Phebe Annah (Goodrich) Maxson 1856-1944 The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 137, No 24, p 440, Dec. 11, 1944.
Phoebe Annah Goodrich, the sixth of eight children born to William Anson and Rebecca Crandall Goodrich, was born at Rock River, Wis., February 24, 1856, and died at her home in Farina, Ill., November 14, 1944, the last of her father's family.
The Family moved to Farina, Ill., in the year 1861 where they purchased a farm; in the farm home the first services of which later became the Farina Seventh Day Baptist Church were held. A sister of Mrs. Maxson was the accompanist at these services, and the melodeon used is now in the possession of a granddaughter of Anson Goodrich. On June 12, 1875, at Walworth, Wis., Annah was united in marriage with Dr. Joseph Maxson. To this union one child, Reginald, was born; he survives her.
She was a charter member of the Farina Chapter of the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution, and was for many years a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Farina. She was a beautiful character with her mind stored with knowledge which covered a wide range of subjects. She was a gifted conversationalist.
Funeral services were conducted at the Funeral Parlor in Farina Friday morning, November 17, 1944, by Rev. C. L. Hill, and burial was made in the Farina Cemetery. C. L. H.

Carolyn Hellmuth - Jan 19, 2005 Viewers | Reply to this item
Phebe Annah was called Annah by her sisters and family. She was my fathers great Aunt. She was the second wife of Dr. Joseph Maxson. (One of her sisters, Harriet, my great grandmother, married a cousin of Joseph, David James Maxson.) Her father was the brother of Joseph Goodrich who settled Milton, Wisconsin. Her father, (called Anson by the family) was a conductor on the underground railroad and attributed with bringing runaways from lower Illinois up to Wisconsin. Annah lived in Harvard, Ill. with her husband until he died. Then she and her son moved back to the town of Farina, Ill. She had many interests. One of which was photography. Apparently she set up a photography studio in her house as I have old photos she took of family members. Photos of herself show her to be a beautiful woman. I would have loved to have known her. Carolyn Hellmuth

Joseph Stillman Maxson 1838-1909 
Categories: Doctor / Dentist, Milton Newspaper Obituary, Rev. M. G. Stillman Officiating, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary, Walworth, Wisconsin
"The Telephone", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, Mar. 4, 1909, p 1.
  Dr. Joseph S. Maxson, for many years a successful practitioner at Walworth, and for the past few years at Harvard, Ill., died at his home in the latter city Sunday after only a brief illness with La grippe.   He was a son of Asa Maxson, a Seventh-day Baptist pioneer at Walworth county, and was at one time a student in Albion Academy.   He had many friends in Milton and Milton Junction that will be grieved to hear of his sudden demise.

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 66, No 14, p 442, Apr. 5, 1909.
  Dr. Joseph Stillman Maxson
  The subject of this sketch was born in Rensselaer [Jefferson] Co., N. Y., November 23, 1838, and died of heart disease in Harvard, Ill., February 28, 1909, aged 70 years, 3 months and 7 days.
  His [great] grandfather, Asa, was born in 1752, married Lois Stillman, served in the Revolutionary War, and lived in Jefferson Co., N. Y., to the good old age of ninety-seven.   His grandfather, also names Asa, was born three days before the Declaration of Independence, married Polly Lewis, and lived to a good old age at Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., N. Y.   Losing his first wife he married later a widow, Sarah Read.
  His father, Asa L., was born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., May 22, 1802.   He married Julia Ann Read on July 9, 1822, became a farmer, and acquired such reputation that he served also as United States Revenue Collector.   He came to Walworth about 1853 and settled on a hundred and fifty acres of land, part prairie and part woodland.
  We see that Joseph was about fifteen when coming west with his parents.   The public schools, Big Foot Academy, also Albion Academy, all had part in his training.   He first married Mary Guernsey, who died about two years later; then on June 21, 1875, he married Anna Goodrich, a granddaughter of Deacon Henry Crandall, who lived to a good old age at Milton Junction, Wis.
  He had completed a medical course at the Hahnemann College in Chicago, in 1874, and practiced in the home town until 1891.   In that year he was elected to the Wisconsin Legislature.   This gave him a close view of political life and probably made him better appreciate the work of his profession.   He moved to Morgan Park, Ill., to venture a new field, but returned in about two years to Harvard, Ill., where he worked on, having a wide practice, and being esteemed very highly as one of the most reliable citizens.
  Not long ago, one of his early patrons in Walworth was telling me of his first acquaintance with the Doctor.   This farmer had a sick child, and since he could not get the man of his choice, he had called in young Doctor Maxson.   The doctor told him that he wished to go home for an hour and look up some points pertaining to the case.   This he did, and soon came back feeling more sure of his diagnosis, and the child got well.   The farmer was won by his frank sincerity and by the success.   Without the success he would have discounted his frankness, holding him to be a novice and a failure.   But the spirit of a man always goes far to determine results.
  The funeral and burial were in Walworth and were attended by a large concourse of old friends and acquaintances.   The obituaries were under the management of the Masonic Order of Harvard, Illinois.     M. G. S.

Census: 1880 Walworth, Walworth Co., Wisconsin: age 41, physician