"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 60, No 15, p 233, Apr. 11, 1904.
Few Persons have been more widely known throughout the denomination, or more universally beloved, than were Dr. and Mrs. Darwin E. Maxson. Dr. Maxson passed from his earthy labors some nine years ago, and now his faithful wife has joined him in the many mansions. Mrs. Maxson was spending a few days at the home of her brother and sister, Mr. Orson C. Green and Miss Selinda I. Green, when she was taken violently ill with pneumonia, and after four days of illness passed away.
Hannah A. Green Maxson was born in Alfred, N. Y., July 1, 1831, and entered into her heavenly rest March 26, 1904, aged 72 years, 8 months and 25 days. She was the daughter of Luke Green and Irene Fisk Green who were prominent citizens in the early history of Alfred.
The Christian influences of her home and this community led her early in life to profess faith in Christ, and she was baptized and united with the First Alfred church in the days when the church stood near the cemetery. She was an ambitious student and graduated from Alfred Academy in 1850.
On Nov. 28, 1849, she was married to Darwin E. Maxson, who soon became identified with Alfred Academy as a teacher, and later was ordained and became a prominent pastor in the denomination, and for many years a very influential professor in Alfred University. At the breaking out of the war Mr. Maxson volunteered as a private soldier, and was soon chosen chaplain of his regiment. This left Mrs. Maxson at home, a young mother with a little daughter seven years old and a little babe six months old, and to earn at least in part her own living. Here began her career of bravery and self-sacrificing service which was characteristic of her life to the day of her death. Her husband was soon stricken with swamp fever and returning to the North, he reached Guy's Hotel in Baltimore, where his illness became so intense that he could proceed no further. Mrs. Maxson hastened to his bedside, leaving her little babe at home with friends, and there for seven weeks she battled bravely for the life of her husband, and finally brought him to Alfred with the aid of her brother Orson C. Green, though he had to be carried on a cot. For months and years she nursed and cared for him, until he had sufficiently overcome the physical and mental havoc of the disease to again resume his active work as a Christian preacher, teacher and reformer.
To them were born three children: Flora Dell, who died at 10 years of age, in 1864; Carrie Ellen, now Mrs. Robert Gorton, of Newton Highlands, Mass., and Dollie Irene, the late Mrs. Charles M. Post, who on May 28, 1903, preceded her mother to the heavenly home. Six grandchildren survive her, two sons and two daughters of Mrs. Gorton, and a daughter and son of Mrs. Post. Mrs. Maxson is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. J. R. Livingston, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Miss Selinda I. Green of Alfred, and one brother, Orson C. Green, of Alfred.
Her husband after a long period of impaired health passed on to his reward on Feb. 22, 1895. Since that time Mrs. Maxson has devoted herself with untiring faithfulness to her daughter, Mrs. Post, who was much an invalid, and since her death to her two little motherless grandchildren, to whose every need she sought to minister as long as strength permitted her hands to do what her loving heart prompted. She was most faithful to the church and denomination she loved so dearly. She was a good neighbor and a trusted friend, loved and esteemed by all.
The funeral services were held at her late home in Alfred, N. Y., Tuesday afternoon, conducted by President Davis, assisted by Dr. A. E. Main.
Booth Colwell Davis.
Few Persons have been more widely known throughout the denomination, or more universally beloved, than were Dr. and Mrs. Darwin E. Maxson. Dr. Maxson passed from his earthy labors some nine years ago, and now his faithful wife has joined him in the many mansions. Mrs. Maxson was spending a few days at the home of her brother and sister, Mr. Orson C. Green and Miss Selinda I. Green, when she was taken violently ill with pneumonia, and after four days of illness passed away.
Hannah A. Green Maxson was born in Alfred, N. Y., July 1, 1831, and entered into her heavenly rest March 26, 1904, aged 72 years, 8 months and 25 days. She was the daughter of Luke Green and Irene Fisk Green who were prominent citizens in the early history of Alfred.
The Christian influences of her home and this community led her early in life to profess faith in Christ, and she was baptized and united with the First Alfred church in the days when the church stood near the cemetery. She was an ambitious student and graduated from Alfred Academy in 1850.
