Census: 1880 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin; age 43

Sarah Caroline (Carr) Maxson 1836-1884
Milton Newspaper Obituary
"The Weekly Telephone", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, Feb. 21, 1884, p 2.
Mrs. Sarah C. Maxson, wife of Mr. Horatio Maxson, died at her late home, Monday afternoon, Feb. 18, 1884. When a little girl, about the year 1840, Mrs. Maxson came west with her parents and settled with them on the farm now owned by Mr. S. C. Carr. In the spring of 1855, she was married to Mr. Horatio Maxson, to whom she has been a most faithful and devoted wife. She was the mother of six children, three of whom preceded her to the grave. Three still remain, one daughter and two sons, who mourn their irreparable loss of a true mother gone. For many months Mrs. Maxson had suffered from that dread disease, consumption, and finally yielded her life as a sacrifice to its command. Her sickness was characterized by true womanly fortitude and a trustfulness in an All Wise Providence. The funeral occurred yesterday from the Milton Junction S. D. B. Church at 2 p. m., and was very largely attended by sympathizing neighbors and friends.

Baptism: ABT 1842 Alfred, Allegany Co., New York; First Alfred SDB Church
Residence: 1845 Albion, Dane Co., Wisconain
Residence: 1855 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
Census: 1880 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin; age 52, farmer
Cause: Heart failure, arterio sclerosis

Horatio Walker Maxson 1828-1909
"The Milton Journal", Thursday, Oct. 14, 1909, p 1.
The death of Mr. Horatio Walker Maxson, which occurred at the home of his son, W. B. Maxson, in the village of Milton, Oct. 9, 1909, removes from us another of the old settlers in this part of Wisconsin.
Mr. Maxson was born in the town of Sweden, Monroe County, in the state of New York, Nov. 26, 1827. The family lived for a short time in Alfred, N. Y., but in 1845, when the subject of this notice was 18 years of age, they moved to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Albion. In 1854 he was married to Miss Sara C. Carr, daughter of Peleg and Deborah Goodrich Carr and sister of S. C. and J. G. Carr, and in 1855 he moved to the farm in the western part of the town of Milton. In 1884 Mrs. Maxson died. Four of six children born to them died also, leaving Mr. Maxson with two children, a son, Mr. W, B. Maxson, and a daughter, now Mrs. T. I. Place. With these children he has had a home all the later years of his life, and by them he has been most tenderly cared for during the long years of failing health.
Mr. Maxson traced his descent, in direct line, from one John Maxson, an early settler in New England, having taken active part in the affairs of the colony of Rhode Island as early as 1638. He inherited many of the sterling qualities which characterized the Maxsons of the colonial days. He was a man of strong convictions and independent thought, but a man of few words. He loved peace and sought the welfare of his fellow man. From early youth he was a member of the 2nd Alfred (N. Y.) S. D. B. church.
The funeral was held at the home of his son, where the last years of his life were spent, Monday afternoon, conducted by Dr. Platts. The College Male Quartet sang two selections at the house and one at the burial. Thus Mr. Maxson passes from our sight but his name will long linger in the memory of Milton people.

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 67, No 17, p 543, Oct. 25, 1909.
Died in Milton, Wis., October 9, 1909, Mr. Horatio W. Maxson, nearly 82 years of age.
Mr. Maxson was one of several children born to Charles and Catherine Saunders Maxson, in the town of Sweden, Monroe County, New York, and came by direct descent from John Maxson of New England, who appeared as early as 1638. The family lived for a short time at Alfred, but moved to Wisconsin in 1845, when the subject of this notice was eighteen yeas of age. In 1854 he was married to Sara C. Carr, daughter of Peleg and Deborah Goodrich Carr, and in 1863 they moved to a farm in the town of Milton. Since the death of his wife, which occurred in 1884, he has lived with a daughter, now Mrs. T. I. Place, or a son, Mr. W. B. Maxson, who are now the sole survivors of his family.
When but a lad Mr. Maxson professed faith in Christ and united by baptism with the Second Alfred Church, from which he never removed his membership. He was a man of positive convictions and held to them with steadfast purpose, though not given to many words. He loved peace, and was a promoter of the public good. After a prolonged period of growing infirmity he met death without fear and entered into rest. L. A. P.