Benjamin F. Jr., was educated in the public schools of Tustin and El Monte later attending Pomona College. His college course was broken by the tragic death of his father, in 1899, which necessitated his return home to attend the management of the home ranch near El Monte. Here he remained for two years, at the end of which time he located on a twenty-acre tract nearby and engaged in raising walnuts. He later disposed of this tract and purchased a forth acre tract east of El Monte (in the Bassett District) which he devoted to raising walnuts and alfalfa. In 1907 he erected a nice residence and made other improvements. Here he remained active in the management of his affairs until called by death in 1928. Mr. Maxson with other local growers, organized the La Puente Walnut Growers’ Association, and was its original manager until his death.
In El Monte, Mr. Maxson was united in marriage with Miss Mary Alexander, a native of El Monte, whose father was an El Monte pioneer, coming to California from South Carolina. Her mother was Miss Marie Publetia, a native of Chile, South America.
To Mr. and Mrs. Maxson were born thirteen children, all of whom are still living, namely: Benjamin Franklin, Jr. II and Stanley, of Puente; Marjorie, (Mrs. McIntosh) of Colton; Evelyn (Mrs. Hall of Baldwin Park; Alice (Mrs. Cota) and Reed, of Los Angeles; Willis, of the University of Idaho; Edith, of Brea; and Bernice, Frances, Edwin, Betty Jane, and Gilbert, the last five named being members of their mother’s household in West Covina.
Mr. Maxson was an active and conscientious worker in all matters of civic improvement. Though a busy man, he contributed much time to any public service, which needed his assistance. Fraternally, he was a member of the Masonic Lodge, and the Order of Eastern Star. At his death he was a Past Master of both the Covina and Baldwin Park Lodges. He was an active member and liberal supporter of the Presbyterian Church.
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Two other children:
They are Mary Evelyn Hall, 1910-1996, and Wilmer Reed Maxson, 1917 - 2004.
Benjamin F. Jr., was educated in the public schools of Tustin and El Monte later attending Pomona College. His college course was broken by the tragic death of his father, in 1899, which necessitated his return home to attend the management of the home ranch near El Monte. Here he remained for two years, at the end of which time he located on a twenty-acre tract nearby and engaged in raising walnuts. He later disposed of this tract and purchased a forth acre tract east of El Monte (in the Bassett District) which he devoted to raising walnuts and alfalfa. In 1907 he erected a nice residence and made other improvements. Here he remained active in the management of his affairs until called by death in 1928. Mr. Maxson with other local growers, organized the La Puente Walnut Growers’ Association, and was its original manager until his death.
In El Monte, Mr. Maxson was united in marriage with Miss Mary Alexander, a native of El Monte, whose father was an El Monte pioneer, coming to California from South Carolina. Her mother was Miss Marie Publetia, a native of Chile, South America.
To Mr. and Mrs. Maxson were born thirteen children, all of whom are still living, namely: Benjamin Franklin, Jr. II and Stanley, of Puente; Marjorie, (Mrs. McIntosh) of Colton; Evelyn (Mrs. Hall of Baldwin Park; Alice (Mrs. Cota) and Reed, of Los Angeles; Willis, of the University of Idaho; Edith, of Brea; and Bernice, Frances, Edwin, Betty Jane, and Gilbert, the last five named being members of their mother’s household in West Covina.
Mr. Maxson was an active and conscientious worker in all matters of civic improvement. Though a busy man, he contributed much time to any public service, which needed his assistance. Fraternally, he was a member of the Masonic Lodge, and the Order of Eastern Star. At his death he was a Past Master of both the Covina and Baldwin Park Lodges. He was an active member and liberal supporter of the Presbyterian Church.
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Two other children:
They are Mary Evelyn Hall, 1910-1996, and Wilmer Reed Maxson, 1917 - 2004.
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Our Daddy
B.F. Maxson
1879 1928
Family Members
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Frances Viola Maxson Sanchez
1900–1999
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Marjorie Olive Maxson McIntosh
1901–1938
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Benjamin Franklin Maxson III
1903–1983
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Mathew Stanley Maxson
1904–1977
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Alice Pauline "Polly" Maxson Cota
1906–2003
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Edith Mae Maxson Klemz
1908–1998
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Mary Evelyn Maxson Hall
1910–1996
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Bernice Lorraine Maxson Simonich
1912–1966
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Willis Sheldon Maxson
1915–2010
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Wilmer Reed Maxson
1917–2004
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Edwin Warren Maxson
1919–1999
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Gilbert Roy Maxson
1921–2010
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Betty Jane Maxson Scott
1925–1992
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