Alexander, the youngest of 12 children came to the new country in 1850 with his mother Rebecca , brother Samuel and their worldly possessions of two trunks and two boxes at the age of eleven .
It was the time of the great potato famine also known as the Great Hunger. Donegal Ireland had evictions as high as 16% and deaths some claim totaling forty thousand souls.
Arriving and staying two years in Philadelphia, where he attended school, in 1852 moving west to Jefferson county where his Uncle William Maxwell lived and made their home with his sister Margaret Davenport in Washington Township until he married Maryann Smith a neighbor.
In 1858 He and his wife moved onto the 100 acres he purchased near Lane Mills, situated one mile from Lanes Mills and three miles from Brockway. Alexander worked hard improving the land and devoted it to farming. On this land, a rock quarry and a coal mine exist.
Alexander a staunch Presbyterian, belonging to the Beechwoods Presbyterian church was known to walk from his Farm at Lanes mills to church on Sunday.
Alexander lived to the ripe old age of 86, And left each of his children a good amount of inheritance by way of money. For the boy who arrived with nothing, He is the example of the American experience.
Facts taken from McKnight, written by :Two times Great Granddaughter Susan Maxwell.
Thank you to cousin Julie Kelts for this picture of our 2 time G Grandfather
Alexander, the youngest of 12 children came to the new country in 1850 with his mother Rebecca , brother Samuel and their worldly possessions of two trunks and two boxes at the age of eleven .
It was the time of the great potato famine also known as the Great Hunger. Donegal Ireland had evictions as high as 16% and deaths some claim totaling forty thousand souls.
Arriving and staying two years in Philadelphia, where he attended school, in 1852 moving west to Jefferson county where his Uncle William Maxwell lived and made their home with his sister Margaret Davenport in Washington Township until he married Maryann Smith a neighbor.
In 1858 He and his wife moved onto the 100 acres he purchased near Lane Mills, situated one mile from Lanes Mills and three miles from Brockway. Alexander worked hard improving the land and devoted it to farming. On this land, a rock quarry and a coal mine exist.
Alexander a staunch Presbyterian, belonging to the Beechwoods Presbyterian church was known to walk from his Farm at Lanes mills to church on Sunday.
Alexander lived to the ripe old age of 86, And left each of his children a good amount of inheritance by way of money. For the boy who arrived with nothing, He is the example of the American experience.
Facts taken from McKnight, written by :Two times Great Granddaughter Susan Maxwell.
Thank you to cousin Julie Kelts for this picture of our 2 time G Grandfather
Gravesite Details
Spouse of Mary Ann Maxwell
Family Members
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Rebecca Jane Maxwell Patton
1859–1926
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Elizabeth M Maxwell Sibley
1860–1934
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William Samuel Maxwell
1862–1935
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John Alex Maxwell
1863–1950
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Margaret Annetta Maxwell Kelts
1865–1939
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Rosanna Maxwell
1868–1869
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Rose Ann Maxwell Curry
1870–1964
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Mayme Maxwell Marshall
1873–1953
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Jane Agnes "Jennie" Maxwell Thomas
1875–1919
