Husband: Elva Maxson
Born: Aug-17-1872 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 1,2,3
Died: Jul-27-1953 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 4,3
Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 5,4,6
Census: 1880, 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Father: Elisha John Maxson (1844 - 1942)
Mother: Margaret Catherine Law (1851 - 1922)
Other spouse 1
Wife: Minnie Elizabeth Jones Also known as: Minnie Eliza Jones Married: Jul-20-1905 in Ritchie Co, WV 7
Born: Aug- 4-1884 in Holbrook, Doddridge Co, WV 8,9,10 Died: Dec-10-1967 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 9,11,10 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 5 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 12,10 Father: David Haynes Jones (1853 - 1930) Mother: Susan Gaston (1856 - 1890)
F Child 1: Iris Azalea Maxson Also known as: Azalea Maxson 13 Born: Jan- 3-1906 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 11 Died: Feb-22-1984 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 11 Buried: in Evergreen Cemetery (North) (aka Arlington), Rt 2 N of Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Resided: 1958 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 14 Resided: 1967 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1940 in Clay District, Wood Co, WV Resided: 1927 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 16 Husband: Lincoln Brooks Flesher b. Aug- 3-1900 d. Mar- 9-1958 Also known as: Brooks Flesher Married: Jan- 5-1927 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 16
M Child 2: Carlton Hershel Maxson Born: Aug- 6-1907 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 11,10 Died: Feb-21-1970 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 11,10 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 5 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 15,10 Resided: formerly in Pennsylvania 17 Census: 1930 at Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Mabel Irene Gribble b. May-24-1913 d. May-25-1991 Married: Feb-26-1930 in Ritchie Co, WV 18
F Child 3: Susan Jane Gertrude Maxson Also known as: Gertrude Maxson 15,12 Born: Dec-20-1909 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 10,11 Died: Jan-11-2014 10 Buried: in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV 19 Resided: 2012 in Texas 12 Resided: 1967, 1996 in Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV 15,20 Husband: Chester Orval Howell b. Nov-25-1906 d. Dec-24-1981 Married: Sep-28-1930 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 21
F Child 4: Olive Josetta Maxson Born: Dec-19-1911 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 22 Died: Dec-23-1954 22 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 22 Husband: Earnest Ralph Straley b. Mar- 4-1908 d. Aug-24-1991 Also known as: Ralph Straley 23,24 Married: Sep-18-1930 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 18
M Child 5: John David Maxson Born: May-23-1914 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 25,10 Died: Feb-26-1982 in Ogden, Wood Co, WV 10,6 Buried: in Evergreen Cemetery (North) (aka Arlington), Rt 2 N of Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Resided: in Waverly, Wood Co, WV 17,15 Wife: Katheryn Louise Shepard b. Jun- 1-1922 d. May-30-2004 Also known as: Louise Shepherd Married: Oct-28-1939 in Boyd Co, KY 26
F Child 6: Hannah Pearl Maxson Also known as: Pearl Maxson 15 Born: Sep-13-1916 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 27,10 (see note 1) Died: Apr-10-1976 11,10 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 5,6 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 28 Resided: 1952, 67 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 27,15 Husband: Carl Andrew Meeks b. Mar- -1918 d. Jul- -1952 Also known as: Carl A. Meeks 27 Married: Jun-16-1952 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 27
F Child 7: Winifred Leigh Maxson Born: Jan-26-1919 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 22 Died: Mar- 7-1994 in Baltimore, MD 22 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 6 Resided: 1967 in Baltimore, MD 15 Never married: 29,15
F Child 8: Miriam Grace Maxson Also known as: Grace Maxson 20 Born: Mar- 4-1922 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 11,10 Died: Aug-21-2010 10 Resided: in Alexandria, VA 28 Resided: 1967, 96 in Baltimore, MD 15,20 Husband: Leroy G. Eckman Married: Jan-24-1947
M Child 9: Waymon Eugene "Gene" Maxson Also known as: Eugene Maxson 20 Born: Jan-25-1926 at Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV 9 Died: Jan-17-2012 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 30 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 9 Resided: in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 9,20,31 Resided: 1967 in Davis, Tucker Co, WV 15 Resided: 1947 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 27 Occupation: Monongahela Power Co. (34 yrs) 9 Education: Roosevelt Wilson H.S., Clarksburg 9 Military: U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II 9 Wife: Betty Virginia Cantwell b. Sep-22-1927 d. Mar-28-2007 Married: Jan- 4-1947 in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV 32
Sources: (1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," pp. 110 & 175, reports birth date as Aug 16 1869. But death record shows it as Aug 17 1872, 1900 Census has it as Aug 1872, and headstone shows it as 1872. The Davis book also incorrectly reports death date as July 1963, rather than the Jul 27 1953 shown in death record. (2) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (3) Headstone (year only) (4) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (6) Wayman Eugene Maxson, grandson of David Haynes Jones & Susan Gaston. (7) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (8) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Child identified as Minnie Eliza Gaston, the fifth child born to her mother. We have found no other evidence of any previous child, and no basis for this child's last name being that of her mother. Her parents had been married for well over a year at the time of her birth. Father: David Hanes [sic] Jones, age 31, b. Marion Co. Mother: Susan Gaston, age 28. Delayed birth record was filed on Jan 22 1945 by M. S. Gaston, relationship given as uncle. This would be Susan's 81-year-old brother Morris Samuel Gaston. It is possible that his recording of the child's last name as Gaston rather than Jones was an error, and that he mistakenly entered "five" as the child's birth order number in confusion with the total number of children that the mother ultimately had. (Her obituary, however, stated that she was predeceased by 5 brothers and 2 sisters, not identified by name.) It is also noted that while Minnie's obituary stated her birthplace as Doddridge County, the community of Holbrook is within Ritchie County on the border with Doddridge County; Ota Reed Fraker, a first cousin, gives Minnie's birthplace as "near Berea," also in Ritchie County. In her marriage record (per Wes Cochran's "Ritchie County Marriages 1843-1915"), Minnie was identified as Minnie E. Jones, age 20, born in Ritchie County. BR Del Bk 1, p. 64-E. (9) Obituary. (10) Social Security Death Index. (11) Marilynn Davis Jones, Fairmont, WV 26554. (12) Obituary of brother. (13) Obituary of son. (14) Death record of husband. (15) Obituary of mother. (16) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (17) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Pennsylvania before 1951. (18) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (19) Findagrave.com. (20) Obituary of half-brother. (21) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (22) Headstone. (23) Newspaper anniversary announcement of daughter. (24) West Union Herald, 7/31/1952. (25) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (26) Marriage record, Per Sarah Shepherd, sshepherd66@yahoo.com, p. 183. (27) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (28) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (29) Ota Reed Fraker (1882-1970) in her 15-page genealogy of the descendants of her maternal grandparents, Samuel Morris & Elizabeth Law Gaston, misleadingly entitled "Genealogy or Family Tree of John Gaston, Sr." (30) Obituary - Nursing home. (31) Obituary of wife. (32) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, MR p. 356 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10268166&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (1) Headstone shows birth date as 1917, but marriage record and SSDI state Sep 13 1916.