Ebenezer Foote Maxwell

Ebenezer Foote Maxwell was born at Delhi, Delaware county, New York, to Ebenezer Maxwell and Margaret P. Foote. [Foote Fam;, findagrave;97738449]

He died [of confusion/senility or suicide?] 10 June, 1878, and is buried in the Foote Family Cemetery, Delhi, Delaware county, New York [Delhi;g.s, findagrave;97738388]

He married Frances H. Edgerton, ["Susan" on Stamford m.r. "Nov 2, 1846 / Stamford, 27th ult., Rev. H.M. Boyd of Schenectady, Ebenezer F. Maxwell of Delhi to Susan Edgerton of Stamford."] daughter of Gurdon H. Edgerton and Hannah. She died 5 November, 1860 [Delhi;g.s., findagrave 97738398].

They had:

1. Margaret S. Maxwell, b. July 1849. She died at Delhi, 30 December, 1914, æ. 65 and is buried in Woodland Cemetery, Delhi [findagrave; 100806629]. She married John T. Shaw, 1871. [Delaware Republican Express, 21 May, 1964;6] He was b. 1844, died 1924.
2. Ebenezer Maxwell, b. 1851, died young, 1858, æ. 6-7. Buried in the Flat Cemetery. [findagrave; 126071589]
3. Gurden E Maxwell, 1854–1924
4. Julia Maxwell, b. 1857, died 1945. She married William Henry Johnson. He was b. 1831, the son of

Elias and Phoebe [findagrave; 196228440]. He was living in Salmon Creek, Mendocino California in 1880 [Cal Voter List] and died in Delhi, New York. They had:

1. 1. William Maxwell Johnson, 1884–1949 married Helen M. ___ buried Woodland cemetery, Delhi, New York [findagrave;196228676].
2. Frances H. Maxwell 1859- died young?

Obituary, "Old Forty-niner Dead." William Johnson died at his home on Franklin street, Friday January 3, aged 82 years. Mr. Johnson was one of Delhi's oldest residents, having been born here, where he spent the most of his life. He was something of an adventurer in his younger days, being one of a party of five or six who went from Delhi to California when gold was discovered there. Returning from there, he married a daughter of the late Ebenezer Maxwell who, with three sons and a daughter, survives him. The funeral services took place from his residence Sunday afternoon, Rev. H.J. Kingdon officiating, and the body was deposited in the vault in Woodland Cemetery.

Biography

Ebenezer Foote Maxwell, b. ___; he lives in Delhi, on the place which belonged to his Grandfather Foote, "and on which he died." [Foot Fam;1;95].

Will and Estate, probated Delaware county

The Evening Gazette, Port Jervis, New York, 18 June, 1878, Tue, p.4

A Missing Farmer

Ebenezer Maxwell, a prominent and well-to-do farmer residing in Delhi, Delaware county, left his home Tuesday morning of last week and has not since been heard from. Persons have been engaged in dragging the Delaware river and searching the mountains in that vicinity for him.

"Funeral Today for Delhi's Beloved Native," Delaware Republican Express, 21 May, 1964;6

Frances Shaw, lifetime resident of Delhi and descendent of the early ancestors that helped make Delhi history, passed away Monday, May 18, at the Brown Nursing Home in Delhi. Funeral rites will be conducted at ten o'clock this