John B. Maxwell and Priscilla Black

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Husband John B. Maxwell ¹

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           Born: 5 Apr 1839 - Lawrence Co, PA 2
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         Father: George B. Maxwell (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Christiana Emery (      -1874) 2

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       Marriage: 30 Mar 1862 3

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   Other Spouse: Nancy B. Rodgers (      -      ) 2

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Wife Priscilla Black ³

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           Born: 30 Mar 1837 3
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           Died: Aug 1863 3
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         Father: John Black (1786-1839) 3
         Mother: Dorothy W. Winson (1799-1881) 3

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - John B. Maxwell

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He was educated in the country schools, and began learning the carpenter trade at the age of twenty. He lived in Sandy Lake, PA, for twelve years, and in 1878 came to his present farm of eighty-seven acres, in Findley Township, Mercer County. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Mercer. He was a Republican, and a strong temperance man. He was a soldier in Company D, Two Hundred and Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, during the Civil War, and was in several hard battles.

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General Notes: Wife - Priscilla Black

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She died in 1862. [HMC 1888, 964]

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Notes: Marriage

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Their marriage took place in 1861. [HMC 1888, 964]

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 964, 1007.

2 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 964.

3 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1007.