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MORRIS MAXON, McCracken County, was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., April 15, 1831. His father, Jesse Maxon, a Pennsylvanian by birth, was a son of one of the original settlers on the Red Stone Creek. He was the owner of a grist-mill in Pittsburgh, prior to which he had operated a woolen mill at Wellsburg, W. Va. In 1850, he moved to Metropolis, Ill., where he farmed until his death, which occurred four years after coming west. His wife was Jane Nangle, of Washington County, Penn. When a boy, subject worked in his father’s mills, attended school, securing a good business education. He then worked as a jouneyman two years in Pittsburgh mills, when he came west and was similarly engaged in Evansville and Booneville, Ind., for several years. He next came to Paducah, and after remaining there three years moved to Metropolis, Ill., where, under the firm name of Brown & Maxon, the “Metropolitan Mills” were erected and operated by them four years. Mr. Maxon then came to McCracken County and built his present mill, known as Maxon’s Mill. It is located on a tract of 300 acres of land, besides which Mr. Maxon has a farm of 326 acres of fine improved land, but a few miles from Paducah. The mill does an extensive business, requiring, in common with his other business interests, the investments of a large amount of capital. Mr. Maxon married, in 1864, Miss Sallie Kennedy, of Massac County, Ill. The union has given four children: Orville, Stephen Wayne (deceased), Jesse and Daisy. Mr. Maxon is a member of the K. T., of Paducah, and various other secret and benevolent associations and is active in his support of the cause of temperance.