Ancestry of
Lowell Mason Maxham

Medal of Honor Recipient
U. S. Civil War

Lowell Mason Maxham

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • John Maxim 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Paine Mulford   
  • Birth Date:
  • 6 Dec 1841 
  • Birth Location:
  • Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 13 Feb 1931 
  • Death Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Mayflower Hill Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Notes: 

  • American Civil War veteran - Union Army

    Medal of Honor

    Lowell Mason Maxham's surname is also seen as Maxim.

    Lowell Mason Maxham was born on December 6, 1841, in Carver, Massachusetts. He was an an American Civil War veteran serving as a Corporal in the Union Army as a member of Company F, 7th Massachusetts Infantry.

    Maxham was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Marye's Heights during the Second Battle of Fredericksburg on May 3, 1863. Though severely wounded and in face of a deadly fire from the enemy at short range, Corporal Maxham rushed bravely forward and was among the first to enter the enemy's works on the crest of Marye's Heights and helped to plant his regimental colors there. However, so serious were his wounds that he had to be discharge from the army in December, 1863. He remained crippled for the rest of his life.

    After the war, Maxham returned to Massachusetts, where he devoted himself to studying over inventions, the most conspicuous of which was an auto bumper to safeguard the lives of pedestrians. He died on February 13, 1931, in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 89. He is buried in the Mayflower Hill Cemetery at Taunton, Massachusetts.

• Marriages for Lowell Mason Maxham

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  • Spouse:
  • Annette A. King
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Jan 1866
  • Marriage Location:
  • Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts

• Sources for Lowell Mason Maxham

  • ¹ Federal Census, MA, Plymouth County, 1850, Carver, Image 24 of 29.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/12/2023).
  • ³ Massachusetts: Grand Lodge of Masons Membership Cards, 1733-1990, Mac-Max Surnames, p. 7076, Record for Lowell M Maxham.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Taunton, Vol,. 189, p. 136, Marriage record for Lowell M Maxham and Annette A King.
  • ⁵ The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 16 FEB 1931, p. 22, Obituary for Lowell M Maxham.
  • ⁶ The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 31 MAY 1924, p. 20, Image of Lowell M. Maxham.
  • ⁷ Congressional Medal of Honor Society, "Lowell Mason Maxham", (accessed 03/12/2023).
  • ⁸ Wikipedia, "Lowell M. Maxham", (accessed 03/12/2023).