Frank Maxwell is an enterprising and progressive farmer of Jackson township, owning and operating ninety acres of well cultivated land. He was born in this township, September 15, 1862, a son of William and Diana (Bible) Maxwell. The father was a native of Pennsylvania and came with his parents to Coshocton county when a young lad, while the mother, whose birth occurred in Virginia, also accompanied her parents to this county when a child. The father was a man of high character and strict integrity and became prominent in the early development of this section of the state. He lived to an advanced age, passing away July 5, 1904.

Frank Maxwell was reared on the home farm and acquired his education in the Roscoe public schools. When he started out to make his own way in the world he chose as his life work the occupation to which he had been reared, and in this he has continued to the present time. He has improved his farm with good and substantial barns and outbuildings, has tiled and fenced the fields, so that they yield abundant harvests as a reward for the care and labor which he bestows upon them.

Mr. Maxwell established a home of his own by his marriage on the 15th of February, 1881, to Miss Pauline Kaser, a daughter of Gottlieb and Christine (Cooker) Kaser, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Coshocton county. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell has been blessed with six children, three sons and three daughters: Claude, who married Floy Neldon and now lives in Coshocton; Mabel; Grace; William; Hazel: and Russell. The daughter Mabel is now the wife of Abe McConnell.

Mr. Maxwell's study of the political questions and issues of the day has led him to give stalwart support to the republican party. He takes an active part in the public life of this section of the state and since age conferred upon him the right of franchise he has served as a delegate to every county convention of the publican party. For six years he served as trustee of Jackson township, while at the present writing he is a member of the Methodist Protestant church. He has an attractive home, the hospitality of which is enjoyed by the many friends of the family, while in his business and public relations he has gained the confidence and esteem of all with whom he is associated.