Rebecca Ellen Maxwell^[1]

Est 1825 - Aft 1888  (~ 64 years)

• Name	Rebecca Ellen Maxwell
  Born	Est 1825	Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft 1888
  Person ID	I13788	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2017

  
  

  Family	Benjamin Franklin Langdon,   b. 1821, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 30 Jun 1888, Harrisville, Maryland  (Age 67 years)
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Virginia Langdon,   b. 20 Sep 1846, Cecil County, Maryland ,   d. 13 Apr 1891, Near Porters Bridge, Cecil County, Maryland  (Age 44 years)
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2017
  Family ID	F4757	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S42] Obituary, http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/cecil/newspapers/whig1888.txt. Death of Mr. Franklin Langdon. Mr. Franklin Langdon, a prominent and estimable resident of the Sixth district died at his home at Harrisville on Thursday evening June 21st. He had been a sufferer for several months from an abscess at the small of the back, the result of a fall from a load of hay sixteen years ago. At a post-mortem examination it was found that parts of the vertebra had decayed. He was born sixty-seven years ago at Lancaster Pa., and came to Cecil county when a youth. He won the respect of his neighbors by his upright character. He was postmaster at Rising Sun about 1848. He also served as tax collector for the Sixth district in 1878 and 1879 and took the census of the same district in 1880. His funeral was held on Saturday afternoon last and was largely attended. Rev. Dr. S. A. Gayley, pastor, of West Nottingham Presbyterian church of which the deceased was for many years a member officiated. The pall bearers were Job Haines, Alexander Briscoe, Stephen Reynolds, H. H. Haines, Joseph Lincoln and Lawson Tosh. The interment was at West Nottingham cemetery. Mr. Langdon leaves a widow, two sons, Randolph and Giles, and one daughter, the wife of Mr. J. Granville Richards. [S42] Obituary, http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/cecil/newspapers/whig1888.txt. Cecil Whig; Reported 30 Jun 1888; d. abt 23rd Jun Death of Mr. Franklin Langdon. Mr. Franklin Langdon, a prominent and estimable resident of the Sixth district died at his home at Harrisville on Thursday evening June 21st. He had been a sufferer for several months from an abscess at the small of the back, the result of a fall from a load of hay sixteen years ago. At a post-mortem examination it was found that parts of the vertebra had decayed. He was born sixty-seven years ago at Lancaster Pa., and came to Cecil county when a youth. He won the respect of his neighbors by his upright character. He was postmaster at Rising Sun about 1848. He also served as tax collector for the Sixth district in 1878 and 1879 and took the census of the same district in 1880. His funeral was held on Saturday afternoon last and was largely attended. Rev. Dr. S. A. Gayley, pastor, of West Nottingham Presbyterian church of which the deceased was for many years a member officiated. The pall bearers were Job Haines, Alexander Briscoe, Stephen Reynolds, H. H. Haines, Joseph Lincoln and Lawson Tosh. The interment was at West Nottingham cemetery. Mr. Langdon leaves a widow, two sons, Randolph and Giles, and one daughter, the wife of Mr. J. Granville Richards.