Biographical Details
Date of Birth: July 29, 1817
Birth Location: Madison, IN, USA
Graduation Year(s): 1838
Degree(s) Earned: Bachelors
Date of Death: June 15, 1877
Death Location: Rockville, IN, USA
Samuel Franklin Maxwell
Life Experience
Samuel Franklin Maxwell was educated in the Bloomington schools. He practiced law. He was judge of the court of common pleas for Parke and Vermillion Counties from 1853 to 1861 and for Parke, Sullivan, and Vigo Counties from 1865 to 1869. Maxwell died from tetanus, arising from a wound in his hand, in 1877.
Marriage and Family
Maxwell and his wife, Eliza, had two daughters, Maimie and Julia. Julia’s daughter, Fra Dana, became a well-known painter of Western and Native American themes.
Maxwell was the younger brother of James Darwin Maxwell and elder brother of David Howard Maxwell.
References
- Wylie
- Findagrave.com
- Wikipedia
- repository.law.indiana.edu/formerfaculty/43/