Upshur County, West Virginia Biography of FRANK PORTER MAXWELL This file was submitted by Valerie Crook, E-mail address: The submitter does not have a connection to the subject of this sketch. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 612 FRANK PORTER MAXWELL, of Buckhannon, has a state- wide reputation in live stock circles, and stock farming has constituted his life work. He is the eldest son of Porter and Columbia Virginia (Post) Maxwell. His grandfather was Franklin Maxwell, of Doddridge County, well known as one of West Virginia's most prosperous farmers. His maternal grandparents were Isaac and Emily Post. Mr. Maxwell was born February 8, 1870, on his father's farm, Point View, in Harrison County, West Virginia. He was reared in his native county; attended the public schools there and also West Virginia University, and this was subsequently followed with a business course at Adrian, Michigan. As a youth he found himself strongly attracted to the live stock feature of farming, and as soon as his education was completed he actively associated himself with his father. His business for a number of years has been conducted on a large scale, and he operates several stock farms located in Barbour, Upshur and Randolph counties. Mr. Maxwell's live stock are blooded cattle and horses of the thorough bred Morgan strain of Kentucky. His cattle are Hereford, Pollangus and Shorthorn. Mr. Maxwell is a director of the Traders National Bank of Buckhannon, is a democrat in politics and is one of the generous, successful business men of the state, supporting freely church and charitable undertakings. On June 20, 1895, he married Reta B. Heavner, daughter of Capt. Jacob W. and Leah Anna (Keger) Heavner. The history of Captain Heavner and his family is given in the following biography. They have one daughter, Virginia Lee Maxwell.