On Nov. 28, 1849, she was married to Darwin E. Maxson, who soon became identified with Alfred Academy as a teacher, and later was ordained and became a prominent pastor in the denomination, and for many years a very influential professor in Alfred University. At the breaking out of the war Mr. Maxson volunteered as a private soldier, and was soon chosen chaplain of his regiment. This left Mrs. Maxson at home, a young mother with a little daughter seven years old and a little babe six months old, and to earn at least in part her own living. Here began her career of bravery and self-sacrificing service which was characteristic of her life to the day of her death. Her husband was soon stricken with swamp fever and returning to the North, he reached Guy's Hotel in Baltimore, where his illness became so intense that he could proceed no further. Mrs. Maxson hastened to his bedside, leaving her little babe at home with friends, and there for seven weeks she battled bravely for the life of her husband, and finally brought him to Alfred with the aid of her brother Orson C. Green, though he had to be carried on a cot. For months and years she nursed and cared for him, until he had sufficiently overcome the physical and mental havoc of the disease to again resume his active work as a Christian preacher, teacher and reformer.
To them were born three children: Flora Dell, who died at 10 years of age, in 1864; Carrie Ellen, now Mrs. Robert Gorton, of Newton Highlands, Mass., and Dollie Irene, the late Mrs. Charles M. Post, who on May 28, 1903, preceded her mother to the heavenly home. Six grandchildren survive her, two sons and two daughters of Mrs. Gorton, and a daughter and son of Mrs. Post. Mrs. Maxson is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. J. R. Livingston, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Miss Selinda I. Green of Alfred, and one brother, Orson C. Green, of Alfred.
Her husband after a long period of impaired health passed on to his reward on Feb. 22, 1895. Since that time Mrs. Maxson has devoted herself with untiring faithfulness to her daughter, Mrs. Post, who was much an invalid, and since her death to her two little motherless grandchildren, to whose every need she sought to minister as long as strength permitted her hands to do what her loving heart prompted. She was most faithful to the church and denomination she loved so dearly. She was a good neighbor and a trusted friend, loved and esteemed by all.
The funeral services were held at her late home in Alfred, N. Y., Tuesday afternoon, conducted by President Davis, assisted by Dr. A. E. Main.
Booth Colwell Davis.
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 60, No 15, p 233, Apr. 11, 1904.
Few Persons have been more widely known throughout the denomination, or more universally beloved, than were Dr. and Mrs. Darwin E. Maxson. Dr. Maxson passed from his earthy labors some nine years ago, and now his faithful wife has joined him in the many mansions. Mrs. Maxson was spending a few days at the home of her brother and sister, Mr. Orson C. Green and Miss Selinda I. Green, when she was taken violently ill with pneumonia, and after four days of illness passed away.
Hannah A. Green Maxson was born in Alfred, N. Y., July 1, 1831, and entered into her heavenly rest March 26, 1904, aged 72 years, 8 months and 25 days. She was the daughter of Luke Green and Irene Fisk Green who were prominent citizens in the early history of Alfred.
The Christian influences of her home and this community led her early in life to profess faith in Christ, and she was baptized and united with the First Alfred church in the days when the church stood near the cemetery. She was an ambitious student and graduated from Alfred Academy in 1850.
On Nov. 28, 1849, she was married to Darwin E. Maxson, who soon became identified with Alfred Academy as a teacher, and later was ordained and became a prominent pastor in the denomination, and for many years a very influential professor in Alfred University. At the breaking out of the war Mr. Maxson volunteered as a private soldier, and was soon chosen chaplain of his regiment. This left Mrs. Maxson at home, a young mother with a little daughter seven years old and a little babe six months old, and to earn at least in part her own living. Here began her career of bravery and self-sacrificing service which was characteristic of her life to the day of her death. Her husband was soon stricken with swamp fever and returning to the North, he reached Guy's Hotel in Baltimore, where his illness became so intense that he could proceed no further. Mrs. Maxson hastened to his bedside, leaving her little babe at home with friends, and there for seven weeks she battled bravely for the life of her husband, and finally brought him to Alfred with the aid of her brother Orson C. Green, though he had to be carried on a cot. For months and years she nursed and cared for him, until he had sufficiently overcome the physical and mental havoc of the disease to again resume his active work as a Christian preacher, teacher and reformer.
