County. > Mr. Maxwell married three times. On July 25, 1832 he married Miss > Amelia Winebrenner in Miamisburg, Ohio. Their union produced seven > children: Joseph Warren, Christian, Elizabeth, Charles B., David, Huston > Taylor and Mary. After living several years as a widow, George took as his > second wife a Miss Caroline E. Ingersoll. They exchanged vows on November > 11, 1860. Caroline bore George four sons: Sidney Ingersoll, Henry > Ingersoll, George Chambers and William. > George was a successful man of business. With his sons he built up a > splendid practice throughout Story County, especially in the vicinity of > Cambridge. During twenty-three years of mercantile experience he > accumulated a large fortune. His death occurred on August 2, 1889 from a > stroke of paralysis. He was mourned not only by his immediate and sorrowing > household, but by the entire population of Story County, who knew him as a > man of principle, honor and sterling worth. > _________________________ > > Cambridge Garland > Cambridge, Iowa > Friday, August 9, 1889 > Died > > August 2nd at 8 o'clock P. M. at his residence in Cambridge, Iowa, > the Hon. George M. Maxwell. The funeral services were held in the M. E. > church in Cambridge Sunday A. M. and the body interred in the cemetery at > Iowa Center in the afternoon. The largest number of persons ever assembled > in Cambridge on a funeral occasion were in attendance last Sabbath, paying > their tribute of respect in the funeral rites of Uncle George Maxwell. > Mr. Maxwell was 75 years 9 months and 28 days old at the time of his > death. He was born in Miamisburg Montgomery county Ohio. He moved to Iowa > in 1856 and to Cambridge in 1867, and for the last 22 years has been most > intimately associated with the interests of Cambridge and Story county. Mr. > Maxwell being a man of great brain power, was during his life chosen to many > places of honor and trust; and faithful to his constituents and the laws of > his country, never failed to do his whole duty at all times and in every > place, He at one time served as Mayor of Lafayette Indiana [He was actually > mayor of Delphi, Indiana, not Lafayette.], and during the War of the > Rebellion was Provost Marshall for this district of Iowa. He served in the > Legislature of Iowa as Representative and as Senator two terms. During all > his life in official capacity, in business transactions and social > intercourse, he was always found to be a man of true integrity, and we can > truly record the fact that no man in Story county had more admiring friends > than Hon G. M. Maxwell. He leaves a large family to mourn his loss, and > they are but a tithe of those who are deeply bereaved by the death of the > noble Uncle George Maxwell. Having spent a life so full of merit, it may > well be said of him, "Well done good and faithful servant!" He has fought a > good fight and there is laid up for him in Heaven a crown of glory. We > shall not with our mortal vision see him again, but we know if we are > faithful to the end to do those things commanded us in God's word, we shall > at the last in the twinkling of an eye be changed and the dead of earth and > sea and the living of Heaven shall be caught up together to ever be in the > presence of the Lord when sorrow and bereavement will not afflict us, so > with patience we must run the race of life, laying aside every weight and > hindrance and finally receive the crown of everlasting life that awaits all > those who are faithful in Christ Jesus. > > More About George McCann Maxwell: > 1850 Census: September 13, 1850, Third Ward, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, > Indiana - Page 72B > 1860 Census: July 25, 1860, Iowa Center, Indian Creek Township, Story > County, Iowa - Page 796 > 1870 Census: June 15, 1870, Union Township (P.O. Cambridge), Story County, > Iowa - Page 169A > 1880 Census: June 28, 1880, Union Township (Village of Cambridge), Story > County, Iowa - Page 375C > 1885 Census: 1885, Cambridge, Story County Iowa - Page 624 > Baptism: October 27, 1816, New Jersey Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, Warren > County, Ohio > Burial: August 04, 1889, Woodland Cemetery, Iowa Center, Story County, Iowa > Occupation 1: June 28, 1880, Merchant > Occupation 2: September 13, 1850, Baker > Occupation 3: July 25, 1860, Farmer > Occupation 4: June 15, 1870, Variety Store > Occupation 5: 1885, Dry Goods Merchant > > More About Amelia Winebrenner: > 1850 Census: September 13, 1850, Third Ward, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, > Indiana - Page 73A > 1860 Census: July 25, 1860, Iowa Center, Indian Creek Township, Story > County, Iowa - Page 796 > Burial: Woodland Cemetery, Iowa Center, Story County, Iowa11 > Christening: February 26, 1815, Zion Reformed Church, Hagerstown, Washington > County, Pennsylvania > Life Span: 46 years11 > > Marriage Notes for George Maxwell and Amelia Winebrenner: > The Maxwell Family Bible lists George and Amelia's marriage date as July > 25th, 1832. Montgomery County, Ohio Marriage Records, Volume B-1 > (1827-1837) lists the date as July 25th, 1833. It was not recorded until > September 26th, 1833. > > More About George Maxwell and Amelia Winebrenner: > Marriage 1: July 25, 1833, Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio12 > Marriage 2: July 25, 1832, Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio13 > Married by: July 25, 1833, N. Worley14 > Recorded: September 26, 1833, Montgomery County, Ohio14 > > More About Caroline E. Ingersoll: > 1860 Census: July 25, 1860, Iowa Center, Indian Creek Township, Story > County, Iowa - Page 796 > Burial: Woodland Cemetery, Iowa Center, Story County, Iowa15 > Life Span: 36 years15 > > Notes for Angeline Sweet: > >From the Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Story County, Iowa (1890) > Mrs. Angeline Maxwell is the relict of the late Hon. George M. > Maxwell, a sketch of whom immediately precedes this. > Her parents were born in Ohio, her father in 1801 and her mother in > 1806. The former was a brick and stone mason by trade, but also gave > considerable attention to agriculture, his death occurring at the age of > forty-four, his wife passing from this life at the age of eighty years. To > them a family of five children were born: William (who is a farmer in > Johnson County, Iowa), Martha (the wife of Henry Walker, a tiller of the > soil in Johnson County), Louisa (wife of Z. S. Cray, a farmer of Page > County) and Angeline (the subject of this sketch). > She obtained a good common-school education in Iowa, and after > reaching womanhood was first married to a Mr. Harkell, a native of New York, > who died during the late war while serving with Sherman, being with that > general on his famous march to the sea. [Other more reliable records show > that his name was actually Haskell.] > His widow was married to the Hon. George M. Maxwell on the 5th of > April, 1867, and to their union a family of eight children were born: Adda > (who was educated in the schools of Cambridge, and took a full course in the > Iowa City Commercial College, being now engaged in teaching in Story > County), Fannie (who was also educated in the schools of Cambridge), Grace > (who died at the age of four years), Caleb (who is fourteen years of age, > assists his mother on the farm), Ole, Nathaniel Van, Marietta (aged eight > years), and John A. Logan (aged five years). Mrs. Maxwell's daughters are > members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and have always contributed with > their mother to benevolent enterprises. > Mrs. Maxwell emigrated from Johnson County in 1866, the country being > in a very primitive condition at that time and sparsely inhabited. She has > a well-improved farm of 240 acres, and is also the owner of an excellent > residence in the town of Cambridge. Her farm residence is a beautiful brick > structure, and she and her children are provided with everything to make > life comfortable and enjoyable. She lives surrounded by her many friends > and acquaintances, and expects to spend the rest of her days here. > _________________________ > > Extract of a letter from Angeline M. Carman dated September 23, 1974 > _________________________ > > Grandma Maxwell, my mother's mother, lived with us and died when we > lived near Aurora, South Dakota. She lived there when your Uncle Robert and > I were born. We were also very sick when Grandma Maxwell died. They told > us they thought they would lose us too. > _________________________ > > Cambridge, Iowa > October 18, 1906 > > Funeral of Mrs. Maxwell > Mrs. Angeline Sweet Maxwell, a former highly respected resident of > this town, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fannie Carman, in Aurora, > S. D. Tuesday, Oct. 9th. The