Mrs. Mary Ann Maxwell was born in Ohio March 8, 1813, and died Jan. 12,
1911, [ 2 lines of copy obscured on microfilm ]... grew up near Sparta.

She was married to Solomon Maxwell in 1832, in the 19th year of her age; in
Perry county, Ill. Of this union there were born four children, two sons and
two daughters. Her husband died in 1873. The oldest son was killed in the
Battle of Atlanta, Ga., in the Civil War. The two daughters also died before
the mother, one in California, the other near Oakdale, Ill., leaving one son,
Thomas Maxwell, in whose home she died, to mourn her loss. Her funeral
was conducted by Rev. R.H. Park in the U.P. church at Oakdale. Mrs
Maxwell, though permitted to live far beyond the common course of human
life, was remarkably well preserved for one of her age; until about two years
before her death, when the burden of years became too heavy for her
strength, and she was compelled to retire to her bed. The last few years she
was afflicted with blindness.

For about 40 years she was a faithful member of the Concord Baptist church.
She was widely read in the literature of her time, and especially well versed
in the Bible in which she always manifested delight, making it the man of her
counsel and the ground of her hope. She was a woman of many sterling
qualities and is remembered by her old time neighbors with feelings of love
and affection. Her disposition was cheerful and pleasant. As a wife she was
faithful and loving; as a mother, tender and devoted; as a friend she was true
and helpful; to the young a safe and loving counseler. But now her burden of
years has been lifted and she has gone to meet her Saviour, whom she loved,
and the loved ones, who had gone before.
                                                          R.H.P.

Nashville Journal, 19 January 1911

Oakdale

Alex. McAllister of Sparta attended the funeral of Grandma Maxwell here
Saturday.