Looking for Cousins!!!!
Looking for the father of Joseph W. Maxwell in Kentucky, Indiana,
Missouri, Iowa. Believe name was Samuel Thomas Maxwell b. abt 1809.
Joseph W. Maxwell (b. 1832 Iowa/MO)
(d.1879 Lancaster, Jefferson,IN) and
Nancy Herbert (b. 1836 KY)(d.1880 Dupont, Jefferson, IN)
(m. 1855 Covington, Kenton, KY).
Children:
1. William Maxwell (b. 1860 KY)
2. Minnie Maxwell (b. 1861 KY)
3. Charles Walker Maxwell (my great-grandfather)
(b. 1862 Covington, Kenton,KY)(d. 1898 Quincy, Adams,IL)
(m. Rosina Josephine Sohm 1885 Quincy, Adams, IL)
4. Edward L. Maxwell (b. 1870 Covington, Kenton,KY)
(d. 1937 Quincy, Adams, IL)
(m. 1899 Mary A. Swartwout Quincy, Adams, IL)
5. Samuel Thomas Maxwell. Samuel (b. 1873 Lancaster, Jefferson,
IN)(d.1938 Rexville, Ripley, IN)
(m. 1901 Sarah "Nellie" Nelson Chapman Jefferson county, IN).
Sarah m. 1880 Alexander McCauley in Jefferson county, IN).
6. Frances "Fannie" Maxwell (b. Lancaster, Jefferson, IN)(d.Chicago, IL)
It is said this family is related to John Nance Garner (vice-president
of US).
Mary