2nd Lt. field artillery World War II.
Stephens County Auditor 1958-1974.
Married Dorothy Sarah Toomey June 23, 1929.
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He attended high school at Wayland and attended Britton's Training school now known as Cisco Junior College. He taught school at Hackberry, near Rotan for seven years. He attended Texas A&M and was called to service in World War I. He was a 2nd Lt. in the Field Artillery of the US Army and prepared to go overseas when the war ended in 1918. He served in the Stephens County tax office from 1924-1928; city secretary; county auditor for 11 years, where he retired at the county courthouse in 1974 at the age of 82. He was a member of the American Legion from 1923-1979; charter member of the Elks Club, engaged in Boy Scout activities for 22 years; longtime member of First United Methodist Church, instrumental in establishing the Swenson Memorial Museum. He was the Stephens County Historian and unveiled the Texas Memorial Marker at the arch of the 1883 courthouse. Survived by his wife; one daughter - Mrs. James "Mary" Mayer of San Antonio; one son - Prescott Maxwell of San Francisco, CA; one brother - Byron Maxwell of Albany and one sister - Maude Simmons of Abilene; five grandchildren.
Stephens County Auditor 1958-1974.
Married Dorothy Sarah Toomey June 23, 1929.
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He attended high school at Wayland and attended Britton's Training school now known as Cisco Junior College. He taught school at Hackberry, near Rotan for seven years. He attended Texas A&M and was called to service in World War I. He was a 2nd Lt. in the Field Artillery of the US Army and prepared to go overseas when the war ended in 1918. He served in the Stephens County tax office from 1924-1928; city secretary; county auditor for 11 years, where he retired at the county courthouse in 1974 at the age of 82. He was a member of the American Legion from 1923-1979; charter member of the Elks Club, engaged in Boy Scout activities for 22 years; longtime member of First United Methodist Church, instrumental in establishing the Swenson Memorial Museum. He was the Stephens County Historian and unveiled the Texas Memorial Marker at the arch of the 1883 courthouse. Survived by his wife; one daughter - Mrs. James "Mary" Mayer of San Antonio; one son - Prescott Maxwell of San Francisco, CA; one brother - Byron Maxwell of Albany and one sister - Maude Simmons of Abilene; five grandchildren.
2nd Lt. field artillery World War II.
Stephens County Auditor 1958-1974.
Married Dorothy Sarah Toomey June 23, 1929.
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He attended high school at Wayland and attended Britton's Training school now known as Cisco Junior College. He taught school at Hackberry, near Rotan for seven years. He attended Texas A&M and was called to service in World War I. He was a 2nd Lt. in the Field Artillery of the US Army and prepared to go overseas when the war ended in 1918. He served in the Stephens County tax office from 1924-1928; city secretary; county auditor for 11 years, where he retired at the county courthouse in 1974 at the age of 82. He was a member of the American Legion from 1923-1979; charter member of the Elks Club, engaged in Boy Scout activities for 22 years; longtime member of First United Methodist Church, instrumental in establishing the Swenson Memorial Museum. He was the Stephens County Historian and unveiled the Texas Memorial Marker at the arch of the 1883 courthouse. Survived by his wife; one daughter - Mrs. James "Mary" Mayer of San Antonio; one son - Prescott Maxwell of San Francisco, CA; one brother - Byron Maxwell of Albany and one sister - Maude Simmons of Abilene; five grandchildren.
Stephens County Auditor 1958-1974.
Married Dorothy Sarah Toomey June 23, 1929.
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He attended high school at Wayland and attended Britton's Training school now known as Cisco Junior College. He taught school at Hackberry, near Rotan for seven years. He attended Texas A&M and was called to service in World War I. He was a 2nd Lt. in the Field Artillery of the US Army and prepared to go overseas when the war ended in 1918. He served in the Stephens County tax office from 1924-1928; city secretary; county auditor for 11 years, where he retired at the county courthouse in 1974 at the age of 82. He was a member of the American Legion from 1923-1979; charter member of the Elks Club, engaged in Boy Scout activities for 22 years; longtime member of First United Methodist Church, instrumental in establishing the Swenson Memorial Museum. He was the Stephens County Historian and unveiled the Texas Memorial Marker at the arch of the 1883 courthouse. Survived by his wife; one daughter - Mrs. James "Mary" Mayer of San Antonio; one son - Prescott Maxwell of San Francisco, CA; one brother - Byron Maxwell of Albany and one sister - Maude Simmons of Abilene; five grandchildren.
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