Biography

11/19/1844 - 01/28/1905

MAXEY, William E., a Representative from Susquehanna County; born, November 19, 1844 in Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; attended, Franklin Academy; attended, Wyoming Seminary; farmer; engaged, dry goods business, Maxey & Reynolds; elected, justice of the peace, South Gibson; elected, school director, South Gibson; clerk, Gibson Township; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1886 and 1888; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1890); died, January 28, 1905 in South Gibson, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; interred, South Gibson Cemetery, Gibson, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.