Maxwell William was born in 1881 in Indiana. Maxwell William's father was James M. Thompson and his mother was Mary Stang. His maternal grandparents were J. Stang and Pauline. He had four brothers and two sisters, named George W., Otto, Frank, Abram E., Bertha and Pearl. He was the oldest of the seven children. He died at the age of 45 on June 11th, 1926.
‌Maxwell William and Neva were married in a religious ceremony on December 25th, 1902 in Delaware County,Indiana. They had a son and a daughter, and also a child of unknown gender, named David Ross, Virginia and Unknown.