To them were born three children: Flora Dell, who died at 10 years of age, in 1864; Carrie Ellen, now Mrs. Robert Gorton, of Newton Highlands, Mass., and Dollie Irene, the late Mrs. Charles M. Post, who on May 28, 1903, preceded her mother to the heavenly home. Six grandchildren survive her, two sons and two daughters of Mrs. Gorton, and a daughter and son of Mrs. Post. Mrs. Maxson is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. J. R. Livingston, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Miss Selinda I. Green of Alfred, and one brother, Orson C. Green, of Alfred.
Her husband after a long period of impaired health passed on to his reward on Feb. 22, 1895. Since that time Mrs. Maxson has devoted herself with untiring faithfulness to her daughter, Mrs. Post, who was much an invalid, and since her death to her two little motherless grandchildren, to whose every need she sought to minister as long as strength permitted her hands to do what her loving heart prompted. She was most faithful to the church and denomination she loved so dearly. She was a good neighbor and a trusted friend, loved and esteemed by all.
The funeral services were held at her late home in Alfred, N. Y., Tuesday afternoon, conducted by President Davis, assisted by Dr. A. E. Main.
Booth Colwell Davis.
Few Persons have been more widely known throughout the denomination, or more universally beloved, than were Dr. and Mrs. Darwin E. Maxson. Dr. Maxson passed from his earthy labors some nine years ago, and now his faithful wife has joined him in the many mansions. Mrs. Maxson was spending a few days at the home of her brother and sister, Mr. Orson C. Green and Miss Selinda I. Green, when she was taken violently ill with pneumonia, and after four days of illness passed away.
Hannah A. Green Maxson was born in Alfred, N. Y., July 1, 1831, and entered into her heavenly rest March 26, 1904, aged 72 years, 8 months and 25 days. She was the daughter of Luke Green and Irene Fisk Green who were prominent citizens in the early history of Alfred.
The Christian influences of her home and this community led her early in life to profess faith in Christ, and she was baptized and united with the First Alfred church in the days when the church stood near the cemetery. She was an ambitious student and graduated from Alfred Academy in 1850.
On Nov. 28, 1849, she was married to Darwin E. Maxson, who soon became identified with Alfred Academy as a teacher, and later was ordained and became a prominent pastor in the denomination, and for many years a very influential professor in Alfred University. At the breaking out of the war Mr. Maxson volunteered as a private soldier, and was soon chosen chaplain of his regiment. This left Mrs. Maxson at home, a young mother with a little daughter seven years old and a little babe six months old, and to earn at least in part her own living. Here began her career of bravery and self-sacrificing service which was characteristic of her life to the day of her death. Her husband was soon stricken with swamp fever and returning to the North, he reached Guy's Hotel in Baltimore, where his illness became so intense that he could proceed no further. Mrs. Maxson hastened to his bedside, leaving her little babe at home with friends, and there for seven weeks she battled bravely for the life of her husband, and finally brought him to Alfred with the aid of her brother Orson C. Green, though he had to be carried on a cot. For months and years she nursed and cared for him, until he had sufficiently overcome the physical and mental havoc of the disease to again resume his active work as a Christian preacher, teacher and reformer.
To them were born three children: Flora Dell, who died at 10 years of age, in 1864; Carrie Ellen, now Mrs. Robert Gorton, of Newton Highlands, Mass., and Dollie Irene, the late Mrs. Charles M. Post, who on May 28, 1903, preceded her mother to the heavenly home. Six grandchildren survive her, two sons and two daughters of Mrs. Gorton, and a daughter and son of Mrs. Post. Mrs. Maxson is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. J. R. Livingston, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Miss Selinda I. Green of Alfred, and one brother, Orson C. Green, of Alfred.
Her husband after a long period of impaired health passed on to his reward on Feb. 22, 1895. Since that time Mrs. Maxson has devoted herself with untiring faithfulness to her daughter, Mrs. Post, who was much an invalid, and since her death to her two little motherless grandchildren, to whose every need she sought to minister as long as strength permitted her hands to do what her loving heart prompted. She was most faithful to the church and denomination she loved so dearly. She was a good neighbor and a trusted friend, loved and esteemed by all.
The funeral services were held at her late home in Alfred, N. Y., Tuesday afternoon, conducted by President Davis, assisted by Dr. A. E. Main.
Booth Colwell Davis.
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