| Name |
Edwin MAXWELL |
| Born |
16 Jul 1825 |
Weston, Lewis Co, (W)VA  [1, 2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1850 |
Lewis Co, (W)VA |
| Census |
1870 |
West Union, Doddridge Co, WV |
- 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp), enumerated on 8 June 1870 in the Borough of West Union:
Lebbeus C. Hunt, 27, physician, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $1,000; Nellie R. Hunt, 30; Charles C. Cole, 29, lawyer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $1,000; Fannie Cole, 26; Emma C. Cole 5 months (birth month December); Wyman L. Cole, 23, lawyer; Jesse Hunt, 51, carpenter, value of real estate $2,000, value of personal estate $1,000; Elizabeth Hunt, 48; Margaret Fleming, 16, domestic servant, cannot write; Edwin Maxwell, 42, Judge of Supreme Court of Appeals, value of real estate $5,000; value of personal estate $20,000. All born in Virginia/West Virginia except Charles Cole and Wyman Cole, born in Maine.
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| Residence |
1872 |
Doddridge Co, WV [4] |
| Census |
1880, 1900 |
Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV |
| Occupation |
attorney, judge, state senator, state delegate [1, 4, 5] |
| Residence |
Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV [1, 2] |
| Died |
5 Feb 1903 |
Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV [1] |
- Minnie Kendall Lowther, HRC, p. 602, reports death date as 1893. But Morris Purdy Shawkey's publication twice states that Edwin Maxwell's death occurred on Feb 5 1903 in Charleston during the regular session of the WV state legislature, to which he was a delegate.
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| Buried |
IOOF Cemetery, Clarksburg (S Chestnut St), Harrison Co, WV [6, 7] |
| Notes |
- Although he was never able to attend a college of any kind, Edwin Maxwell pursued the study of law under the direction of a friend who was a practicing attorney. He passed the bar exam and was admitted to the bar at West Union, Doddridge County, in 1848. He served two terms as prosecuting attorney of Doddridge County, and in 1857 began practicing law in Clarksburg. He became a member of the well-known law firm of Despard, Maxwell & Goff. He was chairman of the judiciary committee in the First State Senate of West Virginia in 1863, and in 1866 was appointed Attorney General by Governor Boreman. He was judge of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals from 1867 to 1873, and in 1884 was the Republican Party's candidate for governor, unsuccessful in the Democratic landslide that year. In 1888 he was elected to the State Senate, serving two terms, and was later elected to the State House of Delegates, where he was serving at the time of his death. [1]
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| Person ID |
I34291 |
Doddridge County Roots |
| Last Modified |
19 May 2024 |
| Family |
Loretta M. SHUTTLEWORTH, b. CA 1842, Harrison Co, (W)VA , d. 9 Apr 1895 (Age ~ 53 years) [1, 8] |
| Married |
16 Apr 1872 |
Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV [9] |
| Children |
| | 1. Edwin MAXWELL, Jr., b. 16 Nov 1873, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV , d. 18 Jun 1938, San Pedro, Los Angeles Co, CA (Age 64 years) |
| + | 2. Haymond MAXWELL, b. 24 Oct 1879, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV , d. 18 Dec 1958, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 79 years) |
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| Family ID |
F17274 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1825 - 1903 (77 years)
