Carroll-White County IN Archives Biographies.....Maxson, Curtis J. 1848 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

CURTIS J. MAXSON.

   Curtis J. Maxson, who owns the old Maxson homestead of one hundred acres in
Tippecanoe township, Carroll county, is a native of Prairie township, White
county, Indiana, having been born on December 22, 1848.

   Mr. Maxson is the son of Simeon and Milinda (Sleeth) Maxson, the former of
whom was born near Cincinnati, Ohio, and the latter in Greene county, Ohio. They
were married in Greene county, and in 1840 emigrated to White county, where they
purchased land and where they farmed for a number of years. In 1861 they removed
from White county to Carroll county. Simeon Maxson died in 1893 and his wife
died two years previously. Both were members of the Methodist church. Of the six
sons born to Simeon and Milinda (Sleeth) Maxson one died in infancy and four
served in the Union army during the Civil War. These four sons were John, Alvin,
Rev. O. N. and A. E. John died when about sixty years old at Frankfort, Indiana;
Alvin died in Tacoma, Washington, in 1913; O. N., who is a Methodist minister,
lives in Florida; A. E. lives at Puyallup, Pierce county, Washington; Curtis J.
is the subject of this sketch.

   Curtis J. Maxson was educated in the common schools of White county and at
the Battleground Collegiate Institute, which he attended for some time. Mr.
Maxson lived at home with his father and mother until their death and then took
over the old homestead, comprising one hundred acres of land, which he has
managed ever since. Mr. Maxson is a devoted member of the Methodist church, and
a Republican in politics.

   Mr. Maxson is a bachelor, and his niece, Lena R. Maxson, keeps house for him:
He has made a specialty of thoroughbred Duroc-Jersey hogs and has been very
successful in raising them for the market.


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Biographical Section of

HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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