. Our county and its people : a descriptive and biographical record of Genesee County, New York. - Band; one of the offi-cers of the Republican Editorial Association of New York, an officerof the New York Press Association, and a member of the Bo;ird ofTrustees of the Machpelah Cemetery ROBblM A. MAXWtLL. BIOGRAPHICAL. 511 ROBERT A. MAXWELL. The Hon. A. ^L\x\v^;I i. will rank in the history of Geneseecounty as one of its must prominent and highly esteemed citizens. Wecannot better present the salient features of his character and the firstpart of his career than by quoti
. Our county and its people : a descriptive and biographical record of Genesee County, New York. - Band; one of the offi-cers of the Republican Editorial Association of New York, an officerof the New York Press Association, and a member of the Bo;ird ofTrustees of the Machpelah Cemetery ROBblM A. MAXWtLL. BIOGRAPHICAL. 511 ROBERT A. MAXWELL. The Hon. A. ^L\x\v^;I i. will rank in the history of Geneseecounty as one of its must prominent and highly esteemed citizens. Wecannot better present the salient features of his character and the firstpart of his career than by : the following passage from a work byD. A. Harsha, entitled Xoted Living Albanians and State Officials. The Hon. Robert A. Maxwell, superintendent of the InsuranceDepartment, was born in Washington county, X. Y., in 1S3S. He is ason of Alexander Maxwell of Jackson, a prominent citizen of the townand an intelligent and wealthy farmer. After receiving a thorougliinstruction at the common schools in his neighborhood he was sent tothe Normal School at Albany, where he finished his education at theage of eighteen. He soon became principal of the Union school atGreenwich, X. Y., place he hed for two years. Determined torelinquish a professional career for mercantile pursuits, he removedourcountyitspeop02nort
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