Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Armstrong Maxwell    
                Born: Oct-10-1801           1,2
                Died: Nov-20-1858          in West Milford, Harrison Co, (W)VA  3
      Cause of death:                      tuberculosis  3
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      carpenter  2,3
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Sudna Alcinda Lowther   4  
         Census name: Sidney 2
             Married: Feb-19-1828          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  5,6
                Born: 1803                  6
                Died: 1867                 at West Milford, Harrison Co, WV  6,4
             Resided:                      at West Milford, Harrison Co, WV  4
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Jesse Lowther   (1773 - 1854) 
              Mother: Mary Ann Ragan   (1770 - 1857) 
Notes 
           F Child 1: Mary Ann Maxwell      
       Also known as: Marianne Maxwell 4
                Born: ca 1829               2,7
                Died: bef Jun 1880          8
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Jesse Lowther  b. Apr- 9-1829  
             Married: Aug-15-1855          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  9
           F Child 2: Anastacia Maxwell      
       Also known as: Anna L. Maxwell 4
                Born: ca 1832               2
                Died: 1913                  10
             Husband: William B. Stephens  
             Married: Jan-10-1860           10
           F Child 3: Sudna Alcinda Maxwell      
       Also known as: Alcinda Maxwell 11
                Born: May- 1-1833           12,13
                Died: Apr- 4-1924          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  14
              Buried:                      in Greenlawn Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  14,15
             Resided: 1911                 in Gilmer Co, WV  4
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Center District, Gilmer Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Lafayette Mitchell  b. Feb-  -1833  
             Married: Nov-11-1854          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  11
           F Child 4: Judith Maxwell      
                Born: ca 1837               2
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
           M Child 5: Irvin D. Maxwell   13   
       Also known as: Ervin Maxwell 10,2
                Born: ca 1838               10
                Died: bef 1911              4
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
           M Child 6: William H. H. Maxwell      
                Born: ca 1840              in Wood Co, (W)VA  11,16 (see note 1)
                Died: bef 1911              4
             Resided: 1871                 in Harrison Co, WV  11,16
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      carpenter  11
                Wife: Ruhama R. Patton  b. ca 1854  
             Married: Aug- 2-1871          in Harrison Co, WV  17,16
           M Child 7: Marcellus Maxwell      
                Born: ca 1842               10
             Resided: 1911                 in Nelsonville, Athens Co, OH  4
           F Child 8: Millie M. Maxwell      
             Husband: Living  
           F Child 9: Julia Maxwell      

Sources:
(1) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(2) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(3) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 16. 
(5) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as 
Armstrong Maxwell and S. Alcinda Lowther.  Married Feb 19 1828.  Don Norman reports marriage date as Feb 19 
1829. 
(6) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related 
Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 430. 
(7) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(8) 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (Grant District). 
(9) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
Jesse Lowther, 26, of Harrison Co, son of Elias J. & Mary A.; and Mary A. Maxwell, of Harrison Co, dau of A.  Married 
Aug 15 1855. 
(10) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related 
Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 446. 
(11) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(12) 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Center District) 
(13) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(14) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(15) Findagrave.com. 
(16) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) 
(17) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as William H. Maxwell, 27, b. Wood Co, res. Harrison Co, 
occupation carpenter, son of Armstrong & Sudney E.; and Ruhama R. Patton, 17, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Luther M. 
& Belinda.  Married Aug 2 1871. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age 27 at time of Aug 1871 marriage would put birth date at about 1844, but
1850 Census shows age as 10, and 1860 Census shows age as 19.







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