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William Maxson

Birth	:	27 Dec 1806 Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death	:	18 Oct 1877 West Liberty, Muscatine County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery, Newark, New Castle County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.6456184, -75.7040405
Plot	:	1st Add N/ Lot 16/ Sp 2
Description	:	Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889 William Maxson, who was born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 27, 1806, was taken by his parents to Ohio in infancy, and there grew to manhood, receiving his education in the common schools of Harrison County, but trained to hard work and to make the best use of his opportunities. About 1832 he was united in marriage with Delilah Bolon, a native of Virginia, but who went to Harrison County, Ohio, with her parents at an early day. Three children were born to them in Ohio: Jonathan, our subject; Helen K. and Thaddeus W., who... Read More	Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889 William Maxson, who was born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 27, 1806, was taken by his parents to Ohio in infancy, and there grew to manhood, receiving his education in the common schools of Harrison County, but trained to hard work and to make the best use of his opportunities. About 1832 he was united in marriage with Delilah Bolon, a native of Virginia, but who went to Harrison County, Ohio, with her parents at an early day. Three children were born to them in Ohio: Jonathan, our subject; Helen K. and Thaddeus W., who are both engaged in farming in Springdale Township, Cedar Co., Iowa. Determining to seek a more favorable locality in the spring of 1839 Mr. Maxon emigrated to Iowa with his family, coming by steamer by way of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, landing at Muscatine in the month of May, and being thirteen days en route. He immediately proceeded to Cedar County, where he made claim to 320 acres of land, which he afterward entered, and where he made his home until the spring of 1866, when he sold out and purchased forty acres adjoining the town site of West Liberty, to whom the family removed, and where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1877. The 40-acre tract, with the exception of seven acres, was platted and sold in small lots. After coming to Iowa three more children were born: Louisa, now the widow of Exum Saint, of Denver, Col., Eliza, now engaged in farming in the Cedar County, Iowa; and Willard, now Superintendent of the Poor Farm in Cedar County. Delilah Maxson dying in 1850, William Maxson subsequently wedded Mrs. Hannah R. Smedley, nee Keisler, by whom he had four children: India, now the wife of John Goetz, of Oceanside, Cal.; Flemmeta, now the wife of H. A. Devlin, a farmer of Marion, Iowa; Chester W., a real-estate dealer of Oceanside, Cal., Azona, wife of J. C. Pringey, of Saline County, Mo. The mother of these children now resides at Oceanside, Cal. William Maxson was a man long to be remembered. Endowed with great natural ability, a deep thinker, he was fearless in the expression of his views. A lover of liberty, he cared not if the whole world was aware of the fact. He loved his fellowmen, not alone in word but in-deed, being a liberal contributor to every enterprise which he considered worthy. In the days of slavery, and when the oppressed sought freedom in the Far North, they found his house a station on the celebrated underground railroad, and there they were cared for and sent on their way rejoicing. He was a warm friend of the famous John Brown, and at his house Brown and a number of his men spent the winter of 1856-57 before going to Canada, where the organization was perfected, and from where they marched on Harper's Ferry, Va. Of the result of that expedition of Brown the whole world is aware.

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William Maxson's memorial is located at: Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery, Newark, New Castle County, USA.
When did William Maxson death?
William Maxson death on 18 Oct 1877 in West Liberty, Muscatine County, Iowa, USA
Where are the coordinates of the William Maxson's memorial?
Latitude: 39.6456184
Longitude: -75.7040405

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Delilah Bowland Maxson

(1818 - 1850)

Siblings

Nathan Maxon

(1792 - 1857)

Children

Helan Kirts Maxson

(1834 - 1917)

Elza Maxson

(1839 - 1907)

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