Thomas S. Maxwell

3 December 1813–22 November 1877 (Age 63)
South Carolina, United States

The Life Summary of Thomas S.

When Thomas S. Maxwell was born on 3 December 1813, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Thomas Maxwell Jr., was 18 and his mother, Lydia A Cooper, was 20. He married Dorcas Tacket on 31 December 1835, in Perry, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Perry, Pike, Illinois, United States in 1850. He died on 22 November 1877, in Perry, Illinois, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Swanwick, Perry, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas S. Maxwell
1813–1877
Dorcas Tacket
1818–1852
Marriage: 31 December 1835
Isaac William Maxwell
1840–1924
Enoch R Maxwell
1841–1872

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    31 December 1835Perry, Illinois, United States
    • Children

    (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1818
    Age 5
    Illinois is the 21st state.
    1822 · Slave Rebellion
    Age 9
    On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called "the rising." The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it.
    1832 · Black Hawk War
    Age 19
    The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the "British Band", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Miskell

    Sources (13)

    • Thomas Maxwell, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Thomas S Maxwell, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
    • Thos Maxwell in entry for J W Maxwell, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

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