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ROBERT MAXWELL, farmer, post office Monroeville, is a native of Patton township, born in 1840. His parents, Hugh and Agnes Maxwell, came to America from County Down, Ireland, in 1830, and settled near Stewart’s Station, in Patton township. Mrs. Maxwell was a sister of C. M. Graham, and died in 1870, aged seventy-two years; her husband died at the age of sixty, in 1860, and both were members of the U. P. Church. Two of their sons died in the service of their country; James was killed at the battle of Fair Oaks, and John died while a prisoner of war from the effects of a wound received at the battle of Sulphur Springs. Robert remained on the home farm, of which he became owner, until 1872, when he sold it and bought his present home near Monroeville. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. G, 136th P. V., and served the term for which that body was enrolled (nine months) with the Army of the Potomac, taking part in the battle of Chancellorsville. He was sick when the regiment was at Fredericksburg, its only other engagement. In 1864 Mr. Maxwell married Mary M. Dougherty, and the names of their children are as follows: John Lobingier, Moffett Walkinshaw, Laura Etta Catherine, David Henry Hugh, Birdie May, William Haymaker, Jennie Elizabeth and George Park, all at home except the eldest, who is clerk in a store at Turtle Creek. Mr. Maxwell is a democrat. His family are connected with the Presbyterian Church.