Wilson "Jim Neg" Maxwell was born on August 20, 1922, in Gallatin, Kentucky. He married Lula May O'Donnell on April 16, 1943, in Warsaw, Kentucky. They had four children in 15 years. He died on May 23, 2018, in his hometown at the age of 95, and was buried in Warsaw, Kentucky.
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"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2D8-HXQF : 22 July 2021), Wilson Maxwell and Lula Mae O'Donnell, 16 Apr 1943; citing Marriage, Warsaw, Gallatin, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,913,246.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM6F-2PB : accessed 30 October 2021), Wilson Maxwell in household of James E Maxwell, Napoleon, Gallatin, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 5B, line 54, family 115, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 744; FHL microfilm 2,340,479.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7RB-J5P : 9 January 2021), Wilson Maxwell in household of Jas E Maxwell, Magisterial District 3 Napoleon, Gallatin, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 39-4, sheet 7B, line 47, family 150, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1308.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203189667/wilson-maxwell: accessed 9 June 2023), memorial page for Wilson “Jim Neg” Maxwell (20 Aug 1922–23 May 2018), Find a Grave Memorial ID 203189667, citing Paint Lick Baptist Church Cemetery, Warsaw, Gallatin County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Grave Detective 970 (contributor 49806756).
"Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH5-NHCG : 11 February 2018), Willson Maxwell, 1922; citing Birth, Gallatin, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
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