General Arcadio Maxilom (1862-1924) was considered as one of the bravest and oldest officers under the command of Leon Kilat in the insurgency movement in Cebu during the Philippine Revolution. He was born in Tuburan, Cebu on November 13, 1862 to Roberto Maxilom and Gregoria Molero Gallarde. From 1877 to 1881 he has worked as a teacher in Escuela de Niños and later on became secretary in the Juzgado de Paz of Tuburan from 1882 to 1888. He also had a stint in government positions as he was elected as teniente Segundo in 1888 and  gobernadorcillo in 1893.

Gen. Maxilom fought side by side with the other Cebuano revolutionaries in the quest for freedom from the hands of the Spaniards. Eventually, the local insurgency movement gained control of Cebu after the assault at Fort San Pedro. During the revolution of 1898, a revolutionary government was set up on December 16 of that year by Gen. Arcadio Maxilom, the province's revolutionary head. He appointed Pedro Noel as its presidente.

Spanish control in Cebu ended on Dec. 24, 1898, in the wake of the Treaty of Paris signed on Dec. 10. The Philippine Government was formally established in Cebu City on  Dec. 29, 1898, and revolutionary head Luis Flores became the first Filipino provincial governor of Cebu.

During the American occupation, Gen. Maxilom and Juan Climaco were two of the revolutionaries who continued the fight against foreign control and assert Philippine sovereignty despite the huge and heavily armed American forces. He was eventually captured but later on released together with the other revolutionary leaders. On August 10, 1924, he died in Tuburan after a bout with a lingering illness and his remains were interred in a lot for war veterans in the City of Cebu becoming the first soldier to be buried in the war veterans' restng place.

The Municipal Board of Cebu City passed an act after World War II to rename what was then known as Mango Avenue to Gen. Maxilom Avenue in recognition of his heroism and undying patriotism. This street begins from Fuente Osmeña and ends at Martires.