Jul-28-2018                   

Husband: Charles Maxwell
Born: May-24-1832 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2 (see note 1) Died: Jan-17-1923 in Bladen Co, NC 3 Resided: 1916 in Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC 4 Census: 1910 in Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Resided: in Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Father: Abner Maxwell (1784 - 1864) Mother: Judith Modisette (1791 - 1871)
Wife: Penelope Chapman 6 Married: Jan- 2-1870 in Doddridge Co, WV 2
Born: Jan- -1852 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 7,2 Died: Jan-26-1930 in Bladen Co, NC 3 Resided: 1912, 1916 in Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC 8,4 Census: 1910 in Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Stewart L. Chapman (1824 - 1912) Mother: Mary Jane Paugh (1830 - ) Notes
F Child 1: Alma Gay Maxwell Also known as: A. G. Maxwell 9 Born: Oct-29-1870 in Doddridge Co, WV 10,9 Died: Nov- 7-1896 at Middle Fork, Doddridge Co, WV 9,10 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 9,11 Cause of death: consumption (tuberculosis) 9 Census: 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: husbandry 9 Never married: 9
M Child 2: Boyd Curtis Maxwell Born: Mar-19-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV 12 (see note 2) Died: Feb-14-1958 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 13,10,14,15 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 10,13 Resided: 1929-58 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Census: 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880, 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer, oil field worker 16 Wife: Love Haught b. Jan- 1-1878 d. Jul-24-1964 Married: Sep-13-1899 in Doddridge Co, WV 17
M Child 3: Lewis Winfield Scott Maxwell Census name: Scott Lewis Maxwell Born: Apr-29-1874 in Doddridge Co, WV 10,18 Died: Feb- 8-1903 10 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Resided: 1902 at Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 18 Census: 1880, 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Elosia Davis b. Jul-14-1876 d. 1955 Also known as: Elosha Davis 19 Married: Jul-30-1902 at White Oak (near Pullman), Ritchie Co, WV 20
F Child 4: Emma Jane Maxwell Birth name: E. J. Maxwell 21 Born: Sep-14-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV 21,7 (see note 3) Died: Feb-15-1901 10 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1880, 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 5: Charles Steward "Tudy" Maxwell Born: Nov-25-1878 in Doddridge Co, WV 13 Died: May- 1-1985 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 10,13 Occupation: farmer & Equitable Gas Co Census: 1880, 1900, 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC Wife: Louisa Jane "Lizie" Husk b. May- 1-1892 d. Oct-12-1979 Married: Oct-15-1911 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,14,22
M Child 6: L. Ott Maxwell Born: Mar- -1882 7 Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 7: Junie May Maxwell Born: May-19-1883 16,7 Died: Sep-22-1903 16 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 16 Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 8: Ellen Idell Maxwell Born: Jun- 8-1885 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,7 Died: Jul- 2-1916 in Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC 13 Buried: in Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC 11 Cause of death: complications from goiter surgery 13 Resided: in Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC 13 Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Horace Columbus Buckner b. Jan-23-1882 d. Jun- 7-1958
F Child 9: Violet Grace Maxwell Also known as: Grace Maxwell 23,24 Born: Oct- -1887 7 Died: Jun- 7-1973 3 Resided: 1916, 1958, 1973 in Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC 24,23,3 Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: M. M. Hayes d. bef Jun 1973
Sources: (1) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (2) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (3) Death Record - Online. (4) Obituary of daughter. (5) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 601. (6) Obituary of wife's father. (7) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (8) Obituary of father. (9) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (10) Headstone. (11) Findagrave.com. (12) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 50. (13) Obituary. (14) Obituary of wife. (15) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (16) John Maxwell DeBrular, 14 Grafton St, Washington, WV 26181 . (17) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as B. C. Maxwell, 27, of Doddridge Co; and Love Haught, 21, of Doddridge Co. Married Sep 13 1899. (18) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (19) 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. 41. (20) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Lewis W. Maxwell, 28, single, b. Doddridge Co, res. Summers in Doddridge Co, son of (blank); and Elosia Davis, 26, single, b. Ritchie Co, res. White Oak in Ritchie Co, dau of (blank). Married Jul 30 1902 "at Brides home in Ritchie Co, W. Va.", MR p. 243. (21) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV. (22) Obituary of husband. (23) Obituary of brother. (24) Obituary of sister. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1831. Note (2) Birth record shows birthdate as Mar 19 1871. But headstone reads 1872, and obituary also states Mar 19 1872, with age being 85 at time of death on Feb 14 1958. 1900 Census also reports his birth date as Mar 1872, and age 27 given at time of Sep 1899 marriage would also put his birth in 1872.. Note (3) Birth date on headstone is Apr 4 1876. But the 1900 Census shows it as Sep 1876, and her birth record specifies Sep 14 1876.




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