I am so excited.  My great grandfather is Charles Patterson Maxwell and we thought his father was James Maxwell.  It is not James but David Maxwell and David Maxwell is our great great grandfather.  Here is the obit for those interested and seeking Maxwells in Jefferson County, OH  7 SONS and 5 DAUGHTERS FALLING LEAVES David Maxwell, an old and highly respected citizen of Jefferson county. Passed over Jordan to the boarderland Saturday afternoon. December 19 1891, at the family residence, near Reed's Mills, in the eighty-first year of his age. Mr. Maxwell was born in Cross Creek township this ocunty and lived all his life near the place of his birth. He leaves four sons and three daughters, besides an aged wife, now bordering on eighty, to mourn the loss of an affectionate husband and father. The sons are Charles P. of Unionport, O. D. W. of this city; J. H. of Dennison, and Rev. A. T. Maxwell, of near Cleveland O. The daughters are Harriet B. May and Sarah E., all at home. Mr. Maxwell was an adherent of the Presbyterian faith, stictly honest and upright in all his dealings wit his fellow man, He died as he lived, in the hope of a glorious resurrection. Steubenville Jefferson County, Ohio Newspaper. Note: David's father early settler at Cross Creek, Reeds Mill, Jeff. Co. Oh. Built a mill on Cross Creek in 1806, and the first two story brick home at Cross Creek. 1   Charles Patterson Maxwell b: in Uionport, Jeff. Co. Oh. 2   Rebecca Maxwell b: 1 Jun 1836 in Reeds Mills, Jeff. Co. Oh. 3   Sarah Elizabeth Maxwell b: 5 Jul 1838 in Unionport, Jeff. Co. Oh. 4   David Wakeman Maxwell b: 31 Dec 1843 in Uionport, Jeff. Co. Oh. 5   Farlin Ball Maxwell b: 27 Sep 1846 in Unionport, Jeff. Co. Oh  d: 1852 in Jeff. Co. Oh. 6   William Jones Maxwell b: 24 Feb 1849 in Unionport, Jeff. Co. Oh  d: 1852 in Jeff. Co. Oh. 7   James Henry Maxwell b: 3 Nov 1851 in Unionport, Jeff. Co. Oh. 8   Lewis Edwin Maxwell b: 22 Sep 1854 in Unionport, Jeff. Co. Oh 9   Della Francis Maxwell b: 4 Mar 1857 in Unionport, Jeff. Co. Oh 10 Rev. Albert Thomas Maxwell b: 4 Feb 1861 in Unionport, Jeff. Co. Oh  d: 1942 in Norman, Oklahoma  m. Alice 11 Harriett B Maxwell No record found of a daughter May Maxwell. Sarah (Ball) Maxwell; Mrs Maxwell, widow of the late David Maxwell died this morning at Unionport, age eighty five (1894). The following children survive: David W. of the city (Steubenville/Unionport) James Maxwell of Dennnison, Rev. Albert Maxwell, Charles Maxwell of Unionport, and Mrs. McLane of Irondale, Oh. Note: This date of 1809 is incorrect. Sarah born in June 18, 1816. Who ever put in the orbit was wrong on her birth date. They probably were confused since her husband David was born 1810.