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Biography of James Murray Maxson, 1857-1922

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James Murray Maxson was a son of Silas and Margaret E. Whitfard Maxson. He was born at Rodman, N. Y., May 24, 1857, and was the youngest of six children, He came from a family which has been vitally and actively connected with the work of higher education. Mr. Maxson secured his education in the country schools and at Hungerford Collegiate Institute. After some years of teaching he entered the employment of the Handy Package Dye Company, at Adams Center, N. Y., and, in 1882, went to Chicago where he established and managed a branch agency for that company. Later …

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1890 Business Directory of Adams New York

Jefferson County / Allen, Alport, Andrus, Angell, Archer, Archibald, Arms, Armsbury, Atwater, Averill, Ayers, Babbitt, Babcock, Bader, Bailey, Ball, Banister, Bannister, Barney, Barrett, Bartlett, Bassett, Bateman, Bates, Bedford, Beedle, Belcher, Bemis, Bentley, Bersie, Blackstone, Blair, Blasier, Blount, Bond, Boomer, Bosworth, Boudiette, Bovee, Bowen, Boynton, Bradbury, Bradley, Brainard, Briggs, Brimmer, Bristol, Brooks, Broom, Brown, Brownell, Brundidge, Bryan, Bullard, Bullock, Bunce, Bundy, Burlingame, Burns, Butler, Cagwin, Cameron, Campbell, Carley, Carpenter, Carroll, Carter, Case, Casler, Castler, Cemmerman, Chafin, Chamberlain, Chandler, Chapman, Chase, Churchill, Clark, Clements, Cleveland, Clifton, Cobb, Coit, Colfax, Collings, Colton, Comins, Converse, Cook, Cooke, Cool, Cooley, Coon, Cooper, Copeland, Copland, Corey, Cosner, Coughlan, Cowles, Crandall, Crosby, Crowner, Cummings, Curry, Daily, Damon, David, Davis, Dawley, Dealing, Dekin, Delano, Deling, Delmater, Dennis, Denny, Devendorf, Dewey, Deyden, Dixon, Dodge, Dodson, Doren, Douglas, Downie, Doxtater, Dryden, Duncan, Dwight, Dyer, Edgar, Edmonds, Eggleston, Ellinwood, Elmer, Emerson, Empey, Enos, Fairbanks, Farr, Fassett, Fawdrey, Ferrin, Fish, Fisher, Fitzgerald, Foley, Fox, Franklin, Frasier, Freeman, Fuller, Gabriel, Galway, Gardiner, Gardner, Garlock, Garvin, Gaylord, Gero, Gibbs, Gilbert, Gillman, Glass, Glazier, Godfrey, Goodenough, Goss, Grant, Graves, Gray, Green, Greene, Gregory, Griffiths, Griswold, Groff, Grummon, Guess, Gurley, Gussman, Haight, Hakes, Hale, Hall, Hallett, Halley, Hammond, Hannahs, Harrington, Harris, Hart, Hathway, Haven, Hawes, Hawley, Haydn, Hazel, Heath, Heidenfelder, Hicks, Hill, Hinds, Hodge, Hodges, Hogan, Holloway, Holman, Horth, Hovey, Howe, Huestis, Hull, Hungerford, Hunniwell, Hunt, Huntington, Huson, Huson House, Hustis, Ingraham, Irons, Irvin, Isham, Ivory, Jeffrey, Jemieson, Jemmieson, Jenkins, Jimerson, Johnson, Jones, Judd, Kane, Kearns, Keller, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelly, Kenyon, Ketchum, Kirkland, Lamson, Landon, Lane, Langworthy, Larkin, Larkins, Larock, Lawrence, Leavitt, Lee, Leonard, Lewis, Linsey, Little, Littlefield, Livermore, Lockwood, Loomis, Lord, Loveland, Lovelle, Lyman, Lyon, Lyons, Magill, Main, Mainard, Maldoon, Maloney, Manville, Marriott, Martin, Mather, Maxon, Maxson, McAuley, Mccady, Mccalley, McCarty, Mccomber, McCormick, Mcdougall, Mcdowel, McGill, Mcintyre, McKee, McNeil, Medcalf, Merrick, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Miner, Mitchell, Monroe, Moody, Moore, Morgan, Moulton, Munderbach, Munson, Muzzy, Narrom, Nellis, Nelson, Newton, Niblock, Nichols, Nickelson, Norton, Nott, O'neil, Oatman, Oderkirk, Overton, Owens, Page, Palmer, Parham, Parker, Parsons, Patrick, Patten, Patterson, Payne, Pease, Peasley, Pelo, Pelsue, Penny, Perkins, Petrie, Pettit, Pharm, Phelps, Phillips, Pierce, Pitcher, Plumb, Pool, Poole, Porter, Post, Potter, Powers, Pratt, Prentice, Presley, Pruyne, Pryor, Puffer, Ramsdell, Randall, Ranney, Read, Reed, Remington, Rhoads, Rhodes, Rice, Rich, Richardson, Richmond, Ripley, Roach, Robbins, Roberts, Rodgers, Rogers, Rose, Ruff, Rundall, Ryder, Safford, Salisbury, Salter, Sanford, Saunders, Schram, Schrodt, Scidmore, Scriven, Seacor, Searles, Seeley, Seely, Shannon, Sharples, Shaw, Shepard, Sinclair, Sischo, Smith, Snell, Snow, Snyder, Spencer, Spicer, Squire, Stanley, Steele, Stevens, Steward, Stewart, Stillman, Stitt, Stokes, Stone, Stoodley, Strickland, Stuart, Sullivan, Swan, Tabor, Talcott, Tarbell, Taylor, Tedam, Thomas, Thompson, Thomson, Tifft, Timmerman, Titsworth, Tolls, Tomlinson, Totman, Towle, Towles, Towsley, Trowbridge, Twiss, Underwood, Utter, Van Auken, Van Schaick, Van Slyke, Van Waldick, Van Wormer, Visscher, Waggoner, Waite, Wakefield, Waldick, Walker, Wall, Walsworth, Ward, Wardwell, Warner, Warriner, Washburn, Waterbury, Weaver, Webb, Webster, Weller, Westcott, Wetmore, Wheeler, White, Whitford, Whittam, Wilbur, Wilcox, Wilder, Williams, Williamson, Wilson, Wiswell, Withington, Witter, Wolcott, Wood, Woodard, Woodward, Woolworth, Worden, Wright, Wylie, York, Young

This 1890 Business Directory of Brownville New York is transcribed from Child’s Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y., 1685-1890. Adams Collegiate Institute, D.A. Dwight, pres.; James G. Kellogg, vice-pres.; A.K. Hale, M.D., sec’y; T.T. Carter, treas.; Orlo B. Rhodes, prin.; Mrs. Helen Butterworth Coughlan, prec. Adams Laundry, Hodge & Potter, props., Church. Adams Lumber Co., John A. Cameron, manager, manufs. of and dealers in lumber, sash, doors, blinds, moldings, builders’ hardware, paints, oils, and glass, contractors and builders. Allen, Herbert a., (Smithville) r22, farmer 100. ALLEN, W.J., editor and publisher Jefferson County Journal, job printer. Alport, Clarence C., resident, h …

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