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Olean Evening Herald (Olean, New York) - Enoch Ira Maxson

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Olean Evening Herald
08 April 1922 p.5

ENOCH MAXSON, OLDEST RESIDENT, PASSES AWAY

Centenarian in Falling Health for some time Dies at Home of Daughter in this City

100 years old, Olean's oldest resident, passed away this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ada Freeman, 120 Riverside avenue. He had been in failing health for some time.
He was born in Truxton, RI,100 years ago, January 15, 1822 and went to Main Settlement with his parents with ox-team and cart when he was a lad of 9. There he grew to manhood, married and settled on a farm on the south side of the Oswayo creek in what is known as Barbertown, Ceres twp and where he resided and worked at farming and lumbering which most of the people of that section did in the early days. He made many trips down the Allegaheny river on lumber rafts during the spring floods, going to Warren, Pittsburg and Cincinnati. In the early days the men used to walk back from Warren and Pittsburg.
Besides the daughter with whom he had lived since1903, there are two sons,
- Anson Maxson of Ceres, and
- Edwin E. Maxson of Horse Run.
19 grandchildren,
35 great grandchildren and
1 grgr grandchild.
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