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• Parents
  Husband | Male MAXWELL William Stephen, Jr.
  Birth	14 Nov 1833	Jackson County, AL
  Died	9 Jan 1886	Falls County, Texas
  Buried		Powers Chapel Cemetery, Falls Co., Texas
  Married	22 March 1854	Jackson County, Alabama
  Father	MAXWELL *William Stephen | F22 Group Sheet
  Mother	KASH *Mariah Elizabeth | F22 Group Sheet
  Wife | Female DAME Sarah Ann
  Birth	Abt 1836	Tennessee
  Died
  Buried
  Father
  Mother
  Children
  Child 1 | Female MAXWELL Martha Jane
  Birth
  Died
  Buried
  Child 2 | Male MAXWELL Thomas
  Birth
  Died
  Buried
  Child 3 | Female MAXWELL Mariah Angeline
  Birth	Nov 1854	Alabama
  Died
  Buried
  Child 4 | Male MAXWELL Andrew Jackson
  Birth	11 Jun 1856	Jackson County, Alabama
  Died
  Buried
  Child 5 | Male MAXWELL William Oliver
  Birth	9 May 1857	Jackson County, Alabama
  Died
  Buried
  Child 6 | Male > MAXWELL William Jesse
  Birth	Mar 1860	Alabama
  Died	26 Dec 1925	Franklin, Robertson County, Texas
  Buried	27 Dec 1925	Church of Christ, Clarkson, Milam County, Texas
  Spouse	PRIOR Mary | F1380
  Married
  Child 7 | Female MAXWELL Sarah Jane
  Birth	16 Sep 1861	Jackson County, Alabama
  Died
  Buried
  Child 8 | Male MAXWELL George W.
  Birth	23 Jan 1866	Jackson County, Alabama
  Died
  Buried

• Notes

  Biography as submitted by Ronald and Margaret Meek. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txfalls/bioMAXWELL_William William Stephen Maxwell was born November 14, 1833 in Jackson County, AL. He and Sarah Jane Dame were married in Jackson County,AL on March 22,1854. They became parents of a large family. In the fall of 1861 Maxwell mustered in as a Private in Company F of the 42nd Tennessee at Camp Cheaton, TN. He was captured at Fort Donelson, TN on February 16, 1862 and later paroled. When Company H, became apart of Norwood's Battalion of Alabama, 55th Alabama Infantry. W.S. Maxwell was back with his fellow infantrymen. His brother Hugh P. Maxwell's records also show he enlisted in Co. F of the 42nd Tennessee and was discharged from Company H of the 55th Alabama Volunteers. After the close of the Civil War, Wm S. Maxwell moved his family from Jackson County, Alabama to Falls County, TX. He first appeared on the tax roll of Falls County in 1873. He settled near Powers Chapel on land of the Mary Prior League, which he acquired from Mr. E.M. Wilder according to deed records of the county. Maxwell died January 9, 1886, in Falls County and was buried in Power's Chapel Cemetery. On September 13,1909, his 75 year old widow, Sallie Maxwell, ( living with her daughter Sarah Jane Curry, Ft. 3, Mart, McLennan County) applied for W.S. Maxwell's war pension. In May of 1910, her application which included sworn statements from Maxwell's lifelong friend W.W. Smith of Jackson County, Alabama and Hugh P. Maxwell of Falls County, TX was denied by the Adjutant Generals Office of the War Department in Washington, D.C. Sallie Maxwell died about 3 years later at the age of 78 years old. The family has reason to believe, that she is buried by his side without a marker. The name William Stephen Maxwell was sometimes recorded as William Steven or William Stevenson Maxwell in the Confederate and other records. He signed legal papers in Jackson County, AL concerning his father's estate as William Stephen Maxwell. His father's name was William Maxwell, therefore he was called Stephen. The family home had been near Stevenson, AL. These facts became obstacles in family research. Current Even: On Saturday, September 28,2002, at 1:00 pm relatives of William Stephen Maxwell and select friends gathered in Powers Chapel Cemetery to dedicate a recently acquired Confederate Grave Marker. Genealogy inquiries may be addressed to: Margaret Meek 7117 Oxford Drive Waco, TX 76712 or Donna Hatthorn P.O. Box # 456 Danbury, TX 77534