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article from The Cainsville News 16 Feb 1928

Route Three
Pascal, Oxford visited the following places last Sunday: George Shafer, | where he took dinner, and then he visited at the Oscar Shafer, Jake Oxford and Willie Axsom homes, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Willis, Kelley Hughes and Henry Wishon visited at the Willie Axsom home Sunday.
There is going to be a new bridge! build between Bird Chapman's and| Alf Boyd's.
Eddie George and family and Miss| Beatrice Zimmerman visited a short time at Oscar Shafer's and heard some fine music on his phonograph.

The Cainsville News Thu, May 07, 1936 ·Page 3 Route Three News

a Mr. and Mrs. John Stephens and Mr. S. B. Chapman visited at the George Shafer home Thursday.
Ross Shafer visited at the Geo. Shafer home Friday.
Ross and Oscar Shafer were trading in Cainsville Saturday.
Junior Chapman visited George Shafer Tuesday night.
Miss Pauline Shafer, Winderford Wishon, Junior and Dean Shafer and Lee Wishon's girl went to the last day of school at the Keller Thursday and stopped at George Shafer's a while as they went home. Frank Bears went to Ross Shafer's Friday after seed corn. Walter Day went to Ross Shafer's Saturday morning. Ralph Shafer went to Floyd Frisbie's Saturday morning. Arthur Cochran is improving his barn by building a shed on one side.
Hugh Wishon went to Saline Saturday.
S. B. Chapman and Carl Dean Zimmerman visited Sunday afternoon at the George Shafer home.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Day and family spent the day Sunday with Mrs. Anne and Willie Axsom.
Carl Dean Zimmerman came over Sunday to spend a few days with his grandpa, Mr. S. B. Chapman.
Mr. and Mrs. John Stephens visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. AlVa Zimmerman.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Willis visited Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bears and family.
Alfred Boyd and sons, Warren and Billy, were hauling hay from S. B. Chapman's Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Shafer and family visited Sunday with Mrs. Cinda Craig at Saline.
Oscar Shafer visited Sunday afternoon with Willie Axsom.

The Cainsville News Thu, Dec 19, 1929 ·Page 4

Harve Crawley and family visited at Alf Boyd's Sunday.
Willie Axsom has been cutting wood for Tommy Alexander.
Roe Oxford called on Geroge Shaffer Tuesday morning.
Earn Dobson spent Saturday and Sunday with Willie Axsom.
Alfred Boyd was in Cainsville Tuesday.
Marshall Zimmerman was at Alfred Boyd's Sunday morning.
Oscar Shaffer cut wood for Alfred Boyd Saturday.

The Cainsville News Thu, Jul 19, 1934 ·Page 3

Alfred Axsom visited Alf Boyd Tuesday and Wednesday and attended the Fourth at Pleasanton.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hughes spent Sunday at Willie Axsom's.
Johnnie Axsom and wife spent Sunday at his mother's, Mrs. Annie Axsom.

The Cainsville News Cainsville, Missouri · Thursday, July 17, 1941 page 6

D.M. Harris and Vern Butler dug a pond for Willie Axsom Friday.
Mrs. Deyoe Harris and daughter Dorothy Mae, visited Friday with her aunt, Mrs. Willie Axsom.
Willie Axsom made a business call on T.J. Hagan Friday.

J.C. Maxwell

Birth 17 Nov 1829 Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
Death 16 May 1925 (aged 95) Harrison County, Missouri, USA
Burial Cat Creek Cemetery Gilman City, Harrison County, Missouri, USA
Plot Memorial ID 8913617
h/o 1st Minerva (CHRISTWELL) & 2nd Harriet (HUGHES) HARRISON 04 May 1881 in Harrison Co., MO. Lt Co A 45th Inf Regt VA CSA Civil War.
his sons house burnt "Last Tuesday" according to Bethany Clipper Article from 20 May 1925. did he die that day? or shortly thereafter? google says May 20, 1925 was a WEDNESDAY. so he died on a Saturday after the fire on Tuesday. right?

May 20 1925 Bethany Clipper, Bethany, MO, page 10

Nelbourne
The little daughters of Tom Maxwell have spent several days in the Israel Chaney home since their house burned.
The house of Tom Maxwell burned last Tuesday about 10'oclock. It caught from a defective flue. They lost most of the household goods and clothing. Grandfather Maxwell makes his home with his son Tom and has been confined to his bed for over 5 months. He is past 96 years old and when the house caught fire he was carried out on his bed and taken to the home of Ross Hobbs. Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell have moved into a house that was vacated by Vester Whitt.