Wilbur Tharp Maxwell
4 September 1898 - 4 September 1945
Uncle Wilbur died before I remember, but judging by the effect his early death had on my half-siblings Jim and Barbara Eson as well as my mother, I can imagine how much the loss might have meant to my grandfather and grandmother. We have dozens of photographs of Wilbur as a child, but few as an adult.
Uncle Wilbur was killed in a mining accident on 4 Sept.1945, his birthday, at the Bandora mine near Silverton, Co. These photos of him and his mother and father were taken the day before. See story, "Well-Known Local Man Killed in Mine Accident."
Wilbur is buried in Hillside Cemetery,
Silverton, CO
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My Maxwell Line
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Nathaniel Carson Maxwell (g grandfather)
Albert Leander (grandfather)
Nathaniel Chester Maxwell (father)
Arthur Leonard Maxwell (uncle)
Sara M. Baily (sister)