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Mathews Maxwell (1809 - 1862) Mathews Maxwell (1809 - 1862) MATHEWS 2 MAXWELL was the son of William and Elizabeth Maxwell and was born 10 Oct 1809 in Tazewell, Va 1. He died 11 Apr 1862 in Raleigh County, WVA 2. He married JULIET ANN BROWN 19 Mar 1835 in Giles County, Va 3, she was the daughter of JOHN BROWN and REBECCA PEARIS. She was born 03 Aug 1814 in Mercer County, Va (WV) 4, and died 20 Aug 1896 in Cottageville, Jackson Co, WV 5. Mathews name is spelled with one "t" on his gravestone. It is also spelled Matthews in other sources. Matthews Maxwell is buried in Wildwood Cemetery, Beckley, WVA, tombstone dates are Oct 10, 1809 - April 11, 1862 (Raleigh County Cemeteries, Vol IV, page 53). He died from Typhoid Fever. He lies in the Maxwell plot adjacent to the Beckley plot. Juliet is buried in the Methodist Church Cemetery, Cottageville, WVA 7.. From the "Early Settlers of Raleigh Co. 1840-1850" MAXWELL, Matthews - A native of Tazewell County, Va., he came to the Marshes after living in Mercer County, later settling on Winding Gulf. Five sons, Whitley, Samuel, James, Robert, and John, were Union soldiers. John died in service. A. B. Maxwell of Beckley is the youngest child of Matthews. The "History of Scioto County, 1903 indicates that the family moved from Mercer to Wyoming County in 1847. The "History of Summers County, 1908" "(writing about James A. Maxwell) states that his father (James A.'s) moved from Clover Bottom to the Winding Gulf area (now Raleigh County) when he was 14 (i.e. 1857). Oral History of Edward M. Maxwell (son of Alfred Beckley Maxwell) to Aubrey O. Smith 22 August 1958 "After the death of A. B. Maxwell's father (Matthews), Lt Rutherford B. Hayes, then stationed at Beckley, Virginia, now W. Va., moved the widow and some of the children to Cottageville, in Jackson County where he thought they would be safe from the rebels (confederates). Mrs Maxwell, Ed's grandmother, died and is buried there." In the 1870 Federal Census Juliet A. Maxwell is shown to be living in the same household as her son William Whitley Maxwell in Union Township, Jackson County, WVA. Raleigh County Circuit Court, February Rules 1875 "Jesse Daniel, Administrator for Daniel Shumate, dec'd VS James Maxwell, Administrator for Mathews Maxwell, dec'd and James, Robert H., Nebraska, Samuel, Nancy, wife of Lorenzo Gilpin, Lizzie, wife of George Oakes, children of Mathews Maxwell and Juliet, widow of Mathews Maxwell. From Vol II, Rutherford B Hayes Wartime Diaries, 1861-1865 [Page 235]. "Friday, April 25. Camp Number 2, Price's Farm, four miles. --Rained in torrents all night. The windows of heaven were indeed opened. By midnight the streams we crossed with teams yesterday swum a courier's horse. At 7:30 this morning they were impassable--swollen to rushing rivers. About seven this morning rain ceased to fall. Received orders last evening to send party to New River to crush one hundred and twenty-five Rebels who crossed Monday evening. In view of the storm, order countermanded this A.M. Hereafter the camps of this detachment will be known by their number. This is Number 2. Men catch fish this morning--a species of chub. We have a corps of scouts organized, Sergeant Abbott commanding, composed chiefly of citizens- six or eight citizens. Names: Russell G. French, Mercer County farmer, and Thos. L. Bragg, Wm. C. Richmond, ---- Maxwell , and --- Simpkins, all of Raleigh. Prepared during the afternoon to send four companies, A, E, G, and H, to the junction of New River and Bluestone to "bag" (favorite phrase with officers) a party of one hundred and twenty-five Rebels supposed to be there on this side, shut in by the high water. They left in the night under Major Comly, Dr. Webb accompanying. Had a dress parade and a spirited little drill after it. The sun set bathing the western sky and its fleecy clouds in crimson. Said to indicate fair weather. I hope so. The streams still too high to be crossed. (Maxwell mentioned is probably Matthews Maxwell.)" Census Data 1840 Mercer County, Virginia Calculated Birth Mathis Maxwell Male 20-30 1810-1820 (Juliet) Female 30-40 1800-1810 (Whitley) Male 0-5 1835-1840 (Samuel) Male 0-5 1835-1840 (?) Female 0-5 1835-1840 (?) Female 15-20 1820-1825 1850 Raleigh County, Virginia Born Calculated Birth Mathew Mapwill (sic Maxwell) 40 M Farmer VA 1810 Julia (sic Juliett) 33 F VA 1817 Whitley 13 M VA 1837 Daniel (sic Samuel) 12 M VA 1838 James 10 M VA 1840 Robert 8 M VA 1842 John 6 M VA 1844 Nancy 7 F VA 1843 Vinia Beasley 18 F VA 1832 Julia (Rebecca or Elizabeth) 2 F VA 1848 1860 Wyoming County, Virginia Calculated Birth Real Estate Pers Estate Mathias Maxwell 50 M Farmer VA 1810 $2100 $553 Julett 46 F VA 1814 