Cyrus Haymond Maxwell

Brief Life History of Cyrus Haymond

When Cyrus Haymond Maxwell was born on 22 March 1863, in St. George, Tucker, West Virginia, United States, his father, Rufus Maxwell, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Jane Bonnifield, was 28. He married Melvina Jane Adams in 1887, in Tucker, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Union District, Preston, West Virginia, United States in 1900 and Morgan District, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 25 July 1943, in Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in East Oak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Cyrus Haymond Maxwell
1863–1943
Melvina Jane Adams
1864–1953
Marriage: 1887
Hugh Thurman Maxwell
1889–1890
Ida "Ruth" Maxwell
1891–1948
Paul Rufus Maxwell
1894–1986
Dr George Ralph Maxwell
1898–1975
Cyrus Haymond Maxwell Jr.
1899–1985
Maxwell
1900–1900

Sources (25)

  • Silas H Maxwell in household of Rufas Maxwell, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Serous H. Maxwell, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
  • C H Maxwell, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco

The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from a place in Kelso, near Melrose in Roxburghshire, the name of a salmon pool on the Tweed near Kelso Bridge. The placename is first recorded in 1144 in the form Mackeswell ‘Mack's spring or stream’ (Old English well(a)).

Irish: adopted for Ó Meisceall, see Miskell . This surname is common in Ulster.

Jewish: arbitrary adoption of the Scottish name, or Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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