From History of Walworth County Wisconsin by Albert Clayton Beckwith, Vol. II, publ. 1912, Page 1331-1333

AUSTIN C. MAXON. A name known to every one who has the slightest acquaintance with the history of Walworth township and the southern part of the county of which this history deals is Austin C. MAXON, a worthy scion of a prominent old family, members of which have figured in the material, civic and moral upbuilding of the locality. He is an energetic, farseeing man of affairs, whose judgment and discretion are seldom at fault, and who merits the high esteem in which he is held, owing to his exemplary career.

Mr. MAXON was born in Walworth township, this county, March 29, 1856. He is the son of Edgar R. and Emily W. (ROGERS) MAXON, and the grandson of Asa Allen MAXON. Edgar R. MAXON was born October 17, 1823, in Petersburg, Rensselaer county, New York, and at Cape Vincent, that state, he married Emily W. ROGERS, a daughter of Austin ROGERS, a native of Massachusetts, from which state he came to Cape Vincent, New York, when young and there spent the rest of his life dying when past ninety years of age. Edgar R. MAXON was a wheelwright by trade, also followed carpentering in New York.

In 1849 he came to Walworth county and lived on the farm that his father, Asa L. MAXON, had bought in Walworth township. He bought a farm of his own about 1852, eighty acres in section 33 and forty acres in section 34, also forty acres in section 35. He made his home there until about 1885, then moved to the village of Walworth in which he bought a home where he lived until his death, January 12, 1907, and there his widow still resides. He had been a member of the county board of supervisors several times, and he was for a number of years secretary of the Walworth Mutual Insurance Company, of which he was one of the originators. He was a stanch Republican, a worthy member of the Seventh-Day Baptist church from an early date and a deacon in the local congregation for many years. He was a good and useful man, a leader in local public affairs. There were three children in his family that grew to maturity, one dying in infancy, and a daughter Ella J. died in 1861; Austin C. of this sketch; Jenny, who married Henry B. GREGG, lives at Madison; May J., who married Prof. Henry KRUEGER, of Milwaukee, lives in that city, he being a teacher in the public schools there.

Austin C. MAXON grew to manhood on the home farm and received his education in the common schools of his community and in Milton College for two years. On December 31, 1877, he was united in marriage with Alice SIMONS, daughter of William Maxson SIMONS and Susan A. (WALKER) SIMONS. Susan A. WALKER was a sister of the father of Oliver H. WALKER, a sketch of whom appears in this work. Mr. SIMONS was born in Madison county, New York, and there he and Susan A. WALKER were married. She had come to Madison county in infancy with her parents from Massachusetts, and there Alice SIMONS, wife of the subject, was born and lived until 1864, when she came with her parents to Walworth county, Wisconsin, locating in Walworth township on April 1st of that year, her father buying a farm there on which he spent the rest of his life, dying in 1882, his widow surviving until April 23, 1903, dying in the village of Walworth.

Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. William M. SIMONS, namely: William Henry, who lives at Oakland, California; Perry was a soldier in the Civil war and he died November 3, 1864, having enlisted in the spring of 1864; Mary A. died September 12, 1862, when twelve years old; Elmer lives at Holly, New York; Alice, wife of Mr. MASON, of this sketch, was a twin of Elmer.

After his marriage Austin C. MAXON continued farming on his father's place and here he has remained ever since, keeping the old farm well improved and well tilled so that he has met with a large measure of success from year to year as a general farmer and stock raiser, keeping abreast of the times in everything that pertains to twentieth-century agricultural pursuits. To the subject and wife one child, a son, has been born, Perry LaVerne, whose birth occurred January 30, 1879.

He married Edith HICKS and lives on his own farm adjoining that of his father and he has a good start in life. His wife was born at Colchester, England, and is the daughter of John B. and Mary HICKS, who still live in England. LaVerne MAXON and wife have three children, Edgar, Dorothy Mary and Raymond.

Austin C. MAXON is a member of the Modern Woodmen and the Masonic order. Mr. MAXON is probably the oldest settler, in point of continuous residence, in the southern part of Walworth township, and his fine place, known as "Maple Lawn Farm," is one of the choice landed estates in this part of the county. He is a man of splendid physique, and his manners are genial, obliging and a ready friend maker, so that he enjoys the esteem of all who know him.

From the book History of Walworth County Wisconsin, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, publ. 1912 - (page 541)

ASA LEWIS MAXON, JR., was born in Rensselaer county, New York, May 5, 1802; lived in Madison and Jefferson counties between 1825 and 1853; came to section 27, Walworth, and bought a large farm. His wife was Julia Ann READ (1823-1897). He died May 5, 1882. Four sons were named; Edgar Read (1823-1907) married Emily Wilson, daughter of August ROGERS; Henry J. (1826-1892) married Phoebe HOWLAND; Francis W. (1805-1887) married Mary L. COLBURN; Dr. Joseph S. married Anna, daughter of Anson GOODRICH. [Transcriber's note - obvious error in that mother and son are listed as born in the same year.]

DEACON ALFRED MAXON (1785-1858) had wife Mary (1787-1864). He may have been an elder brother of Asa L. MAXON. Clark P. MAXON, born in 1818, married Lucy Ann KINNEY. His relationship, if any there was, is not shown. The presence, in the same town, of MAXONS and MAXSONS makes some uncertainty as to the correct spelling for any individual.

See Also: G. Delos Pierce (married Charlotte Maxon)