Biography of Hugh Maxwell, page 1002. History of De Kalb County, Indiana. Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885. Hugh Maxwell, farmer, section 34, Wilmington Township, was born in Mercer County, Pa., May 28, 1806, a son of James Maxwell, a native of Ireland, who came to the United States in an early day and in 1814 removed his family to Wayne County, Ohio. He was reared and educated in Ohio, attending the primitive log-cabin schools, and those very little as his services were usually required on the farm. After he was twenty-one years of age he learned the blacksmith’s trade, serving an apprenticeship of three years, receiving in that time only his board and clothes. He worked at this trade seven years. In 1837 he came to Indiana and entered land on section 34, Wilmington Township, and in 1842 moved his family to it. He has been a hard- working man and has cleared his land of timber and made of it one of the best farms in the county. He owns 200 acres of valuable land, all well cultivated. Mr. Maxwell was married May 20, 1834, to Ellen Northgraves, daughter of Joseph Northgraves. But four of their seven children are living---Joseph, David, Ellen and James. Their eldest daughter, Jane, was married and at her death left two children, one son in Dakota and the other in Michigan. Mrs. Maxwell died in February, 1844. Mr. Maxwell subsequently married Mary A., daughter of David Ash. Eight of their nine children are living---Eliza A., Mary E., Hugh B., Walter S., Henry M., Calvin J., Sarah C. and Aurilla M. Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell and five children are members of the United Brethren church. Ellen is a member of the Christian church. Submitted by: Linda C. Driscoll Salt Lake City, UT lcdris@burgoyne.com