- Jefferson County Republican, Sep. 9, 1898, p. 1, Col. 4, Broken Bow, NE
Maxwell-- at the residence of G. W. Fry, in this city yesterday afternoon, A. B. Maxwell, aged 59 years....Leaves a faithful wife and one child, Mrs. R. W. Wilburn, residing here, and a son living near Salina, Iowa, and a daughter in Michigan....He was a soldier in the Civil War, 3d Iowa Cal., Co. F, and an honorable member G. A. R. post of this city....
OBIT - A.B. MAXWELL
A.B. Maxwell
Old Civil War Soldier is gone from our Midst
A.B. Maxwell died August 31, 1898, of bowel obstruction, aged 59 years.
He leaves his faithful wife and one child, Mrs. R.W. Wilburn.
He resided here for a number of years, and was universally respected; was a honest man, honorable in all of his dealings and was a true Christian.
He was a Civil War soldier and veteran, and held membership in the Grand Army of the Republic Post.
Funeral was conducted Thursday morning, September 1, 1898 at 10:00am at the Frey residence, with G.A.R. rites for this old veteran. Burial followed in the cemetery at Broken Bow, Nebraska.
-newspaper account at time of his passing,
CUSTER COUNTRY CHIEF and/or REPUBLICAN,
printed in Broken Bow, Nebraska.
Gravestone reads:
A.B. Maxwell, Died August 31, 1898, aged
58 years, 11 months, 24 days,
G.A.R., Company F., 3rd Iowa Cavalry Volunteers.
"There Shall be No More Death."
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