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History of Bay County Michigan
pub. H. R. Page & Co., Chicago - 1883

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           ANDREW C. MAXWELL came here in March, 1857, from Lapeer,
	 Mich. He was born in Onondaga County, N.Y., July 11, 1831.
	 When thirteen years of age he removed to Michigan with his 
	 parents, who settled in Oakland County. He was brought up 
	 on a farm, and studied law at Pontiac. In June, 1853, he 
	 was admitted to the bar and settled in Lapeer, where he 
	 began the practice of law. December 28, 1853, he married 
	 SARAH M. HAIT, who belonged to the pioneer family of La-
	 peer County. While there he held the office of prosecuting 
	 attorney one term. In March, 1857, he settled in Lower 
	 Saginaw, where he has been in continuous practice longer
	 than any other attorney now here. He was a member of the 
	 Board of Supervisors in 1870-71, and from 1876 to 1880, 
	 when he resigned. In 1881 he was again elected and re-
	 elected in 1882 and 1883. He was a member of the Legis-
	 lature in 1865 and in the Fall of 1882 was the Democratic 
	 candidate for Congress in the Tenth district. In 1872 he 
	 built a block on Water Street, known as the Maxwell Block. 
	 MR. MAXWELL has had more to do with the affairs of Bay 
	 County than any other man in it on account of his long 
	 service on the Board of Supervisors and his recognized 
	 ability as a lawyer. He also took an active part in the 
	 organization of the county. As a lawyer MR. MAXWELL long 
	 ago had acquired a state reputation, and for upwards of 
	 twenty years has had a very extensive practice in the 
	 courts of Northern Michigan. To those who know him it
	 would sound exceedingly tame to say that "MAXWELL is an 
	 inveterate joker," when for a quarter of a century 
	 accounts of his acts of generosity and interestedness 
	 in others' affairs upon auspicious occasions, have been 
	 the current anecdotes in this part of the state, several 
	 of which are recorded in another part of this work.
	 
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