OBITS:MAXWELL, Sarah Jefferson County Ohio Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Donna M. Tivener dtivener@richnet.net **************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. COMPILED AND FORMATTED BY Kelly Courtney-Blizzard KELLYGIRL3398@MPINET.NET Copyright 2000 Donna M. Tivener dtivener@richnet.net **************************************************************************** Steubenville, Ohio Gazette, 12th April 1878. Jefferson County Ohio. Mrs. Sarah Maxwell, wife of James Maxwell, deceased and mother of George W. Maxwell, who was killed near Bloomfield station Some weeks ago, died t her residence near Bloomfield, this county, Thursday; in the ninety-fifth year of her age. Mrs. Maxwell was one among the few original pioneers to the county, having been a resident for seventy-seven years, coming here in 1801. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church for a great many years. She was highly respected by her neighbors and acquaintances, and her death will be regretted by many. Thus pass away one by one the original pioneers to that borne from whence none return.