Charles MAXWELL

1832 - 1923  (90 years)

• Name	Charles MAXWELL
  Born	24 May 1832	Harrison Co, (W)VA   [1, 2]
  	Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1831.
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850, 1860	Doddridge Co, (W)VA
  Census	1870, 1880, 1900	Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Census	1910	Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC
  Residence	Summers, Doddridge Co, WV   [3]
  Residence	1916	Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC   [4]
  Died	17 Jan 1923	Bladen Co, NC   [5]
  Person ID	I3850	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Abner MAXWELL,   b. 3 Oct 1784, Pennsylvania ,   d. 11 Jan 1864, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Judith MODISETTE,   b. 23 Dec 1791,   d. 23 Jun 1871  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F13445	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Penelope CHAPMAN,   b. Jan 1852, Barbour Co, (W)VA ,   d. 26 Jan 1930, Bladen Co, NC  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Married	2 Jan 1870	Doddridge Co, WV   [2]
  Notes	1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest Twp): Charles Maxwell, 38, b. Va, farmer; Penelope, 18, b. Va. 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 9 1880: Charles Maxwell, 47, farmer; wife Penelope, 27; dau Almina (Alma ?) G, 9; son Boyd C, 8; son Winfield S, 6; dau Emma J, 3; son Charles S, 1. 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 20 1900: Charles Maxwell, 60, b. May 1831, farmer, married 30 yrs; wife Pelelope, 48, b. Jan 1852, mother of 9 children (8 still living); son Scott Lewis, 26, b. Apr 1874; son Charles S, 21, b. Nov 1878; son L. Ott, 18, b. Mar 1882; dau Emma Jane, 23, b. Sep 1876; dau Junie May, 17, b. May 1883; dau Ellen Idell, 14, b. Jun 1885; dau Violet Grace, 12, b. Oct 1887. 1910 Census for District 7, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, enumerated on Apr 28 1910: Charles Maxwell, head of household, 77, b. WVa, father born in Pa, mother born in WVa, married 39 yrs; wife Penelope Maxwell, 58, b. WVa, both parents b. in WVa, mother of 9 children (5 still living); son Charles S. Maxwell, 29, b. WVa, both parents b. WVa, single, occupation laborer (street car tracks ?). [6]
  Children	1. Alma Gay MAXWELL,   b. 29 Oct 1870, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 7 Nov 1896, Middle Fork, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 26 years) + 2. Boyd Curtis MAXWELL,   b. 19 Mar 1871, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 14 Feb 1958, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 86 years)   3. Lewis Winfield Scott MAXWELL,   b. 29 Apr 1874, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 8 Feb 1903  (Age 28 years)   4. Emma Jane MAXWELL,   b. 14 Sep 1876, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 15 Feb 1901  (Age 24 years) + 5. Charles Steward "Tudy" MAXWELL,   b. 25 Nov 1878, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 1 May 1985, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 106 years)   6. L. Ott MAXWELL,   b. Mar 1882   7. Junie May MAXWELL,   b. 19 May 1883,   d. 22 Sep 1903  (Age 20 years) + 8. Ellen Idell MAXWELL,   b. 8 Jun 1885, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 2 Jul 1916, Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC  (Age 31 years)   9. Violet Grace MAXWELL,   b. Oct 1887,   d. 7 Jun 1973  (Age ~ 85 years)
  Family ID	F1377	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com). [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)). [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 601. [S1564] Obituary of daughter. [S1639] Death Record - Online. [S1362] Obituary of wife's father.