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Born 1834, Harrison County
From Portrait and biographical album of Washington County, Iowa, containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and (1887)
THOMAS H. MAXWELL was born in Harrison County, Ohio, Dec. 21, 1834. He is a son of Henrv and Esther (Orr) Maxwell. His paternal grandfather, Thomas Maxwell, was a native of Scotland, and Robert Orr, his maternal grandfather, from County Down, Ireland. Thomas Maxwell, Sr., wedded Rachel Meek, a Scotch lady, after he came to America, and Robert Orr liecame the husband of Ann Huston, after his coming to the United States. Both the Maxwell and
As printed in Portrait and biographical album of Washington County, Iowa, containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and (1887). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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