Obituary 23 July 1909
DEATH OF VETERAN
Joseph Maxwell, a Member of the Force for Thirty-five Years, Succumbs to Apoplexy.
A BUCKTAIL IN CIVIL WAR
Joseph Maxwell, street sergeant of the Germantown police district, who died Wednesday at his home, 66 East Bringhurst street, was known all over Germantown by reason of his long service on the police force. He had been a sergeant for twenty-five years and a member of the police force for thirty-five years.
He also served in the Civil War, having enlisted when 18 years old in the 150th Pennsylvania Regiment, known as the Bucktails. He remained in the army until the close of the war, and was mustered out as a second lieutenant. On two occasions he was wounded in battle.
After the war and before becoming a policeman he and his brother were engaged in the painting business on Germantown avenue above Price street.
He was born on December 15, 1844. A widow and two sons survive him. His widow was Miss Amanda Harmer before marriage.
Sergeant Maxwell resumed his duties on the police force only about a month ago after having been confined to his home for a long time by sickness. On Monday he sustained a stroke of apoplexy while standing in front of the station house, and this attack resulted in his death.
Sergeant Maxwell was a member of Ellis Post, Grand Army of the Republic; Mitchell Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Germantown Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and the Germantown Republican Club. The funeral will take place on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, interment being made at Ivy Hill Cemetery.
At the weekly muster of Ellis Post last evening, memorial exercises were held in honor of Sergeant Maxwell.
One of the speakers was N. K. Ployd, a life-long friend of the dead policeman, Mr. Ployd said:
I knew him well in his boyhood days. I spent a portion of my life working side by side in our business. I knew him as a soldier for the Union. In his regimental reunions at dear old Gettysburg we were together going over the very fields, where our old Bucktails fought and fell I knew him as an official of our city, where he rendered good service and was respected by the community.
While performing his official duties he was stricken with death. On Saturday we will follow the remains of our beloved comrade and brother Maxwell to its final I resting place at Ivy Hill, but the strong impress of his earthly sojourn will long remain and the remembrance of his unblemished name and kindly deeds will ever be fondly cherished in memory.
GERMANTOWN GUIDE SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 24,1909
SERGEANT JOSEPH MAXWELL.
Street Sergeant Joseph Maxwell, of the West Haines street police station, died on Wednesday morning at his home, 66 Bringhurst street, aged sixty-four years. On Monday he was stricken on the street with apoplexy and never regained consciousness. Several months ago be had a similar attack and had been confined to his home intermittently since then. Daring the trolley strike he went on active service and insisted upon remaining on duty afterwards. This, it is believed, hastened his death. Sergeant Maxwell was a veteran the Civil War. He served ail through the he war with the One Hundred and Fiftieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, the famous Bucktails, and was twice wounded. He was mustered out as a second lieutenant. He bad been on the police force thirty-five years and was sergeant twenty-five year of that time. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Amanda Harmer, a member of the old Germantown family of that name, and by two sons, Owen and Joseph Maxwell. The funeral services will he held this afternoon at three o'clock at his late residence and the interment will be made in Ivy Hill Cemetery.
In attendance will be members Mitchell Lodge, No. 206, F. and A. M., Germantown Chapter, No.208, R. A. M., Ellis Post, No. 6, G.A.R.; Germantown Republican Club; Survivors of the Bucktails, and a detail from the Fourteenth District police station. A service will also he held at two o'clock this afternoon in Masonic Hail by the members of Mitchell Lodge.
DEATH OF VETERAN
Joseph Maxwell, a Member of the Force for Thirty-five Years, Succumbs to Apoplexy.
A BUCKTAIL IN CIVIL WAR
Joseph Maxwell, street sergeant of the Germantown police district, who died Wednesday at his home, 66 East Bringhurst street, was known all over Germantown by reason of his long service on the police force. He had been a sergeant for twenty-five years and a member of the police force for thirty-five years.
He also served in the Civil War, having enlisted when 18 years old in the 150th Pennsylvania Regiment, known as the Bucktails. He remained in the army until the close of the war, and was mustered out as a second lieutenant. On two occasions he was wounded in battle.
After the war and before becoming a policeman he and his brother were engaged in the painting business on Germantown avenue above Price street.
He was born on December 15, 1844. A widow and two sons survive him. His widow was Miss Amanda Harmer before marriage.
Sergeant Maxwell resumed his duties on the police force only about a month ago after having been confined to his home for a long time by sickness. On Monday he sustained a stroke of apoplexy while standing in front of the station house, and this attack resulted in his death.
