James Henry MAXWELL

1865 - 1932  (66 years)

• Name	James Henry MAXWELL  [1, 2]
  Born	16 Oct 1865	Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1900	Martinsburg, Renville, Minnesota, USA
  	36 with Anna, Henry, John & Wm
  Census	1920	Martinsburg, Renville, Minnesota, USA
  	Age 53 with Anna, John, Willie, Mildred, Everette, Joe, Alice, Olive, Valine Father born IL Mother born Ohio. Roll T625_851, Page 3B
  Census	1930	Martinsburg, Renville, Minnesota, USA
  	Head age 63, born in Illinois, Roll T626_1124, page 6A, ED 23, Image 304
  Reference Number	509
  Residence	1930	Martinsburg, Renville, Minnesota, USA   [2]
  Buried	Jul 1932	St Andrews Cemetery, Fairfax, Renville, Minnesota, USA
  Died	05 Jul 1932	Martinsburg, Renville, Minnesota, USA
  Person ID	I506	Tree 1
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	Thomas MAXWELL,   b. 26 Dec 1840, Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA ,   d. 03 Jun 1909, Fairfax, Renville, Minnesota, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Helen MCDERMOTT,   b. Mar 1838, Ireland ,   d. 09 Sep 1917, Fairfax, Renville, Minnesota, USA  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Married	28 Apr 1860	Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA
  Family ID	F33	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna GARRAHY,   b. Abt 1878, Wellington, Renville, Minnesota, USA
  Married	28 Nov 1893	, Renville, Minnesota, USA
  Children	1. Henry James MAXWELL,   b. 31 Jan 1895, , , Minnesota, USA ,   d. 13 Mar 1986  (Age 91 years)   2. John Thomas MAXWELL,   b. 10 Jul 1896, , , Minnesota, USA ,   d. 14 May 1985, Hector, Renville, Minnesota, USA  (Age 88 years)   3. William L MAXWELL,   b. 25 Mar 1898, , , Minnesota, USA ,   d. 15 Mar 1966, , Hennepin, Minnesota, USA  (Age 67 years)   4. Ann Mildred MAXWELL,   b. 13 Sep 1901, , , Minnesota, USA ,   d. 12 Dec 1995, , Renville, Minnesota, USA  (Age 94 years)   5. Everett Francis MAXWELL,   b. 20 Dec 1902, , , Minnesota, USA ,   d. 6 Nov 1971, , Hennepin, Minnesota, USA  (Age 68 years)   6. Joseph Arnold MAXWELL,   b. 17 Aug 1905, , , Minnesota, USA ,   d. 10 Jan 1957, , , Minnesota, USA  (Age 51 years)   7. Alice M MAXWELL,   b. 10 Feb 1908, , Renville, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 16 May 1951, Fairfax, Renville, Minnesota, USA  (Age 43 years)   8. Olive B MAXWELL,   b. 13 Oct 1909, , , Minnesota, USA ,   d. 15 Apr 1980, , , Minnesota, USA  (Age 70 years)   9. Valine Edna MAXWELL,   b. 13 Feb 1913, , Renville, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 3 Nov 2007, Gibbon, Sibley, Minnesota, USA  (Age 94 years)
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2014
  Family ID	F315	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S88] History of Renville County, Page 444. James Henry Maxwell, son of Thomas and Ella (McDermot) Maxwell, was born in Lake county, Illinois, October 16, 1965. Thomas Maxwell was born in Illinois, son of Thomas Maxwell, native of Ireland. Ella McDermot was born in Ireland and came to the United States with an uncle. She was married to Mr. Maxwell in Illinois. For eight years he was a cook on the lakes and his wife lived in Waukegan, Illinois. Then he took the family to McGregor, Iowa, in 1862, going by horse team. They later came to West Newton, where they secured a homestead, In 1878 he came to Renville County and pre-empted a tract of 160 acres of wild land in section 28, Martinsburg township, where he built a log house with a thatched roof and fround floor. There they lived until 1881, when he moved to John Tompkins's homestead, where he lived until his death, June 3, 1909, at the age of seventy-two years. His wife is still living at Fairfax at the age of eighty-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell had ten children: Lizzie, John, James, Mary, William, Amy, Lucy, Nellie, Frank and Joseph (deceased). James Maxwell received his eduction in Renville county schools and grew to manhood there. He engaged in farming and obtained eighty acres of railroad land in section 33. This was all wild land and here he built a frame house and has lived here ever since. He has increased the farm to 440 acres and keeps a good grade of stock, have Shorthorn cattle. Mr. Maxwell is a member of the board of supervisors and a member of the Catholic church, being a member of the buuilding committee of the church in Hector. Mr. Maxwell was married November 28, 1893, to Anna Garrahy, born in Wellington township, Renville County, daughter of John and Bridget (keirn) Garrahy. Mr. Garrahy was born in Clare county, Ireland, and his wife was also a native of the same country. They were married in England. Three children, Michael, John and Kate were born there. Mary, Patrick, Anna and James were born in Renville County. ... [S255] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626,;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Martinsburg, Renville, Minnesota; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Birth date: abt 1867 Birth place: Illinois Residence date: 1930 Residence place: Martinsburg, Renville, Minnesota