NameMaxine ”Mack” Jane LINES 185
Birth Date21 Nov 191283
Birth PlaceCurwensville, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Residence Date15 Jan 192072 Age: 7
Residence PlacePenn Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Death Date4 Nov 1990 Age: 77
Death PlacePhilipsburg, Centre Co., PA, USA
Burial DateCremated7
Burial PlaceCrown Crest Memorial Park, Hyde, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Burial MemoPer Maxine’s wishes her cremated remains were spread over her mother’s grave by her adopted son Richard Lee Gleason within days after her death.
Soc. Sec. #162-10-6512, issued in Pennsylvania state101
OccupationWaitress
Cause of DeathPancreatic Cancer7
FatherHarry Wilbur LINES (1884-1974)
MotherNora Agnes WERTZ (1886-1963)
Misc. Notes
Maxine’s mother Nora liked the name Maxine after seeing a picture of a pretty actress Maxine Elliott.* Her mother always thought the name suited her well. Her middle name Jane was given after her paternal grandmother Mary Jane Patton.41

Her neice Florence Bucholz remembers Maxine as a very pretty lady. She always dressed very well and was one of the first women she knew to drive a car. Florence said Maxine always drove a nice car. She remembered that Maxine and her first husband, Jim Smith, rode motorcycles. Maxine married Smith at an early age possibly as young as 15 or 16. Smith was an independant cab driver in Washington D.C.41

Her step-neice Cheryl “Sherry” Boal wrote this: “I always liked your mom, Maxine, she seemed like Flo from [the T.V. show] Mel's diner, and really was a waitress. i always admired women who were strong and did not put up with crap.”186
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She was called “Mac” by most of her brothers and sisters.

- Employed in the late 1940s at The Hot Shoppe, a popular family restuarant in Washington, D.C. The restaurant was started by J. Willard Marriott and was later part of the Marriott Hotel Corporation in 1967. She knew the founder as well as his two young sons Bill Marriott Jr., and Richard while working there.

- Employed as a Hostess at the popular Bookbinders restaurant in Philadelphia, PA in the early 1950s. It was frequented by many celebrities including politicians, actors and major league baseball players who’s pictures were hung on the restaurant walls.

- Employed as a waitress at Mr. J’s Cafe in Hyattsville, Md. from about 1956 to the late 1960’s when her boss Mr. Lutz sold his business and moved to Soda Springs, Idaho where he purchased the Caribou Lodge.

- Employed as a waitress at The Calvert House Inn in Hyattsville, Md until her retirement.

Resident of Scranton, PA in the 1940s or 1950s.
Resident of Philadelphia, PA in Aug 1955.15

Resident of Riverdale, Prince Georges, MD, May 1958 - Nov 1962

Resident of Hyattsville, Prince Georges, MD from Dec 1962 until her retirement in about 1985.

Resident of Philipsburg, Centre, PA from her retirement until her death.

Maxine, like several others in the family suffered from Macular Degeneration* which usually affects older adults that results in a loss of vision in the center of the visual field. It is a major cause of visual impairment in older adults. Macular degeneration can make it difficult or impossible to read or recognize faces, although enough peripheral vision remains to allow other activities of daily life.

Maxine was not able to have children.

All the above data per this source unless otherwise noted.187
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Maxine and her husband James Emmett Gleason legally adopted her nephew, Richard, son of her younger brother Richard Delmont Lines in October of 1956.4
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More about Maxine’s namesake Maxine Elliott

*Maxine Elliott (1868-1940) born Jessie Dermott was an American stage actress born in Rockland, Maine. She spent much of her childhood on a large sailing ship, of which her father, Thomas Dermot, of Oakland, Ca., was captain. Subsequently she spent about a year at the convent of Notre Dame, Roxbury, Mass.

Jessie went to New York when she was barely sixteen years old to begin the struggle of "carving out a career." She adopted her stage name Maxine Elliott in 1889 and made her first appearance on the stage in the season of 1890-1891 in New York. It is said that reviewers disagreed "over whether it was her beauty or her acting ability that attracted attention.”

Elliott quit her acting career during World War I, to outfit and staff a barge as a floating hospital, to nurse wounded soldiers in France. Boyfriends as a young actress included Baseball Hall of Famer John Montgomery Ward & heavyweight champ/actor Gentleman James J. Corbett. She was named as co-respondent in Ward's divorce from famed actress Helen Dauvray. For her beauty & unusual violet eyes, Maxine Elliott has been compared to [actress] Elizabeth Taylor. For many years, there was a Maxine Elliott Theatre on Broadway. She appeared in five films between 1913 and 1919.

Maxine became friendly with financier J.P. Morgan who probably gave her financial advice helping her to become a wealthy woman. During World War One Elliott returned to Europe and volunteered both her income and her time to the cause of Belgian relief, for which she received the Belgium Order of the Crown. She was dating tennis star Tony Wilding and they may have planned to marry, but he died in 1915 in France during World War One.

Elliott's last stage appearance was in 1920. She then retired from acting, announcing that she "wished to grow middle-aged gracefully."

