Census: 1880 Walworth Township, Walworth Co., Wisconsin: age 43

Francis W. Maxson 1835-1887
Categories: 1850's Settlers, Rev. Simeon H. Babcock Officiating, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary, Walworth, Wisconsin
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 43, No 41, p 8, Oct. 13, 1887.
F. W. Maxson was born in Adams, N. Y., March 23, 1835, and was gored to death by a bull, in Walworth, Wis., Sept. 15, 1887. In 1840, he, with his parents, moved to Hounsfield, N. Y., in 1843 to Cape Vincent, N. Y., and in the spring of 1853, to Walworth, Wis., where he has ever resided. In March, 1861, he was married to Mary Colburn, who survives him, and settled on the farm where he was living at the time his life was so unexpectedly and so sadly terminated. In his early manhood he embraced religion under the preaching of Eld. Varnum Hull, was baptized and united with the Walworth Seventh-day Baptist Church, of which he remained a member for a time, when, owing to differences which arose on some question of church polity, his connection with the church was severed, and though he was a regular attendant at the Sabbath services and gave of his means towards the support of the church, he was not a member of any church organization at the time of his death. In business, he was quite successful, having a acquired a fair share of this world’s goods and an extensive reputation and influence, especially among the farmers and stock-raisers in his own and adjoining states. His death fell like a pall upon the entire community and was a heavy blow upon his family and friends. A large concourse of people gathered to attend the funeral services, which were held in the Seventh-day Baptist church on First day, Sept. 18th. Sermon by the pastor, from Heb. 11: 9, 10.

Census: 1880 Walworth Township, Walworth Co., Wisconsin: age 44, farmer