Sergeant Maxwell was a member of Ellis Post, Grand Army of the Republic; Mitchell Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Germantown Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and the Germantown Republican Club. The funeral will take place on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, interment being made at Ivy Hill Cemetery.
At the weekly muster of Ellis Post last evening, memorial exercises were held in honor of Sergeant Maxwell.
One of the speakers was N. K. Ployd, a life-long friend of the dead policeman, Mr. Ployd said:
I knew him well in his boyhood days. I spent a portion of my life working side by side in our business. I knew him as a soldier for the Union. In his regimental reunions at dear old Gettysburg we were together going over the very fields, where our old Bucktails fought and fell I knew him as an official of our city, where he rendered good service and was respected by the community.
While performing his official duties he was stricken with death. On Saturday we will follow the remains of our beloved comrade and brother Maxwell to its final I resting place at Ivy Hill, but the strong impress of his earthly sojourn will long remain and the remembrance of his unblemished name and kindly deeds will ever be fondly cherished in memory.
GERMANTOWN GUIDE SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 24,1909
SERGEANT JOSEPH MAXWELL.
Street Sergeant Joseph Maxwell, of the West Haines street police station, died on Wednesday morning at his home, 66 Bringhurst street, aged sixty-four years. On Monday he was stricken on the street with apoplexy and never regained consciousness. Several months ago be had a similar attack and had been confined to his home intermittently since then. Daring the trolley strike he went on active service and insisted upon remaining on duty afterwards. This, it is believed, hastened his death. Sergeant Maxwell was a veteran the Civil War. He served ail through the he war with the One Hundred and Fiftieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, the famous Bucktails, and was twice wounded. He was mustered out as a second lieutenant. He bad been on the police force thirty-five years and was sergeant twenty-five year of that time. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Amanda Harmer, a member of the old Germantown family of that name, and by two sons, Owen and Joseph Maxwell. The funeral services will he held this afternoon at three o'clock at his late residence and the interment will be made in Ivy Hill Cemetery.
In attendance will be members Mitchell Lodge, No. 206, F. and A. M., Germantown Chapter, No.208, R. A. M., Ellis Post, No. 6, G.A.R.; Germantown Republican Club; Survivors of the Bucktails, and a detail from the Fourteenth District police station. A service will also he held at two o'clock this afternoon in Masonic Hail by the members of Mitchell Lodge.
Obituary 23 July 1909
DEATH OF VETERAN
Joseph Maxwell, a Member of the Force for Thirty-five Years, Succumbs to Apoplexy.
A BUCKTAIL IN CIVIL WAR
Joseph Maxwell, street sergeant of the Germantown police district, who died Wednesday at his home, 66 East Bringhurst street, was known all over Germantown by reason of his long service on the police force. He had been a sergeant for twenty-five years and a member of the police force for thirty-five years.
He also served in the Civil War, having enlisted when 18 years old in the 150th Pennsylvania Regiment, known as the Bucktails. He remained in the army until the close of the war, and was mustered out as a second lieutenant. On two occasions he was wounded in battle.
After the war and before becoming a policeman he and his brother were engaged in the painting business on Germantown avenue above Price street.
He was born on December 15, 1844. A widow and two sons survive him. His widow was Miss Amanda Harmer before marriage.
Sergeant Maxwell resumed his duties on the police force only about a month ago after having been confined to his home for a long time by sickness. On Monday he sustained a stroke of apoplexy while standing in front of the station house, and this attack resulted in his death.
Sergeant Maxwell was a member of Ellis Post, Grand Army of the Republic; Mitchell Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Germantown Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and the Germantown Republican Club. The funeral will take place on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, interment being made at Ivy Hill Cemetery.
At the weekly muster of Ellis Post last evening, memorial exercises were held in honor of Sergeant Maxwell.
One of the speakers was N. K. Ployd, a life-long friend of the dead policeman, Mr. Ployd said:
I knew him well in his boyhood days. I spent a portion of my life working side by side in our business. I knew him as a soldier for the Union. In his regimental reunions at dear old Gettysburg we were together going over the very fields, where our old Bucktails fought and fell I knew him as an official of our city, where he rendered good service and was respected by the community.
While performing his official duties he was stricken with death. On Saturday we will follow the remains of our beloved comrade and brother Maxwell to its final I resting place at Ivy Hill, but the strong impress of his earthly sojourn will long remain and the remembrance of his unblemished name and kindly deeds will ever be fondly cherished in memory.
GERMANTOWN GUIDE SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 24,1909
SERGEANT JOSEPH MAXWELL.
Street Sergeant Joseph Maxwell, of the West Haines street police station, died on Wednesday morning at his home, 66 Bringhurst street, aged sixty-four years. On Monday he was stricken on the street with apoplexy and never regained consciousness. Several months ago be had a similar attack and had been confined to his home intermittently since then. Daring the trolley strike he went on active service and insisted upon remaining on duty afterwards. This, it is believed, hastened his death. Sergeant Maxwell was a veteran the Civil War. He served ail through the he war with the One Hundred and Fiftieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, the famous Bucktails, and was twice wounded. He was mustered out as a second lieutenant. He bad been on the police force thirty-five years and was sergeant twenty-five year of that time. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Amanda Harmer, a member of the old Germantown family of that name, and by two sons, Owen and Joseph Maxwell. The funeral services will he held this afternoon at three o'clock at his late residence and the interment will be made in Ivy Hill Cemetery.
In attendance will be members Mitchell Lodge, No. 206, F. and A. M., Germantown Chapter, No.208, R. A. M., Ellis Post, No. 6, G.A.R.; Germantown Republican Club; Survivors of the Bucktails, and a detail from the Fourteenth District police station. A service will also he held at two o'clock this afternoon in Masonic Hail by the members of Mitchell Lodge.
DEATH OF VETERAN
Joseph Maxwell, a Member of the Force for Thirty-five Years, Succumbs to Apoplexy.
A BUCKTAIL IN CIVIL WAR
Joseph Maxwell, street sergeant of the Germantown police district, who died Wednesday at his home, 66 East Bringhurst street, was known all over Germantown by reason of his long service on the police force. He had been a sergeant for twenty-five years and a member of the police force for thirty-five years.
He also served in the Civil War, having enlisted when 18 years old in the 150th Pennsylvania Regiment, known as the Bucktails. He remained in the army until the close of the war, and was mustered out as a second lieutenant. On two occasions he was wounded in battle.
After the war and before becoming a policeman he and his brother were engaged in the painting business on Germantown avenue above Price street.
He was born on December 15, 1844. A widow and two sons survive him. His widow was Miss Amanda Harmer before marriage.
Sergeant Maxwell resumed his duties on the police force only about a month ago after having been confined to his home for a long time by sickness. On Monday he sustained a stroke of apoplexy while standing in front of the station house, and this attack resulted in his death.
Sergeant Maxwell was a member of Ellis Post, Grand Army of the Republic; Mitchell Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Germantown Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and the Germantown Republican Club. The funeral will take place on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, interment being made at Ivy Hill Cemetery.
At the weekly muster of Ellis Post last evening, memorial exercises were held in honor of Sergeant Maxwell.
One of the speakers was N. K. Ployd, a life-long friend of the dead policeman, Mr. Ployd said:
I knew him well in his boyhood days. I spent a portion of my life working side by side in our business. I knew him as a soldier for the Union. In his regimental reunions at dear old Gettysburg we were together going over the very fields, where our old Bucktails fought and fell I knew him as an official of our city, where he rendered good service and was respected by the community.
While performing his official duties he was stricken with death. On Saturday we will follow the remains of our beloved comrade and brother Maxwell to its final I resting place at Ivy Hill, but the strong impress of his earthly sojourn will long remain and the remembrance of his unblemished name and kindly deeds will ever be fondly cherished in memory.
GERMANTOWN GUIDE SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 24,1909
SERGEANT JOSEPH MAXWELL.
Street Sergeant Joseph Maxwell, of the West Haines street police station, died on Wednesday morning at his home, 66 Bringhurst street, aged sixty-four years. On Monday he was stricken on the street with apoplexy and never regained consciousness. Several months ago be had a similar attack and had been confined to his home intermittently since then. Daring the trolley strike he went on active service and insisted upon remaining on duty afterwards. This, it is believed, hastened his death. Sergeant Maxwell was a veteran the Civil War. He served ail through the he war with the One Hundred and Fiftieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, the famous Bucktails, and was twice wounded. He was mustered out as a second lieutenant. He bad been on the police force thirty-five years and was sergeant twenty-five year of that time. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Amanda Harmer, a member of the old Germantown family of that name, and by two sons, Owen and Joseph Maxwell. The funeral services will he held this afternoon at three o'clock at his late residence and the interment will be made in Ivy Hill Cemetery.
In attendance will be members Mitchell Lodge, No. 206, F. and A. M., Germantown Chapter, No.208, R. A. M., Ellis Post, No. 6, G.A.R.; Germantown Republican Club; Survivors of the Bucktails, and a detail from the Fourteenth District police station. A service will also he held at two o'clock this afternoon in Masonic Hail by the members of Mitchell Lodge.
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