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[153] John Maxwell (son of Bazil Maxwell and Polly Rice)466, 466, 466 was born May 24, 1813 in Wayne Co. Kentucky, and died August 27, 1901 in Barry Co. Missouri. He married (1) Mahala Weddle on March 08, 1834 in Jackson Co, Indiana467. He married (2) Elizabeth E. Young on January 23, 1887 in Barry County, Missouri468.

More About John Maxwell:
Date born 2: May 24, 1813, Mill Springs, Wayne Co. KY.468
Burial: Mineral Springs Church Cemetery, near Cassville, Barry Co. MO..
Died 2: August 27, 1901, Barry Co. MO..468
Military: 1861469
Military service: Bet. September 01, 1861 - August 09, 1862, Corperal, Company B Indiana Inft..
Residence 1: 1870, Shoal Creek, Barry, Missouri.470, 470
Residence 2: 1850, Salt Creek, Jackson, Indiana.471
Residence 3: 1860, Carr, Jackson, Indiana.472
Residence 4: 1880, Spring River, Lawrence, Missouri.473
Residence 5: June 1890, Barry, Missouri, United States.474
Residence 6: 1900, Mineral Spring, Barry, Missouri.475

More About John Maxwell and Mahala Weddle:
Marriage 1: March 08, 1834, Jackson Co, Indiana.476
Marriage 2: 1829, IN, USA.477
Marriage 3: March 08, 1834, Jackson Co. Indiana.
Marriage 4: March 08, 1834, Jackson, Indiana.478
Marriage 5: March 08, 1834, Jackson, Indiana.478

More About John Maxwell and Elizabeth E. Young:
Marriage: January 23, 1887, Barry County, Missouri.479
Marriage Performed By: January 23, 1887, A.P. Charmichael, MG.480

Children of John Maxwell and Mahala Weddle are:
+Dr.David Harvey Maxwell, b. November 18, 1842, Jackson, IN, USA481, 481, 481, 481, d. August 07, 1905, Galena Township, Stone County, Missouri481.
Elizabeth Ellen Maxwell, b. November 18, 1835, Salt Creek Twp. Jackson Co. Indiana482.
James Jefferson Maxwell, b. 1837, Jackson, IN, USA483, 483, d. October 06, 1864, Tyler, Texas in a Rebel Prison Camp.
+Enoch William Maxwell, b. June 06, 1840, Jackson, IN, USA483, 483, d. October 29, 1914, Blackwell, Kay Co. Oklahoma.
+Edward Bazil Maxwell, b. June 14, 1845, Medora, Jackson Co. IN., d. July 01, 1935, Pierce City, Lawrence Co. Mo..
Annis Louiiza Maxwell, b. June 01, 1848, Jackson, IN, USA483, d. October 07, 1927, Varona, Missouri.
Mary Jane Maxwell, b. 1850, Jackson, IN, USA483.
+Nancy Adeline Maxwell, b. November 23, 1852, Jackson, IN, USA483, d. April 15, 1936, Verona, Lawrence, MO, USA483.
+John Wesley Maxwell, b. December 11, 1855, Jackson, IN, USA483, 483, 483, 483, 483, 483, 483, d. April 07, 1922, Mounds, OK, USA483, 483, 483, 483.

[63] DAVID HARVEY MAXWELL AND THE HISTORY OF STONE COUNTY AND BRANSON!
The Goodspeed's History of Barry County shows that David Harvey Maxwell was a Physician, as does several Census reports. There has been much speculation about where he recieved his medical degree. Theanswer is, he probably never had one. His last assignment in the Civil War was in a field Surgical Unit. Today, we would call this a M.A.S.H. unit.
Post Civil War, in the Ozark Mountians, was extreamly wild and dangerous. At the time of David's arrival, John Kemberling and Jim Philibert had begun construction of the Wilderness Road of the Ozarks.Using Civil War Vets for labour, they hacked out a road from Springfield, Missouri to Barryville, Arkansas. The new railhead was to be built in Springfield. So, it was important to have a way to movegoods and livestock to the railhead. Hundreds were employeed to work on the Wilderness Road. Soon, even more hundreds settled and started farming along the Wilderness Road. These People need medical services, and with his training during the Civil War, David provided those services.
About this time, a young minister, Harold Bell Wright, came to the Ozarks. His Church was in Pierce City, in Lawrence County. But, he spent much of his time in the Ozarks. He loved the people so much that he wrote several books about the people and the area. One book, The Shepherd of the Hills, was a best seller. So many came to Stone County to see where the book was written, that it soon became apopular tourest area. At first there was just a few places to see, but with the construction of Table Rock Lake on the James and White River, it became even more popular. Silver Dollar City, sprang up, and nearby Branson in Taney County became one of the most visited areas in the U.S.
Until his death in 1905, Dr. David Harvey Maxwell provided medical services to the workers on the Wilderness Road, and to the locals that Harold Bell Wright wrote about in The Shepherd of the Hills. You can still find the Wilderness Road on a map, just look for HWY 13 from Springfield to Kemberling Cit, and on ito Arkansas.


Dr.David Harvey Maxwell (son of John Maxwell and Mahala Weddle)335, 335 was born November 18, 1842 in Jackson, IN, USA335, 335, 335, 335, and died August 07, 1905 in Galena Township, Stone County, Missouri335. He married (1) Louisa Jane Thompson on May 29, 1864 in Jackson, IN, USA335. He married (2) Mary E Edwards on August 17, 1884 in Stone County, Missouri. He married (3) Mary E Crabtree on January 06, 1893 in Galena, Stone County, Missouri.

More About Dr.David Harvey Maxwell:
Date born 2: 1842, Indiana.336
Burial: Hwy Y Cemitary, off hwy 76, west of Reeds Springs, Mo..
Residence 1: 1900, Flat Creek, Stone, Missouri.337
Residence 2: 1850, Salt Creek, Jackson, Indiana.338
Residence 3: 1860, Carr, Jackson, Indiana.339
Residence 4: 1870, Shoal Creek, Barry, Missouri.340
Residence 5: 1880, Williams, Stone, Missouri, United States.341

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