Successful in business and investment, Elliott had homes in America and in Europe which included a townhouse in London where she spent most of her leisure time. She died in Cannes, France at the age of 72 and was the subject of a biography titled "My Aunt Maxine: The Story of Maxine Elliot" c.1964 written by her niece Diana Forbes-Robertson. Her younger sister Gertrude also a noted actress was married to actor Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson.188,189,190
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Several family members apparently suffered from Macular Degeneartion. They included Maxine’s brother Orville, her aunt Cornelia Ellen (Lines) Goff and a neice (Orville’s daughter) Florence (Lines) Bucholz.108
Spouses
OccupationIndependent Cab Driver In Washington D.C.
Family ID150
Marr Dateabt 1928
Misc. Notes
James and Maxine enjoyed riding Indian motorcycles together around the Scranton, PA area, whereI believe they lived at the time. Maxine was a young teenager at the time of this her first marriage.192
Birth Date31 Jan 1912101
Residence Date19 Apr 1930195 Age: 18
Residence PlaceLawrence Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Death Date14 Jul 2001101,196 Age: 89
Burial PlaceCrown Crest Memorial Park, Hyde, Clearfield Co., PA, USA196
ReligionCatholic49
OccupationRegional Chief of Transportation - U.S. Park Service. Retired June 196849
FatherFred VEIHDEFFER (1888-1978)
MotherVirginia SHUBERT (1887-1976)
Misc. Notes
James R. Veihdeffer is found in the Social Security Death Index, born 31 January 1912 and died 14 July 2001. SS# 176-07-5223, issued in Pennsylvania state, last know residence unknown.101
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“Jim” worked on the staff of a U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania. Was described as a secretary to the congressman. Prior to marrying Maxine he dated her younger sister Lillian. I had heard that Jim, in his job with the U.S. Park Service, was responsible for the all the White House inventory including automobiles assigned there.49
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James worked with the White House in charge of moving offices/furniture to designated areas and the Forestry Service.

His brother Bob said that Jim used to go to Baskatong, Quebec, Canada twice a year. Bob went up first with his boat and told his brother Charlie (Todd) about how nice it was. He remembers that it was close to 600 miles to travel and they used the boat not only for fishing but for water skiing.

Brother Howard and his wife with friends Rube Norris and his wife were frequent visitors to the same area.196
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After he retired from his job in Washington D.C. Jim moved to his parent’s home in Hyde, Clearfield, PA where he lived, hunted and fished until his death.197
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A man by the name of Dick Hess lived across the street from Jim’s home in Hyde. Dick was a good friend of Richard D. Lines (1924-1955).36
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I knew Jim very well growing up, as a young man, and have very fond memories of him. Although he and my adopted mother were divorced before I was born, and despite all the years that had gone by, they continued to see each other on occasion when we lived in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. and he came to our home to take her out to dinner.

I really liked Jim and enjoyed visiting with him.  He was always pleasant, very well mannered and always well groomed.  Just a very nice and "classy" guy.  I wish I had come to known him better.

I last saw Jim with my uncle Pete (Jophn Lines) in November 1987 when we visited him at the family homestead in Hyde, Clearfield, PA.

I know some of my nine aunts and uncles knew the Veihdeffers and I'd once heard that I'm pretty sure Jim and several of my uncles, and possibly some of Jim's brother's, hunted together.3
Family ID151
Marr Dateabt 194749
Misc. Notes
I believe the marriage ate for Jim and Maxine may be incorrect. I have a story that Maxines brother Eli as a young man lived with the couple as his legal guardians. This would have been sometime when he was a young man probably between 13 and 18 years old or sometime during the years circa 1935-1940.198
Birth Date10 May 1915200,56
Birth PlaceVirginia
Death DateFeb 1978200
Burial PlaceCharlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, USA
Soc. Sec. #227-32-4021, issued in Virginia state200
OccupationMotel Manager of the Colonial Motel, Laurel, MD, 1952-Death
Cause of DeathHeart Attack
MotherHelen S [GLEASON] (ca1897-)
Misc. Notes
NOTE: The compiler is not convinced that Jim’s parents were James (1892-1981) and Helen S Gleason as currently indicated. His name does not show up in the 1930 census as their son when he would have been fifteen years old. However his father is the only known son of his parents. Of course it’s possible Jim was not living with his parents in 1930 for some reason.3
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Jim’s father was the mayor of Charlottesville, VA in the early 1940s and previously served on the city council for twelve years. He was very well-known and described as one of the Gleason “aristocrats.”201
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The Following is written by Jim’s step-son Richard Lee Gleason:

Jim was a motel manager in Laurel, MD at the Colonial Motel for many years. The motel was located not far from where I grew up and on occasion I would pass by it in my travels. It was a very nice facility and well maintained and included small cottages for longer stays.  The motel was in close proximity to the University of Maryland and closer still to Pimlico Race Course, the home of horse racing's annual “Preakness Stakes,” the second leg in the Triple Crown. Jim’s major flaw, from my mother’s point of view, and which helped lead to their divorce, was his propensity to drink and gamble on horses.202
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At the time of his death James had five surviving brothers.203

It appears from the Social Security Death Index that Jim may have retired and moved to Charlottesville, VA prior to his death.204

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This is the third-in-a-row “Jim” that my mother Maxine married.205
Family ID11
Marr Dateabt 195149
Div DateSep 1959
Div PlacePrince George’s County, MD, USA
Misc. Notes
Maxine and Jim legally adopted Richard Lee (Hull) Gleason (b. 1952) in October 1956. Maxine was Richard’s aunt, and sister of his father, Richard Delmont Lines.4

Note: Soon after vthe adoption Jim and Maxine were separated and divorced.206
ChildrenRichard “Rick” Lee (Adopted) (1952-)
OccupationElectrician
Family ID152
Marr Date16 Nov 1962208,209
Marr PlaceBeltsville, Prince George’s Co., MD, USA
Last Modified 8 Mar 2016Created 17 May 2017 Rick Gleason - ricksgenealogy@gmail.com