Birth date as shown on the marker; alternate birth date, 15 Jun 1787, from obituary.
HUGH MAXWELL.
Hugh Maxwell died on Monday morning, at the old family residence, St. Mark's Place, New York city. He was born in 1787, in Scotland. At the ago of four years he was brought to this country by his parents. He was classmate of Julian C. Verplanck and others who have since risen to eminence. Taking a front rank among the lawyers of the period, he was elected District Attorney of the City and County of New York in 1819, und was re-elected until 1829). Many important trials, which occurred during his occupancy of that office, stamped the man as one of the most lucid and practical thinkers, as well as one of the most logical and forcible debaters that had yet appeared at the American bur. This reputation he held at the day of his death.
Mr. Maxwell held the office of Assistant Judge Advocate General of the United States Army during the your 1814. During the administrations of Taylor and Fillmore he held the position of Collector of the Port of New York. The intervening years, with but short interruption, were passed in companionship with the classical writings, in which he delighted, and frequent association with a few warm personal friends, among the most constant of whom was Thurlow Weed. Occupying his summer residence for so many years at Upper Nyack, there are few of our citizens who will not miss the dignified presence, the silvery hair and the kindly smile of Hugh Maxwell.
Source: Rockland County Journal (Nyack, New York), 5 Apr 1873, Page 5
See also much longer, more detailed article in the Rockland County Journal (Nyack, New York), 12 Apr 1873, Page 1.
HUGH MAXWELL.
Hugh Maxwell died on Monday morning, at the old family residence, St. Mark's Place, New York city. He was born in 1787, in Scotland. At the ago of four years he was brought to this country by his parents. He was classmate of Julian C. Verplanck and others who have since risen to eminence. Taking a front rank among the lawyers of the period, he was elected District Attorney of the City and County of New York in 1819, und was re-elected until 1829). Many important trials, which occurred during his occupancy of that office, stamped the man as one of the most lucid and practical thinkers, as well as one of the most logical and forcible debaters that had yet appeared at the American bur. This reputation he held at the day of his death.
Mr. Maxwell held the office of Assistant Judge Advocate General of the United States Army during the your 1814. During the administrations of Taylor and Fillmore he held the position of Collector of the Port of New York. The intervening years, with but short interruption, were passed in companionship with the classical writings, in which he delighted, and frequent association with a few warm personal friends, among the most constant of whom was Thurlow Weed. Occupying his summer residence for so many years at Upper Nyack, there are few of our citizens who will not miss the dignified presence, the silvery hair and the kindly smile of Hugh Maxwell.
Source: Rockland County Journal (Nyack, New York), 5 Apr 1873, Page 5
See also much longer, more detailed article in the Rockland County Journal (Nyack, New York), 12 Apr 1873, Page 1.
Birth date as shown on the marker; alternate birth date, 15 Jun 1787, from obituary.
HUGH MAXWELL.
Hugh Maxwell died on Monday morning, at the old family residence, St. Mark's Place, New York city. He was born in 1787, in Scotland. At the ago of four years he was brought to this country by his parents. He was classmate of Julian C. Verplanck and others who have since risen to eminence. Taking a front rank among the lawyers of the period, he was elected District Attorney of the City and County of New York in 1819, und was re-elected until 1829). Many important trials, which occurred during his occupancy of that office, stamped the man as one of the most lucid and practical thinkers, as well as one of the most logical and forcible debaters that had yet appeared at the American bur. This reputation he held at the day of his death.
Mr. Maxwell held the office of Assistant Judge Advocate General of the United States Army during the your 1814. During the administrations of Taylor and Fillmore he held the position of Collector of the Port of New York. The intervening years, with but short interruption, were passed in companionship with the classical writings, in which he delighted, and frequent association with a few warm personal friends, among the most constant of whom was Thurlow Weed. Occupying his summer residence for so many years at Upper Nyack, there are few of our citizens who will not miss the dignified presence, the silvery hair and the kindly smile of Hugh Maxwell.
Source: Rockland County Journal (Nyack, New York), 5 Apr 1873, Page 5
See also much longer, more detailed article in the Rockland County Journal (Nyack, New York), 12 Apr 1873, Page 1.
HUGH MAXWELL.
Hugh Maxwell died on Monday morning, at the old family residence, St. Mark's Place, New York city. He was born in 1787, in Scotland. At the ago of four years he was brought to this country by his parents. He was classmate of Julian C. Verplanck and others who have since risen to eminence. Taking a front rank among the lawyers of the period, he was elected District Attorney of the City and County of New York in 1819, und was re-elected until 1829). Many important trials, which occurred during his occupancy of that office, stamped the man as one of the most lucid and practical thinkers, as well as one of the most logical and forcible debaters that had yet appeared at the American bur. This reputation he held at the day of his death.
Mr. Maxwell held the office of Assistant Judge Advocate General of the United States Army during the your 1814. During the administrations of Taylor and Fillmore he held the position of Collector of the Port of New York. The intervening years, with but short interruption, were passed in companionship with the classical writings, in which he delighted, and frequent association with a few warm personal friends, among the most constant of whom was Thurlow Weed. Occupying his summer residence for so many years at Upper Nyack, there are few of our citizens who will not miss the dignified presence, the silvery hair and the kindly smile of Hugh Maxwell.
Source: Rockland County Journal (Nyack, New York), 5 Apr 1873, Page 5
See also much longer, more detailed article in the Rockland County Journal (Nyack, New York), 12 Apr 1873, Page 1.
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