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| The late George W. Maxwell, who did much to build up Pentwater, was born in Tompkins, N.Y., January 9, 1840, remaining on the old homestead until 1860, when he went to Beloit, Wis., to engage in lumbeirng. In the Fall of 1862, Jacob S. Brillhart sold his lumbering interest in Pentwater to Hart & Maxwell, when George acted as a foreman, until he became a partner in 1865. They dissolved in 1866, selling to Richmond & Bean, and George continued the mercantile business until April, when the firm of Maxwell, Sands & Co., was organized for general merchandise and manufacturing. In 1875, Mr. Maxwell's health failed, and he died in Chicago, on January 21, 1876, sincerely mourned by all who knew him. |