Henry F Maxwell was born to American missionaries working with the Zulu people in South Africa in 1908. He reportedly was the first white baby born there after Bambatha's Rebellion in 1906. His parents were Charles Henry Maxwell of Minnesota (1876-1917 - it is not known where he is buried, possibly Adams Mission after he became suddenly ill at a missionary conference in Durban) and Katherine Sullivan Maxwell also of Minnesota (1878-1959) who carried on as a missionary decades after her husband died.
Henry married Mary Elizabeth Ketron of Tennessee in 1934 shortly after returning to the States after earning doctoral level degrees at Oxford University in England. He was a Congregationalist minister, served as a chaplain in the Navy during World War II and Korea, a college professor and lover of silly joke books.
Henry F Maxwell was born to American missionaries working with the Zulu people in South Africa in 1908. He reportedly was the first white baby born there after Bambatha's Rebellion in 1906. His parents were Charles Henry Maxwell of Minnesota (1876-1917 - it is not known where he is buried, possibly Adams Mission after he became suddenly ill at a missionary conference in Durban) and Katherine Sullivan Maxwell also of Minnesota (1878-1959) who carried on as a missionary decades after her husband died.
Henry married Mary Elizabeth Ketron of Tennessee in 1934 shortly after returning to the States after earning doctoral level degrees at Oxford University in England. He was a Congregationalist minister, served as a chaplain in the Navy during World War II and Korea, a college professor and lover of silly joke books.
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