OBITS:MAXWELL, Samuel Shelby County Ohio

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DEATH OF SAMUEL S. MAXWELL 
From the Shelby County Democrat. 

 Mr. Samuel S. Maxwell, a pioneer of this county, died at his home tow 
miles east of Sidney, on Friday night, October 9th. The funeral took 
place on Sunday and was attended by a large number of citizens. The 
Masons, of which Order he was a member, conducted the rites. The odd 
Fellows also took part. 
 Samuel S. Maxwell, the eldest son of John Maxwell and Ruth Cypherd, 
was born near Philadelphia, Pa. July 15th. 1795.  Of his mother's 
ancestors but little is known.  His paternal grandfather James Maxwell, 
the father of Alexander Campbell, the great Reformer, with two brothers, 
John & Robert, emigrated from Scotland to the colonies of America at an 
early day, one of whom settled in Virginia, one in Maryland, and one in 
Pennsylvania. The history of Scotland bears testimony that Maxwell is by 
no means a Plebian name.  John, the father of the subject of present 
sketch, served as the Revolution, and subsequently with his son Samuel, 
immigrated to the Western territory in 1801, settled in Harrison County, 
one year before Ohio was admitted as a State.  At the breaking out of 
the war of 1812, our subject, in the absence of the older men of the 
settlement, was employed in supplying the families of the neighborhood 
with meat. No small undertaking for a boy 17 years old, when hunters of 
those days were quite as liable to meet wild Indians as wild game.  At 
the age of 18 he was employed as a soldier. Al though his father was at 
one time possessed of considerable means, he unfortunately lost all 
through those whom he desired to befriend in the time eof need, and in 
whose honor he too generously and confidently trusted. These circumstances 
combined with the fact that Samuel was but one of a large family, he left 
the paternal roof with no companion but his trusty axe, to hew cut his 
future destiny. He traveled westward until reaching Still Water, near 
Dayton (Ohio), and he met Mary Wager, who feared not sharing his poverty, 
and to whom she was united February 1st. 1816, and who continued to enjoy 
both is poverty and prosperity for the golden space of over 57 years. On 
February 3rd. 1835, they came to this place, where they prospered by 
industry and frugality for over 39 years. He asked no name for charity 
yet he fed the hungry and befriended the poor. To the needy he shared 
in his poverty as freely as in prosperity. So rigid where his principles 
of honor that the least approach to wrong doing on the part of any with 
whom he was connected, met stern rebuke and occasioned him intense 
sorrow. On Friday evening, Oct. 9th, he breathed his last at peace with 
the world and his God. His dying admonition to his children contained a 
volume of meaning more elegant than if drank at the Ole fountain of 
Classic lore,---more eloquent that if clothed in the language of the 
muse--as touching as simple, as and as brief,--"Live in Peace".a 
quartermaster during the war of 
  

Submitted by; Donna (Maxwell) Tivener on June 27, 2000