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William B. Maxey (Hancock County Methodist minister)

b. 1810-10-28 d. 1883-11-17

Hancock County, Kentucky, Methodist minister. Kentucky native. Married to Catherine "Kitty" Blincoe Maxey. Married to Martha S. Wilson Maxey. Father of Mary E. Maxey, Kitty Maxey, Leonedas Maxey, J. M. Maxey, J. F. Maxey, Martha Maxey, S. E. Maxey, V. A. Maxey, E. L. Maxey, and Mettie Maxey. Founding member of the Hancock Pond Draining Company in 1850. Methodist minister in Hancock County in 1860. Member of the Masonic Order at Hancock Lodge, No. 115 in Hawesville, Kentucky.

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Bibliography

"An Act to Incorporate the Hancock Pond Draining Company, and amend the charter of the Jefferson Pond Draining Company," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Passed at December Session, 1849 (Frankfort, Ky.: A. G. Hodges & Co.– State Printers, 1849), 390-394.

Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of kentucky, at a Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville, Commencing on Monday, the 21st Day of October, 1867 (Frankfort, Ky.: Frankfort Commonwealth, 1867), 111-112.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 33.

Find A Grave, "William Bondurant Maxey (October 28, 1810-November 17, 1883)," Memorial #40681975, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40681975 (accessed April 5, 2017).

Citation

Maxey, William B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197013 (November 12, 2026).

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