David Maxwell

Male16 July 1808–22 September 1875

Brief Life History of David

When David Maxwell was born on 16 July 1808, in Ohio, United States, his father, John Andrew Maxwell I, was 42 and his mother, Jane Brazelton, was 34. He married Margaret Mary Aikins about 1834, in Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 22 September 1875, in Ogle, Illinois, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Lafayette Township, Ogle, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Maxwell
1808–1875
Margaret Mary Aikins
1814–1861
Marriage: about 1834
Talitha Maxwell
1836–1875
Eliza C. Maxwell
1837–1921
Andrew J. Maxwell
1839–
George F. Maxwell
1847–
John William Maxwell
1839–
Delitha Maxwell
1841–1868
John William Maxwell
1854–1933

Sources (9)

  • David Maxwell, "United States Census, 1850"
  • David Maxwell in entry for Wm Maxwell and Emma Driemiller, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • William Maxwell in entry for George T Maxwell, "Minnesota, Death Records and Certificates, 1900-1955"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1834Illinois, United States
  • Children (7)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (15)

    +10 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1810 · Change of capital city

    Age 2

    Zanesville becomes the new state capital.

    1812

    Age 4

    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Age 22

    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    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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