Miller County ArArchives Biographies.....Maxwell, John W. 1866 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/arfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Sanchez lmu567@gmail.com May 25, 2009, 4:56 am Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922) JOHN W. MAXWELL. John W. Maxwell, banker and merchant at Fouke, Arkansas, with residence at No. 1017 Pecan street in Texarkana, is a native of West Virginia, his birth having occurred near Ravenswood in that state on the 27th of August, 1866. He enjoyed good educational opportunities and came to Arkansas when eighteen years of age. Here he began teaching school in Miller county and was recognized as one of the popular, proficient and prominent educators of the state through a period of seventeen years. In 1902 he established a general store at Fouke. where he has built up a large mercantile business, and he also became a factor in its banking circles, organizing the State Bank of Fouke, of which he was elected president, and also serving as director of the Merchant & Planters Bank of Texarkana. In 1914 he purchased a beautiful home on Pecan street in Texarkana and removed his family to the city but has continued to conduct his mercantile and banking interests at Fouke. On the 11th of October, 1892, Mr. Maxwell was united in marriage to Miss Aro K. Mitchell and they have become parents of four children: Nellie, Alice, Robert and John W., to whom they have given good educational advantages. Mr. Maxwell and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. taking a deep interest in the growth of the church and doing everything to expand its influence. In politics Mr. Maxwell has always been a democrat and has served on the central committee. He has never sought or desired office but served for several years on the school board at Fouke, the cause of education finding in him a stalwart champion. He belongs to the Woodmen of the World and also to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Maccabees. His interests center in those lines through which flow the greatest good to the greatest number and he has been a contributing factor to many of those forces which make for the benefit, upbuilding and progress of the community. Additional Comments: Citation: Centennial History of Arkansas Volume II Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1922 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/miller/bios/maxwell19nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/arfiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb