George Calvin Maxwell.

Born: 18 Dec 1882 in Pleasanton, Catron, New Mexico.

Died: 15 Feb 1938 at Young, Gila, Arizona.

Death Certificate: (click on photo to enlarge)

Father: William Bailey Maxwell.

Mother: Lucretia Charlotte Bracken.

Spouse: Bessie Maxwell.

In the 1885 NM Territorial Census, George C is a three year old with Wm B Maxwell and Mariett is his mother. His death certificate has Mariette Hamblen as his mother.

"Funeral Services Held For Pioneer Resident Of Young"

George C. Maxwell, 55, a grandson of Arizona's most noted pioneer Mormon, Jacob Hamblin, and son of William Bailey Maxwell, leader of the Latter Day Saints colonization of the Luna Valley in New Mexico, died at Young Tuesday after several months' illness following a stroke of paralysis suffered last August.

Funeral services were held at Young on Wednesday. Burial was made in the Young cemetery.

For the past 15 years, Mr. Maxwell had been owner and operator of the Maxwell asbestos mines in the Pleasant Valley section.

The story of his life recalls highlight incidents of Southwest history dating from the middle of the last century, when, in the [18]50s, 60s and 70s, his grandfather Jacob Hamblin, at the direction of Brigham Young, explored and settled the extreme northern Arizona section and became the first white men to circum-tour the Grand Canyon, founded the Moencopie and Tuba City settlements, performed missionary service among the Indian tribes and is known to history as "Arizona's Leatherstocking."

The deceased, and Arizona resident for 26 years, was born at Pleasanton, N.M., Dec. 16, 1882, during the historical period of covered wagons, Indian wars and plural marriages. His birth occurred during an Indian attack upon the settlement while the whole population was gathered in a frontier fort and while a battle was in progress. Mr. Maxwell was the youngest son among 15 children born to a family consisting of William Bailey Maxwell and three wives, the mother of the deceased, Mariette Hamblin, being the daughter of Arizona's famous pioneer.

Of the immediate family at Young, Mr. Maxwell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Maxwell; Anson Randall, a stepson; and Mrs. Randall.

Among surviving sisters are Mrs. Joseph Smith of Salt Lake, whose husband has been secretary of the Mormon Temple for approximately 30 years; and Mrs. Edna Coats, of Mogollon, N.M.; Charles Maxwell of Globe; and Andrew Maxwell of Eagerville, N.M.; are brothers of the deceased.

(Arizona Record, Feb. 18, 1938, page 1; courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, Az.)