Thursday, July 30, 2020

The Relics of a Dead Marriage

With her marriage ending, Olive Maxwell Hill and her little daughter were moving back with her parents, and she no longer needed all this nice furniture from the marital home — at least, that's what I think was going on here.

2020-07-30. Hill furniture, News, 11-29-1923
(Click on image to enlarge)
Hobart News, Nov. 29, 1923.


Here is the Maxwell farm on the 1921 plat map of Union Township, Porter County:

2020-07-30. Hill Union-1921
(Click on image to enlarge)
Image from https://www.inportercounty.org/Data/Maps/1921Plats/Union-1921.jpg.


We may be seeing the descendant of the old Maxwell place in the house and outbuildings on the north side of U.S. 30 east of N 725 W. Except I don't think the Maxwells had a caboose.

No comments: