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[[File:Wallace Glenn Maxwell.jpg|right|thumb||Courtesy of Martha Kelsey]]'''Born: '''1885, Storm Lake, Iowa | [[File:Wallace Glenn Maxwell.jpg|right|thumb||Courtesy of Martha Kelsey]] | ||
'''Born: '''1885, Storm Lake, Iowa | |||
'''Died: '''1932, Ray Brook, New York | '''Died: '''1932, Ray Brook, New York | ||
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'''Children: '''Martha Kelsey | '''Children: '''Martha Kelsey | ||
'''Wallace Glenn Maxwell''' was born in Storm Lake, Iowa, and moved east with his family. He was working on the family farm when he contracted TB. He came to Saranac Lake to [[Curing|take the cure]], and improved enough to travel back downstate. His continued work on the farm contributed to his relapse. When he moved back to the [[New York State Hospital at Ray Brook|State Hospital at Ray Brook]], his wife Sibyl accompanied him. Sybil worked at the [[ | '''Wallace Glenn Maxwell''' was born in Storm Lake, Iowa, and moved east with his family. He was working on the family farm when he contracted TB. He came to Saranac Lake to [[Curing|take the cure]], and improved enough to travel back downstate. His continued work on the farm contributed to his relapse. When he moved back to the [[New York State Hospital at Ray Brook|State Hospital at Ray Brook]], his wife Sibyl accompanied him. Sybil worked at the [[Saranac Laboratory]] while Wallace was taking the cure. Wallace and Sybil's children were taken care of by their grandparents, and it was their grandparents who brought them up to Saranac Lake to visit their father shortly before his death. | ||
[[File:Maxwell | [[File:Maxwell, Wallace Glenn.jpg|thumb||A brick at the Saranac Laboratory Museum has been dedicated in memory of Wallace Glenn Maxwell by his daughter, Martha Kelsey.]] | ||
''His daughter, Martha Kesley, gave an | ''His daughter, Martha Kesley, gave an [http://www.hslstories.org/kelsey-martha.html oral history] to Historic Saranac Lake in 2018 about her father's TB treatment and her mother's job at the Saranac Laboratory.'' | ||
Latest revision as of 14:38, 12 January 2026
Born: 1885, Storm Lake, Iowa
Died: 1932, Ray Brook, New York
Married: Sybil Maxwell
Children: Martha Kelsey
Wallace Glenn Maxwell was born in Storm Lake, Iowa, and moved east with his family. He was working on the family farm when he contracted TB. He came to Saranac Lake to take the cure, and improved enough to travel back downstate. His continued work on the farm contributed to his relapse. When he moved back to the State Hospital at Ray Brook, his wife Sibyl accompanied him. Sybil worked at the Saranac Laboratory while Wallace was taking the cure. Wallace and Sybil's children were taken care of by their grandparents, and it was their grandparents who brought them up to Saranac Lake to visit their father shortly before his death.
His daughter, Martha Kesley, gave an oral history to Historic Saranac Lake in 2018 about her father's TB treatment and her mother's job at the Saranac Laboratory.