Whitly 21 M F Laborer VA 1839 Samuel 19 M F Laborer VA 1841 James 18 M F Laborer VA 1842 Nancy 16 F VA 1844 Robert 14 M VA 1846 John 13 M VA 1847 Rebecca 12 F VA 1848 Elizabeth 10 F VA 1850 Nebraska 6 M VA 1854 Alfred 4 M VA 1856 William (Father) 80 M R Farmer VA 1780 $830 Rebecca (Sister) 36 F VA 1824 Children of MATHEWS MAXWELL and JULIET BROWN are: i. MARTHA LOUISA 3 MAXWELL, born 17 May 1836 in Mercer County, Virginia 9 and died 17 May 1836 in Mercer County, Virginia 9. ii. WILLIAM WHITLEY MAXWELL, born 14 Sep 1838 in Mercer County, Virginia and died 24 Jul 1927in Huntington, WVA at age 88 yrs, 10 mo, 10 days. iii. SAMUEL FLEMING MAXWELL, born 16 Apr 1840 in Mercer County, Virginia and died 27 May 1895 in Clifton, Mason County, WVA. iv. JAMES ANDREW MAXWELL, born 03 Apr 1842 in Mercer County, Virginia and died 14 Dec 1918 in Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio. v. ROBERT HARVEY MAXWELL, born 26 Dec 1843 in Clover Bottom, Mercer Co., Va. and died 19 May 1922 in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. vi. NANCY JANE MAXWELL, born 03 Sep 1844 in Mercer County, Virginia and died 04 Sep 1876 in Beckley, WVA. vii. JOHN BROWN MAXWELL, born 15 Jun 1845, Mercer County, Virginia 10 and died 31 Oct 1864 in Charleston, WVA 11 . John is buried in Grafton National Cemetery, Section F 934 7 , 431 Walnut St., Grafton, WV. He died at the Post Hospital, Charleston, WVA Oct 31, 1864 from Consumption. Entry from "7th West Virginia Cavalry" by Ronald R. Turner, 1989, page 116 Maxwell, John B. - Company G - MC#181871 - enlisted 14 Sep 1864, Charleston, WV - 6' 1" tall, fair comp, blue eyes, dark hair - born about 1844 Mercer Co. Va. son of Matthew and Juliet Ann Maxwell. Died 31 Oct 1864 Charleston WV - Matthew Maxwell died 12 May 1862 Raleigh County - Juliet moved from Soap Creek Raleigh County in 1862 to live with a son in Jackson County, WV. John was a Private in Co G, 7th Regiment WVA Cavalry, commanded by Captain James Cassidy (Pension Record of John B. Maxwell) viii. REBECCA PEARIS MAXWELL, born 18 Mar 1847 in Raleigh, County, WVA 12 and died 04 Apr 1862 in Raleigh County, WVA 13 . Rebecca died at age 15. She is buried in Wildwood Cemetery, Raleigh County, WVA. Tombstone reads: Rebecca P. Daughter of M and J A Maxwell Born March 18, 1847 Died April 4, 1862. She died 7 days before her father died. It is assumed that she also contracted Typhoid fever, as did her father. ix. ELIZABETH RHODA "LIZZIE" MAXWELL, born 08 Mar 1849 in Raleigh, County, WVA and died after 1940 in Kansas City, Missouri. x. EDLEY NEBRASKA MAXWELL, born 05 May 1855 in Wyoming County, VA. and died 11 Oct 1921 in Heavener, LeFlore County, Oklahoma (while visiting son). xi. ALFRED BECKLEY MAXWELL, born 27 Jan 1856 in Winding Gulf (then Wyoming Co.) (Now Hot Coal) Raleigh Co., WVA. and died. 06 Jun 1952, in Beckley, Raleigh County, WVA. The Second Generation WILLIAM WHITLEY 3 MAXWELL (MATHEWS 2, WILLIAM 1) was born 14 Sep 1838 in Mercer County, Virginia 15 , and died 24 Jul 1927 in Huntington, WVA, at age 88 yrs, 10 mo, 10 dys 16 . He married HENRIETTA GILPIN on 18 Sep 1863 in Jackson County, WVA 17 . She was born 06 Dec 1844 in Jackson, County, WV 18 , and died 03 Mar 1917 in Cottageville, Jackson County, WVA 19 . The attending Physician at Whitley's death on 24 Jul 1927 was Dr. Ray M. Bobbit.20 His burial was on 26 Jul 1927 at the Methodist Church Cemetery, Cottageville, WVA 21 The cause of death was Pneumonia with acute Eutentis. His residence on 24 Jul 1927, was 426 13th St, Huntington, WVA. 22 Henrietta Gilpin Maxwell was buried in the Methodist Church Cemetery, Cottageville, WVA 23 In the 1870 Census page 391 William Whitley Maxwell is shown to be living in Union Township, Jackson County, WVA. J. W. Maxwell letter dated March 28, 1969. "Whitley Maxwell was about 17 years of age when the Civil War broke out. He was captured by the Southern "bushwhackers" and finally wound up in the Southern prison in North Carolina. I knew him very well, often talked to him about his experiences. He said neither the south nor the prisoners had enough to eat, and the prisoners of course had less. His expression was that he was " weak as a lousy calf" when he was released from the prison. He walked to Washington and the crowning sheaf of his life was when he met and shook hands with Lincoln and Lincoln gave him a pass on the B & O Railroad to Parkersburg, West Virginia, where he could rejoin his mother and family at Cottageville in Jackson County, only a few miles distant from Parkersburg." Jackson County, WVA 1880 Federal Census U041 BP Whitley William Maxwell WM 42 Farmer Va Va Va Henrietta WF 37 Wife WVA Tenn Ohio Lora WF 12 Dau WVA Va Va William C.
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