John Watson Maxner was born in 1829 at Windsor, NS and died 6 May 1904 at Windsor, NS. He was the son of Henry Mixner [Maxner?] (1808-1837) and Mary Ann Snyde (1808-1869). Henery Mixner died in a drowning accident at Long Pond, Windsor, on 28 July 1837.
John Watson Maxner (1829-1904) married his cousin Jessie Snide [Snyde?] (1837/38-1925) of Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia.
John Watson Maxner and his uncle Andrew Maxner moved from the Ferry Hill Farm in 1872 to Richmond Hill farm, College road, Windsor. The Ferry Hill farm adjoined T.C. Haliburton’s Clifton Property.
The enhanced photograph of John Watson Maxner was probably made at Windsor in the late 1890s. The artist W. Blackburn’s name appears on the photograph.
This framed photograph was presented to the West Hants Historical Society by the descendants of John Watson Maxner and Jessie Maxner. Richmond Hill Farm, College Rd., Windsor, NS. October 16th, 1993.