Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Maxwell, G. C. 1833 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   G. C. Maxwell, merchant, Veedersburg, was born in Warren county, Ohio, in
1833, and is son of John Maxwell, native of Warren county, Ohio, born in 1801,
and was the son of Robert and Sarah (Conover) Maxwell. John Maxwell was a member
of the Ohio state militia. He raised a family of five children, two of whom now
are citizens of Fountain county: Mrs. Rhoda A. Robb and G. C. He emigrated to
Fountain county from Ohio in 1836, settling in Wabash township near the White
mills, where he died in 1874; his wife survived him but five months. John
Maxwell was a man of undoubted integrity, strictly moral, firm in all his
undertakings, and successful in life. G. C. Maxwell, in his early life, followed
the profession of school-teaching. He was educated at Meron, Indiana. He was
appointed enrolling officer in 1862 of Van Buren township, and served till 1865,
when he entered the service as a volunteer in the 154th Ind. reg., serving till
the close of the war. G. C. was married to Rebecca Conover, by whom he had one
child, Carry; in 1866, to Elizabeth Leas, by whom he had one child, Lizzie. He
was married a third time, to Sarah L. King, of Ohio. G. C. in politics is a
republican of the first rank. He is now engaged in the business of general
merchandise in Sterling with a profitable trade. His success in life is due to
his own close application to business and undaunted courage.

Additional Comments:

Van Buren Township

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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