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Historical records matching Pvt., Dr. Henry Reynolds Maxson, U.S.V., M.D.
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About Pvt., Dr. Henry Reynolds Maxson, U.S.V., M.D.
- Henry's birth and death information are available at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87426005/olive-amanda-maxson
- The following write-up is available at the above-mentioned URL, and is provided below in its entirety:
- "H.R. Maxon [Maxson], M.D., homoeopathic physician, is a native of New York, and was born in Allegany County, February 18, 1839; was educated and reared in the Empire State. He came West in 1863, taking up his abode in Southern Minnesota, following various pursuits in that State nine years, when he returned East, and for eight years followed the profession of teaching in New Jersey. Then he took up the study of medicine, and graduated from the Homoepthic College of New York City in 1880. The summer of 1880 Mr. Maxon came to Nortonville. He has attained a well-merited reputation as a practitioner, is a well-informed gentleman on all the great subjects of the day, and an agreeable and entertaining conversationalist. The doctor is a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. He was married in Minnesota to Miss Olive A. Palmer, a native of Pennsylvania. They have two children, Ira L., and Albert H."
- From William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas. Jefferson County, Part 16; Norton Township; Nortonville. Retrieved 5/3/2007 from http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/jefferson/jefferson-co-p16.html
- "The Sabbath Recorder, Vol 68, No 25, p 797, June 20, 1910.
- "Dr. Henry R. Maxson was born in Little Genesee, N. Y., February 18, 1839, and died on Memorial day, May 30, 1910, at Cunningham, Kan.
- "He enlisted when a student at Alfred in Company C of the 85th N. Y. Volunteers. He was married to Olive Palmer, March 28, 1866, at Dodge Center, Minn., from which place he moved to New Jersey in 1872. In 1890 he graduated from the New York Homeopathic Medical College and moved directly to Nortonville, Kan., where he practiced medicine for twenty-five years. The last four years he has been living with his son, Dr. Ira L. Maxson, at Cunningham, Kan. His widow and three sons survive him: Dr. Ira L., Albert of Kansas City, and William of Minneapolis, Minn. These with other friends from a distance were present at the funeral, which was held in Nortonville, Kan., June 2, conducted by G. M. Cottrell of Topeka, Kan., assisted by Brother Isaac Maris. Matt. xxiv, 44: "Be ye also ready, etc.."
- "Dr. Maxson was a member of the Nortonville Seventh-day Baptist Church at the time of his death. He was a kindly, devout Christian citizen and soldier, father and husband, and may his gentle spirit rest as a benediction upon his family and his church. G. M. C."
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Pvt., Dr. Henry Reynolds Maxson, U.S.V., M.D.'s Timeline
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February 18, 1839
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Little Genesee, Allegany, New York, United States
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May 30, 1910
Age 71
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Cunningham, Kingman, Kansas, United States
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Nortonville Cemetery, Nortonville, Jefferson, Kansas, United States
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