Husband: Benjamin Franklin Maxwell
Also known as: Franklin Maxwell 1,2
Born: Nov-27-1856 3,4 (see note 1)
Died: Jul- 4-1897 at Lick Run, New Milton (Blandville), Doddridge Co, WV 5
Buried: in Williams Maxwell Cemetery, Grouse Run, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 3 (see note 2)
Cause of death: typhoid fever 5
Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860
Father: Williams Maxwell (1821 - 1897)
Mother: Lydia Vannort (1835 - 1888)
Wife: Harriet Alverta "Vertie" McGowan
Also known as: Alverta McGown 1,6
Married: Apr- 6-1884 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
Born: Oct-22-1864 in Keyser, Mineral Co, WV 7,3,8
Died: Mar-27-1941 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 7,9
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 7,10 (see note 3)
Resided: in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 11
Census: 1920 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1880, 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: John McGowan (1815 - )
Mother: Mary Ellen Grimm (1817 - )
M Child 1: Harry Maxwell Born: Jun- -1885 in Doddridge Co, WV 7,8 Died: Jan- 5-1919 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 7 Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: tool dresser in oil industry 7 Wife: Lettie Virginia Davis b. Sep-21-1887 d. Oct- 7-1954 Census name: Mary L. Davis 8 Married: Nov-25-1908 in Doddridge Co, WV 12
M Child 2: William Claud Maxwell Also known as: Claud Maxwell 13,8,1 Born: Jan-26-1887 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 7,8 (see note 4) Died: Oct- 3-1946 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 7 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 7,14 Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: drilling contractor, oil & gas 7,15 Military: Pvt, 119th Inf, 30th Div, U.S. Army, World War I 7,3 Wife: Clara May Douglass b. Apr-14-1891 d. Jan- -1973 Married: Nov-22-1917 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 16
M Child 3: Franklin Clifford Maxwell Also known as: Clifford Maxwell 17,18,8,19 Born: May-15-1896 in Doddridge Co, WV 8,17 Died: Feb- 9-1999 17 Resided: in Baltimore, MD 20 Resided: 1941 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 18 Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Sources: (1) Death record of son. (2) Obituary of sister. (3) Headstone. (4) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (5) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (6) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). (7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (8) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) (9) Obituary - At home. (10) Findagrave.com. (11) Obituary. (12) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Harry Maxwell, 23, of Doddridge Co; and Lettie V. Davis, 21, of Doddridge Co. Married Nov 25 1908. (13) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (14) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (15) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (16) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (17) Social Security Death Index. (18) Death record of mother. (19) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (20) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. Event Notes Note (1) Age 45y 8m given at time of death would put birth in about Nov 1851. Note (2) Identified in death record as "home farm cemetery" Note (3) Although there is a large upright monument for her at the Williams Maxwell Family Cemetery in New Milton, where her husband is buried, the death date was never inscribed. Rather, there is a small flat marker for her at the Odd Fellows section of Blockhouse Hill Cemetery in West Union. Her death record also shows her burial at "I.O.O.F., West Union." Note (4) Birth date on headstone and on WW I Draft Registration is Jan 26 1886. But birth record shows it as Jan 26 1887. Death record and WW II Draft Registration state Jan 26 1887, and 1900 Census also has Jan 1887, age 13.