John Wolf Maxwell, b. 1831 Illinois to Oregon
Oregon Republican League:
Republican League Register of Oregon, The Register Publishing Company, 1896, page 240.
MAXWELL, HON. J. W., was born in Illinois in 1831. He served in the army through the war, and came to Oregon in 1882, settling finally in Tillamook County. He has sat in the legislature three sessions, once in the house and twice in the senate, and has been a member of county, district and state committees, and a delegate to county, district and state conventions and league meetings.
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