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John Albert MAXWELL was b. 24 Jul 1894 in Schuyler, NE to parents Albert Henry MAXWELL (1841-1904) and Lydia or Lyda Elliott HILL (1866-1957) who were married 27 Oct 1893 in Gage County, NE. His father was married previously and had one additional child, a daughter Alberta L. MAXWELL CRAWFORD (1877-1905). His mother married after his father died and she had one additional child, a daughter Anna COOLEY.
John married Ruth DAVIS or DAVIES (1898-1967) on 19 Feb 1920 in Fremont, NE and they had a son, William “Billy” Jack MAXWELL (1923-2000) and a daughter Benita J. MAXWELL MASTERSON (1920-2014). John died 18 Aug 1962 in Elko, NV during a business trip to California and is buried in the Ridge Cemetery in Fremont, NE. His son William was living in Oakland, CA and his daughter Benita MASTERSON in Flossmoor, IL at the time of John’s death.
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People in photo include: Paulita Maxwell
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People in photo include: Tyree Maxwell
People in photo include: Marilyn Borup, Marilyn Borup, Robert Dixon, Kenneth Durley, Jack Frost, Robbin Maxwell, Charles McCall, Gale D. Prouty, Wallace M. Roberts, and Patricia Stanford
Middle Row: Mary Elsie Moore, James M. McCloy, Emily Maxwell McCloy, Archie
Front Row: Lora Edith, Emma Zimmerman, Julia Ethel
Mary Elsie Moore was the mother of Grace Coy married to Marion MacEnnis
Photo found in an antique store in Seattle, Washington. I am not related to this family
People in photo include: Vesper Bell Beeson, Clarence Willard McCloy, Emily Maxwell McCloy, Archie McCloy, Lora Edith McCloy, Emma Zimmerman McCloy, and Julia Ethel McCloy
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