Lassen-Plumas County CA Archives Biographies.....Maxwell, J. H. 1837 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

J. H. MAXWELL.—He was born in Du Page county, Illinois, June 20, 1837. In 1859
he came overland to California, and mined in Rich gulch, Plumas county, for one
year. He then engaged for twelve years in the stock and butchering business in
Indian valley. In 1874 he bought the Greenville hotel, and conducted it until
1877, when he sold out and came to Susanville. He bought the Stewart House, and
ran it three years, when he sold it, and purchased his farm three miles east of
Susanville. He is a member of the Masonic lodge and commandery at Susanville.
November 22, 1871, he married Miss Joana Huntsinger of Taylorville, born in
White county, Illinois, in 1853. Maggie May, their only child, was born in
Plumas county, November 30, 1872.

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Extracted from:

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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