Amy (Guion) Maxwell (1823 - 1910)

Born 26 Sep 1823 in Morgan, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Basil Maxwell — married 7 Dec 1837 in Morgan, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Apr 1910 at age 86 in Oaklandon, Marion, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Amy was born in 1823. She was the daughter of George Guion and Elizabeth Hoit. She passed away in 1910.

Sources

Obituary Added to Findagrave Memorial

"Amy was the daughter of George and Elizabeth (Hoyt) Guion. Her obituary indicated she was born on September 26, 1823; however, her tombstone has the year 1822. She married Basil Maxwell at the age of 14 or 15. There were the parents of eleven known children - John, Mary, Morgan, Elizabeth, Sarah, Emily (Emma), Martha, George, Cynthia, James, and Nettie. Amy was widowed in 1887; she never remarried. Amy passed away on April 7, 1910. She is buried next to her husband Basil in Highland Cemetery in Fishers, Indiana.

Her obituary reads as follows: Amy Guion Maxwell Gone to Her Reward. On Sunday, April 3, we were called by telegraph to the bedside of our aged mother Mrs. Amy Guion Maxwell near Oaklandon in Marion county., Ind., who recognized us with "God bless you," but she gradually grew weaker until Thursday when she passed peacefully away; aged 87 years, 6 months and 12 days.

Her funeral was preached on Sunday at the Hope church on the corner of the farm which she owned by Rev. John Wyant from the Test, "She hath done what she could." Her body was laid away in Highland cemetery by the side of father who had preceded her twenty-three years ago. The pall bearers were three granddaughters and their husbands. There were many beautiful floral offerings, one by the Hope Sunday School bearing the word "Asleep."

She was a firm believer in Christianity. Born and raised in Morgan county, Ohio but had been a resident of Marion county, sixty-six years. She leaves three sons, four daughters, nineteen grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren and one sister to mourn her departure."

Burial

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 January 2020), memorial page for Amy Guion Maxwell (26 Sep 1823–7 Apr 1910), Find A Grave Memorial no. 30775992, citing Highland Cemetery, Fishers, Hamilton County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Margie von Marenholtz (contributor 47028174) .