Nathaniel MAXWELL

1821 - 1862  (40 years)

• Name	Nathaniel MAXWELL
  Born	21 Aug 1821	Harrison Co, (W)VA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Doddridge Co, (W)VA
  Military	ENLISTED 6/10/1861
  	Pvt, Co B, 3rd W.Va. Infantry, Civil War (KIA)
  	Military muster rolls and related records: Nathaniel Maxwell enlisted as a 3rd Sergeant in Clarksburg on Jun 1 1861 for a term of three years. On Jan 25 1862, he was court-martialed and reduced in rank from 3rd Sergeant to Private, offense not indicated. On May 8 1862, he was killed at the Battle of Bull Pasture Mountain. https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/McDowell_Battle_of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_McDowell
  Occupation	farmer  [2]
  Died	8 May 1862	McDowell, Highland Co, VA   [3]
  Buried	Grafton National Cemetery, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV   [1]
  Person ID	I53290	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	6 May 2019

  
  

  Father	Theodore MAXWELL
  Family ID	F22000	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clementina DAVIS,   b. CA 1821, Harrison Co, (W)VA ,   d. 26 Jan 1866, Harrison Co, WV  (Age ~ 45 years)  [4]
  Married	15 Jul 1841	Harrison Co, (W)VA   [5, 6]
  	Nathaniel's pension records (fold3) state that Nathaniel Maxwell and Clementina Davis were married by Peter Davis at Greenbrier. That would be present-day Doddridge County. (David D. Davis was made guardian of their minor children and he was applying for Nathaniel's pension to be given to the children.)
  Children	1. Mary Elizabeth MAXWELL,   b. 7 May 1843, Harrison Co, (W)VA ,   d. 2 Apr 1928, O'Neill, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 84 years)   2. James Thomas MAXWELL,   b. 5 Aug 1843   3. Isaac Newton MAXWELL,   b. 22 Oct 1845, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA ,   d. 20 Oct 1924, Retsil, Kitsap Co, WA  (Age 78 years)   4. Jesse D. MAXWELL,   b. 21 Aug 1847, Harrison Co, (W)VA   5. Edmund Bartlett MAXWELL,   b. 6 Feb 1850, Doddridge Co, (W)VA ,   d. 16 Feb 1928, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  (Age 78 years)   6. William Harrison MAXWELL,   b. 27 Apr 1854, Harrison Co, (W)VA ,   d. 10 Apr 1931  (Age 76 years)   7. Sarah Ellen MAXWELL,   b. 10 May 1856, Harrison Co, (W)VA ,   d. 28 Oct 1944, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 88 years)   8. Hannah Catherine MAXWELL,   b. 13 Jan 1858,   d. 17 Nov 1938, Huntington, Cabell Co, WV  (Age 80 years)   9. Margaret Virginia "Maggie" MAXWELL,   b. 14 Feb 1860, Harrison Co, (W)VA ,   d. 16 Nov 1921, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 61 years)   10. Martha MAXWELL,   b. 1 Nov 1861, Harrison Co, (W)VA ,   d. 13 Sep 1943, Sardis, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F21999	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 8 May 1862 - McDowell, Highland Co, VA Buried - - Grafton National Cemetery, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S934] Findagrave.com. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. [S37] Historical Military Records, (www.fold3.com). [S1567] Marriage record of son. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 46.