Regarding this posting from some time ago: http://www.maxwellsociety.com/USAforum/ShowMessage.asp?ID=77 It turns out that Marmaduke Maxwell lived out the rest of his life in Arch Cape, Oregon, a small community on the Pacific Ocean west of Portland.  He lived alone, did not marry, and had no children.  But he was a vital member of his community, who became his virtual family.  Mr. Maxwell is remembered throughout the Arch Cape Chronicles, a book compiled by David and Alma English, published by in 1993 by Frontier Publishing of Seaside, Oregon, ISBN 0-939116-38-3.  Here is an excerpt from those memories, starting at page 189, by Eugenia Dooley (nee Holderman):   "After arriving [in Arch Cape, Oregon] from Portland in the summer of 1912, we noticed a new house under construction three lots north from our place.  I remember my father taking me with him when he went to meet the new neighbor.  The new neighbor, Marmaduke Maxwell, moved here from Shaniko, Oregon, where he owned a large sheep ranch in North Central Oregon about fifty miles south of the Columbia Rover on Highway 97.  He lived there for a number of years after moving from Indiana.  Prior to this he lived in Coham, Blacktorrington, Devon, in England on the Devonshire coast.  He came from a prominent family there and told me that royalty visited his aunt.  His father, J.G. Maxwell, a well-known writer of poetry, had been mayor of Barnstable and Sarah Siddons, the famous actress, was his cousin.   "Mr. Maxwell was engaged to be married to a lady who contracted pneumonia and died shortly before the wedding date.  It was then he decided to come to America, and after visiting various locations he eventually found Arch Cape.  He said it reiminded him of the Devonshire Coast in his native England so he purchased six lots, one on the beach front.  Mr. Maxwell, considered a wealthy man, sold his ranch in Eastern Oregon for $90,000 before he moved to Arch Cape.   "Mr. Maxwell's barn was the focal point of activity those days for travelers between Astoria and Tillamook.  Hug Point and Neahkahnie Mountain at times forced travelers to remain in Arch Cape to wait for better weather or for lower tides. Behind Mr. Maxwell's ocean front home was a wood shed, a chicken coop, and the barn east of the house with four stalls for his horse and cows.  The barn originally belong to Mr. William and Mari Adams, who built the Arch Cape Hotel in 1905, which was later purchase by Mr. Maxwell in 1914.  Mr. Maxwell named his first milk cow Cherry and his second cow Molly.  Molly produced so much milk that Mr. Maxwell sold it to neighbors and visitors during the summer months for ten cents a quart.   "Water came to the Arch Cape Hotel from a spring on a hill just east of the barn.  A faucet dripping filled a tub where the cows and horses drank.  Mr. Maxwell's water supply came from the same spring.  Also, on his back porch, he had a rain barrel reserved for washing dishes, pots, and pans, and for bathing." ...   "Mr. Maxwell often built a huge fire in his fireplace and invited us over for the evening.  My brother and I enjoyed looking through his Montgomery Ward catalogue.  Our host always served a bowl of raisins from his cupboard for me and my brother, and we thought they were the best raisins we had even eaten.  Mother and Grandmother carried on conversations with Mr. Macwell about what was happening in England during the war years.  The Arch Cape population at that time was small and much of our communications then came from newspapers, often days old.  Mr. Maxwell subscribed to several English publications, one being the Daily Mail.  This was in 1919 and the Arch Cape residents were eager to share news.” …   "There were times when we returned with a full gunny sack of crab ready for Mr. Maxwell to cook.  He would build a fire near his house and cook the crabs in sea water I carried from the ocean.  When the crabs were ready, the children ran around the neighborhood inviting everyone over to eat crab..." ...   "Late in October [1931] we received a call from Mrs. Page.  The Page family had been friends of Mr. Maxwell long before he moved to Arch Cape.  Mr. Page, an attorney, had been in charge of Mr. Maxwell's estate.  He informed us that Mr. Maxwell was hospitalized in Astoria and asked if I would take her to see him.  We left Portland shortly afterwards.  When we arrived at the hospital in Astoria, we learned that Mr. Maxwell had pneumonia and was very ill.  We stayed with him for several days until he passed away October 30, 1931, at the age of eighty-seven.  Funeral services were held in Portland with many from Arch Cape in attendance.  It was his wish to be cremated and that his ashes be scattered at sea.  What a sad ending it was for our dear friend and neighbor.  The livestock was sold and the mare, Betty, was no longer sound and was put to sleep.  Later, Mr. Maxwell's home was sold to Dora Cornelieson."