James Harvey Maxwell1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 15565, (1822 - 1884)

Key Events:

Birth: 12 Aug 1822, Caldwell Co., Kentucky4,5,6
Marriage: 7 Nov 1851, Mary Marie Cole (12 Jan 1830 - 9 Mar 1909)7,8
Death: 2 Feb 18849
Burial: Oakland Cemetery, De Valls Bluff, Prairie Co., Arkansas10

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Narrative:

     James Harvey Maxwell was born on 12 Aug 1822 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky.4,5,6
     James appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Caldwell Co., Kentucky, enumerated 29 Aug 1850, in the household of Dr. Thomas B. and Mary Johnson, apparently as a boarder.11
     James married Mary Marie Cole, daughter of Wilson Cole and Polly Fuller, on 7 Nov 1851.7,8
     James and Mary appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Fredonia, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, enumerated 9 Aug 1860, reporting real estate valued at $10,700 and personal estate of $11,200. Their children Warren, Fuller, Carrie and Herbert were listed as living with them, as were Jacob and John Myers, age 3 and 4 months, respectively, who appear to be the two youngest children of Dr. F. C. and Louiza Myers, the family listed previously in the record. There are also eight slaves listed, ranging in age from 3 to 75.12,13
     James and Mary moved to Illinois between 1864 and 1870. They appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of De Soto, Jackson Co., Illinois, enumerated 4 Aug 1870, reporting real estate valued at $3,000 and personal estate of $6,000. Their children Warren, Fuller, Carrie, Herbert, Frank and Nellie were listed as living with them.14
     James and Mary returned to Kentucky between 1870 and 1880. They appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Fredonia, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, enumerated 23 Jun 1880. Their children Fuller, Carrie and Nellie were listed as living with them.15
     He was a merchant in 1850. He considered himself a farmer by 1860, reported himself as retired in 1870, but by 1880 he was working as a dry goods clerk.16,17,18,19
     James and Mary moved to Alabama after 1880. Their sons and daughter Nellie also moved there. It seems most likely that at least some of their sons moved there first and the parents and younger children followed.
     James died on 2 Feb 1884 at age 61.9 He was buried in Oakland Cemetery, De Valls Bluff, Prairie Co., Arkansas.10

Children:
     Children with Mary Marie Cole:

  • Warren Eugene Maxwell20,21,22 (12 Feb 1853 - 18 Mar 1925)
  • Willis J. Maxwell22 (25 Jul 1854 - 18 Aug 1856)
  • Fuller C. Maxwell20,21,22 (9 Mar 1856 - 28 Sep 1897)
  • Carrie Imogene Maxwell23,20 (28 Dec 1857 - 20 Sep 1936)
  • Herbert D. Maxwell20,21,22 (6 Jan 1860 - 18 May 1909)
  • Frank S. Maxwell21,22,24 (14 Oct 1861 - 29 Dec 1883)
  • Nellie B. Maxwell21,25,22 (7 Mar 1864 - )

Citations

  1. [S2292] Carrie I. Kirkpatrick, Standard Certificate of Death, shows name as James Harvey Maxwell.
  2. [S2290] Eishen, "Descendants of William Bradford", shows name as James Harvey Maxwell.
  3. [S8544] Thomas B. Johnson household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows name as James H. Maxwell.
  4. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 99461141, James H. Maxwell, shows date and includes tombstone photo which is difficult to read but appears to show same.
  5. [S865] Oliver, Caldwell County Kentucky Genealogy Page, notes by Oliver accompanying transcript of article from the Princeton Banner (paper name torn and may be wrong) 3 Feb 1881, shows year and county.
  6. [S8544] Thomas B. Johnson household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows age 28, county, and state.
  7. [S8543] Cole, The Descendants of James Cole of Plymouth 1633, pg 177, shows date.
  8. [S2761] J. H. Maxwell household, 1860 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  9. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 99461141, James H. Maxwell, shows date, with year as 1864, and includes tombstone photo which is difficult to read but appears to show year as 1884.
  10. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 99461141, James H. Maxwell, includes tombstone photo.
  11. [S8544] Thomas B. Johnson household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  12. [S2761] J. H. Maxwell household, 1860 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  13. [S2762] J. H. Maxwell, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  14. [S2760] James Maxwell household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Illinois.
  15. [S2759] James H. Maxwell household, 1880 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  16. [S8544] Thomas B. Johnson household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as merchant.
  17. [S2761] J. H. Maxwell household, 1860 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as farmer.
  18. [S2760] James Maxwell household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Illinois, shows occupation as "retired Mch's."
  19. [S2759] James H. Maxwell household, 1880 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as dry goods clerk.
  20. [S2761] J. H. Maxwell household, 1860 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  21. [S2760] James Maxwell household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  22. [S8543] Cole, The Descendants of James Cole of Plymouth 1633, pg 177.
  23. [S2292] Carrie I. Kirkpatrick, Standard Certificate of Death.
  24. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 99460495, Frank S. Maxwell, shows son of Jas. H. & M. M. Maxwell, and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  25. [S2759] James H. Maxwell household, 1880 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.