remains were shipped to this place and the > funeral took place Friday afternoon at the United Brethern church. Rev. H. > G. Hicks conducted the funeral assisted by his brother, N. F. Hicks. > The deceased was born September 18th, 1842 in Lone Tree, Johnson > county, Iowa, and had reached the age of sixty-four years and twenty-one > days at the time of her death. She was the youngest of five children and > she was three years old when her father died. She married Geo. M. Maxwell > April 5th, 1867 and became the mother of nine children, two of whom are > dead. The family lived here a number of years Mr. Maxwell then conducting a > large general store. A few years ago she with her daughter and three of her > sons, Mr. Maxwell having died some time before, moved to Aurora, S. D. which > place was her home until her death. > She became identified with the United Brethern church in 1866 and the > lot upon which the present church stands was donated by her as well as parts > of the building. She took an active part in all the different duties of the > church, was a member of the Ladies' Aid society and remained a faithful > member of that church until her departure from this earth. Surely her life > can be spoken of as one well spent. > Those present at the funeral were: George, Ole and Harry of Colorado, > Cale and Logan of South Dakota, J. W. Maxwell of Maxwell and a number of > near relatives. A large circle of friends were present at the funeral who > sympathize with the bereaved ones in this time of sorrow. > > More About Angeline Sweet: > 1850 Census: September 15, 1850, Wayne Township, Champaign County, Ohio - > Page 347B > 1860 Census: June 21, 1860, Fremont Township, Johnson County, Iowa - Page > 607 > 1870 Census: June 15, 1870, Union Township (P.O. Cambridge), Story County, > Iowa - Page 169A > 1880 Census: June 28, 1880, Union Township (Village of Cambridge), Story > County, Iowa - Page 375C > 1885 Census: 1885, Cambridge, Story County Iowa - Page 624 > 1895 Census: 1895, Union Township, Story County, Iowa - Page 657 > 1900 Census: June 08, 1900, Union Township, Story County, Iowa - Page 186B > Burial: Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Story County, Iowa > Life Span: 64 years, 21 days > Occupation: Housewife > > Marriage Notes for George Maxwell and Angeline Sweet: > The Maxwell Family Bible lists George and Angeline's marriage date as April > 5, 1867. Story County, Iowa Bride Index lists the date as April 5, 1868. > Since both sources are considered secondary, I have chosen to show both > years. > > More About George Maxwell and Angeline Sweet: > Marriage 1: April 05, 1867, Cambridge, Story County, Iowa17 > Marriage 2: April 05, 1868, Cambridge, Story County, Iowa18 > > Endnotes > > 1. The Compendium of American Genealogy, Volume IV, Page 384, 4-Thomas > Maxwell (1767-1820) m. Rachel Chambers. > 2. Montgomery County, Ohio - Marriage Book A, Page 133. > 3. Maxwell Family History, (American Genealogical Research Institute), > Page 72. > 4. The Compendium of American Genealogy, Volume II, Page 96, Nathaniel Van > Maxwell b. Centerville, Ohio. > 5. The Compendium of American Genealogy, Volume IV, Page 384, Nathaniel V. > Maxwell (1809-1896) m. Eleanor Denise (1811-1898). > 6. The Compendium of American Genealogy, Volume II, Page 96, Nathaniel Van > Maxwell b. Centerville, Ohio. > 7. The Compendium of American Genealogy, Volume IV, Page 384, Nathaniel V. > Maxwell (1809-1896) m. Eleanor Denise (1811-1898). > 8. Montgomery County, Ohio Marriage Records - Volume B-1, 1827 - 1837. > 9. Story County, Iowa Bride Index. > 10. Maxwell Family Bible. > 11. William G. Allen, Nevada, Iowa, A History of Story County, Iowa, > (March 1, 1987 by Des Moines Iowa Printing Company). > 12. Montgomery County, Ohio Marriage Records - Volume B-1, 1827 - 1837. > 13. Maxwell Family Bible. > 14. Montgomery County, Ohio Marriage Records - Volume B-1. > 15. William G. Allen, Nevada, Iowa, A History of Story County, Iowa, > (March 1, 1987 by Des Moines Iowa Printing Company). > 16. Story County, Iowa Bride Index. > 17. Maxwell Family Bible. > 18. Story County, Iowa Bride Index. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MONTGOMERY_CO_OH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Pamela WELLS nee ROBERSON Trinity, FL via Dayton, OH ROBERSON ~ WELLS Family Website: http://www.wellsp.tribalpages.com FamilyGeno@gmail.com