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Note: JOHN C. MAXWELL WAS BURIED AT WAYNICK CEM. IN CHARITON, IOWA. HE WAS A FARMER.
MAXWELL FAMILY
John Maxwell was born in Indiana, the son of Benjamin Maxwell, who was a soldier in the Civil War. John Maxwell married Catherine Clover, who was born in Pennsylvania, August 24, 1826, the daughter of James and Emily Smullen Clover. They were married in Jefferson County, Iowa. Later they moved to Lucas County, Iowa, located Northeast of Chariton. He was engaged in farming all his life. They reared a famil7y of six children, Albert, William, Monroe, Thomas, Emily and Charles. Albert married a Miss Redlingshafer. They were the parents of two daughters, Kitty (deceased) and Mary, who married a Mr. Miller. Albert later married Mary Timberman Boyd. They were the parents of four children, Allen, Clifford, Grace and William Dewey. William Maxwell married Sarah Timberman. They were the parents of four children, Amy, Cloyd, Iva and Inez. Monroe Maxwell married Alpha Timberman; they were the parents of four daughters, Goldie, Sylvia (deceased), Hazel and Cassie. Thomas Maxwell married Mary Phillips, they were the parents of three children, one of whom died in infancy, and two daughters, Ruth and Irene. His wife Mary died and he later married Carrie Stanley. They were the parents of one son, Harold. Emma J. Maxwell married Joseph Curtis, they were the parents of three sons, Elmer, Raymond and Edwin. Charles G. Maxwell married Myrtle Edwards. They were the parents of one daughter, Vera Clover.
John Maxwell had three brothers and one sister, Harvey, George, Charles and Elizabeth. Harvey lived in Fairfield, IA. Charles went to Missouri, and no one knows where he located. George went to Oregon with a wagon train. Elizabeth married A.C. Root and lived in Fairfield.
LETTER:
Dear Miss Rule: Would like brief genealogy on MAXWELL for friends I met while traveling. -Mrs. M.M., Long Beach.
M.M: MAXWELL genealogy goes back 30 generations to a fierce English warrior Maccus whose name meant "war-club wielder". Maccus fought with the English king at the Battle of Maldon in AD 991. In 1130, King David I of Scotland appointed one of Maccus' descendants to his court. In return for his services the family was given a large Scottish estate later called Maccus-Welle (Maccus' Spring). In the 1200's Maccus-Welle was contracted to the surname Maxwell. The family coat-of-arms has a double-headed black eagle on a silver shield, with the motto, "Reviresco" or "I grow young again". Among early 18th century south Pennsylvania land owners of Scotch ancestry were James, John, Philip and Samuel Maxwell.
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