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John C. Maxwell, farmer, Petersburg, Ark. Mr. Maxwell ranks among the foremost citizens of Egypt Township as a progressive and industrious farmer, and in the management of his farm displays excellent judgment and thoroughness. He is a native of North Carolina, his birth occurring January 26, 1841, and is a son of Daniel P. and Catherine (Maxwell) Maxwell. The father followed farming the principal part of his life. During the latter part of the late war he enlisted, was taken with the small-pox, and after recovering did not return to the army. He died February 7, 1883, and the mother August 19, 1882. John C. Maxwell received a limited education, and started out to make his own way in life in 1860. He entered 160 acres of hill land in Egypt Township, and this produces about one half bale of cotton and sometimes one bale to the acre, also from fifteen to twenty bushels of corn. Mr. Maxwell now owns 240 acres, has thirty-five acres under cultivation, and in connection with his farming industry runs a saw-mill. On October 25, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Ninth Arkansas Regiment, and his first engagement was at the bloody and destructive battle of Shiloh. Later he was at Baker’s Creek. He was never captured nor wounded, and about April, 1865, he quit and came home of his own accord. On July 6, 1865, he was married to Miss Lutta A. Pennington, a daughter of Philip Pennington, of Louisiana. To Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell were born the following children: Addison M. (died in infancy). Maggie D. (wife of William M. Maxwell, a resident of Egypt Township), Alexander M. (died at the age of twenty-one years), Malcom M. (now seventeen years of age), Robert L. (fifteen years of age), John C. (thirteen years of age), Daniel P. (eleven years of age), William D. (died at the age of five years), Fred S. (is now six years of age), Katie (died at four years of age), and Nebraska (is now three years old). Mr. Maxwell has been school director for some time, and is active in his support of schools and churches. He and Mrs. Maxwell are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He is a member of the Masonic lodge, and a Master Mason.