Carroll-Miami County IN Archives Biographies.....Maxwell, Samuel M. 1874 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 26, 2006, 9:30 pm Author: John C. Odell (1916) SAMUEL M. MAXWELL. Among the well-known and highly-successful farmers of Jefferson township, Carroll county, Indiana, and among its prominent citizens is Samuel M. Maxwell, who owns eighty acres of land in section 8, which he has cleared and improved and which now comprises one of the most productive tracts of land in Jefferson township. Mr. Maxwell is a native of Miami county, Indiana, born on June 19, 1874, and is the son of Todd and Louisa (Chapple) Maxwell, the former of whom was born in Adams township, Carroll county, and the latter in New York state. Todd Maxwell was the son of John Maxwell, also a native of Carroll county, who in turn was a son of David, one of the first white settlers in Carroll county. David Maxwell was a native of County Cork, Ireland. Mr. Maxwell's great-grandparents, on his paternal side, are buried in the Neibold cemetery, east of Delphi. His mother, a native of New York state, was an infant when she was brought by her parents to Cass county, Indiana. She was left an orphan at a tender age, her mother having died early in life and her father was killed by the Indians. Mr. Maxwell's parents, Todd and Louisa (Chapple) Maxwell, were married in Carroll county. As a result of their marriage thirteen children were born, of whom David, the eldest, died at the age of thirty-seven years. Henderson, the youngest, was killed by a train when only two years old. The living children are as follow: William is a resident of Colorado; Henry lives in Brown county, Indiana; Samuel M. is the subject of this sketch; Charles lives near Idaville, White county; Edward lives in Evansville, Indiana; Mary is the wife of Henry Garland, who resides six miles northwest of Idaville, White county; Benjamin lives in Alberta, Canada, and is a member of the police force in one of the thriving cities of that province; Harvey lives in Jasper county, Indiana; Rees is a resident of Indianapolis; Victor lives in Texas, and Alonzo lives in Indianapolis. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Todd Maxwell lived near Walton, in Cass county, for a short time, and then purchased land in Miami county, where they also lived for a short time. Upon selling out in Miami county, they came to Carroll county, where Mr. Maxwell spent a great deal of his time. In 1886 he moved to White county, and there his wife died at the early age of forty-five years. After his wife's death, Todd Maxwell moved to Brown county, in 1907, and is still living there. He is a Democrat in politics, but has never cared to hold office. Samuel M. Maxwell was educated in the district schools of the Hoosier state, and on January 1, 1902, was married to Bertha Million, a daughter of John and Mary (Heiny) Million, the former of whom was born on July 9, 1847, in Miami county, Indiana, and the latter was the daughter of Henry and Magdalena (Schock) Heiny. They were married on October 6, 1870, and had eight children, of whom Walter Gilbert was married, August 24, 1898, to Celia Waldsmith; William Allen was married, October 30, 1895, to Frances Scott; Charles Oscar and Lulu Myrle are deceased; Bertha Ray married Samuel Maxwell, January 1, 1902; Artie Earl was married to Ada Viney on January 4, 1905; Harry Wallis and Curtis William are deceased. John Million's parents were Robert and Mary Etta (Pearson) Million, the former of whom was born in Miami county, Ohio, the son of Jacob Million, a native of near Knoxville, Tennessee, who settled in Miami county, Ohio, in pioneer times. Mary Etta Pearson was a native of South Carolina, having been born near Charleston. She came with her parents when a child to Ohio and by her marriage to Robert Million there were born seven children, of whom only one is living: Sarah was the wife of Thomas Galloway and lived in Jefferson township at the time of her death; John is the father of Mrs. Maxwell; Lydia was the wife of Thomas Galloway; Louisa was the wife of John Headley and they lived in Tennessee and it was there that she died; Frances died at the age of forty-two; Washington is deceased. Mrs. Mary Etta (Pearson) Million, the mother of these children, died in 1866, and after her death Robert Million was married, secondly, to Levina Jones, who bore him seven children, namely: Jenetta is the wife of Henry Schock, of Jefferson township; Leonard lives at Rock-field, Carroll county; Felix lives in Jefferson township; James lives in White county, Indiana; Mary is the wife of Charles Hoover, of Adams township; Stella is the wife of Culver Coble, of Monticello; Robert, Jr., lives in Adams township. Robert Million was a farmer by occupation and died in 1893. John Million was not quite one year old when he accompanied his parents to Adams township, Carroll county, Indiana, in 1848. Here he grew up and was married to Mary Ann Heiny. Mr. Million owns two hundred and thirteen acres of well-improved land. He retired from farming in 1905, but still lives on the farm. Politically, he is a Democrat He has served as a member of the Carroll county council for two terms. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Maxwell are the parents of two children, Mildred and Iona. Mr. Maxwell owns eighty acres of land, which is well improved. He is a Republican in politics. Mrs. Maxwell is a member of the Church of God, and Mr. Maxwell is a member of the Christian church. Fraternally, Samuel M. Maxwell is a member of Idaville Lodge No. 556, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Additional Comments: Extracted from: 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 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/carroll/bios/maxwell101bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/infiles/ File size: 6.3 Kb