Editing Evelyn Croom Maxwell

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| subject_name   =Evelyn Croom Maxwell
| image_name     =ECMaxwell.jpg
| image_size     =225px
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| date_of_birth  =[[July 27]], [[1863]]
| place_of_birth =Evergreen, Alabama
| date_of_death  =
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| occupation     =Attorney, politician, judges
| religion       =
| spouse         =[[Wilhelmina Maxwell|Wilhelmina Thornton]]
| parents        =[[Augustus E. Maxwell|Augustus E.]] and [[Julia Maxwell]]
| children       =Evelyn Cameron Maxwell<br/>Judith Lee Maxwell
}}
'''Evelyn Croom Maxwell''' was a prominent attorney and jurist.

Maxwell was born near Evergreen, Alabama on [[July 27]], [[1863]], while the Maxwell family was away from their home in Pensacola, which had been taken by Union forces in the [[Wikipedia:American Civil War|Civil War]].  He graduated from the University of Nashville in [[1882]].  Returning to Pensacola, Maxwell taught public school there and in nearby Bagdad for a short time before being finishing his law study and gaining admittance to the Florida bar in [[1885]].  He married [[Wilhelmina Maxwell|Wilhelmina Thornton]] on [[February 1]], [[1894]].

In February [[1892]] Maxwell became a judge for the Criminal Court of Record of Escambia County, in which capacity he served until November [[1896]], at which time he became a Circuit Court judge for the First District of Florida.  Maxwell served in that capacity through [[September 1]], [[1901]], on which date he became a commissioner of the [[Wikipedia:Florida Supreme Court|Florida Supreme Court]].  On [[December 1]], [[1902]], he became an associate justice on the same court, and served as such through [[February 15]], [[1904]], at which time he retired from the bench in order to devote more time to private practice.

==Sources==
*''[[History of Escambia County, Florida]]'' by [[Henry Clay Armstrong]]

[[Category:Attorneys|Maxwell, Evelyn C.]] [[Category:Judges|Maxwell, Evelyn C.]]