DANIEL HUNTOON6 MAXFIELD (Samuel,5-4, Michael,3, John2-1) was born at Gilmanton, Strafford County, New Hampshire, on 28 April 1816, a son of Samuel Maxfield and his wife Betsey Huntoon. He died at Belmont, Belknap County, New Hampshire, on 9 April 1904.[1] He married about 1839-40 SARAH DIAMOND SHAW.[2] She was born at Loudon, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, on 28 July 1818, a daughter of Theophilus and Mary Shaw. She died at Belmont on 1 April 1901.[3]
Daniel and Sarah never moved very far, in spite of the numerous place names in the above paragraph. Gilmanton, origionally part of Strafford County, was transferred to Belknap County in 1840 when that county was formed. The northwest part of Gilmanton, organized as Upper Gilmanton in 1859, was renamed Belmont in 1869. The Town of Loudon, which adjoins Gilmanton, was transferred from Rockingham County to the newly created Merrimack County in 1823. So a change of address does not mean a change of location.
Daniel grew up, the eldest of six children, in Gilmanton, where his father farmed. I have not found a marriage record for Daniel and Sarah. The 1900 Census states that they had been married for 60 years, which would place their marriage about 1839-40. However the 1840 Census implies that Daniel was still at home with his parents. Their first child was born in 1842.
The 1850 Census reported Daniel H. Mackfield, 34, farmer, at Gilmanton with his wife Sarah D., 35, children Mary E., 6, Sarah A., 4, and Susan C., 1. Also in the household was Daniel's father, Samuel, 67, a stone cutter.[4]
The 1860 Census reported this family at Gilmanton (Upper Gilmanton Post Office) with all their living children:[5]
Line | Name | Age | Sex | Occupation | R.E. | P.E. | Birthplace |
17. | Daniel H. Maxfield | 43 | M | farmer | $ 1500 | $ 600 | NH |
18. | Sarah Maxfield | 44 | F | NH | |||
19. | Mary E. Maxfield | 44 | F | NH | |||
20. | Sarah A. Maxfield | 13 | F | NH | |||
21. | Susan M. Maxfield | 11 | F | NH | |||
22. | Daniel D. Maxfield | 7 | M | NH | |||
23. | Isaiah Maxfield | 5 | M | NH | |||
24. | Ira H. Maxfield | 2 | M | NH | |||
25. | Samuel Maxfield | 63 | M | farmer | $ 1000 | $ 500 | NH |
Sarah, Susan, Daniel and Isaiah had all attended school in the past year. Mary's age was recorded incorrectly; she was 16.
By the time of the 1870 Census, Mary had married, and Sarah and Susan had moved out to work in textile mills. That census recorded the family at Belmont consisting of Daniel, 54, farmer, Sarah 54, keeping house, Dana, 17, attending school, Isaiah, 15, attending school, and Ira, 13, attending school. The household also included Lizzie McAllister (Mary Elizabeth Maxfield), 26, and her husband, Ira McAllister, 27, a carpenter, married in September 1869.[6] Sarah Maxfield, 24, was living in a boarding house at Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, and worked in a cotton mill.[7] Susie M. Maxfield was living in a boarding house in Belmont and worked in a hosiery mill.[8]
Sarah and Susan both married the following year. Dana Daniel married about 1877-8, and Ira married in 1879. However the 1880 Census reported Dana and Ira still at home, with their wives:[9]
Line | Name | Race | Sex | Age | Related | MS | Occupation | B | FB | MB |
24. | Maxfield, Daniel H. | W | M | 64 | M | farmer | NH | NH | NH | |
25. | Maxfield, Sarah | W | F | 65 | wife | M | keeping house | NH | NH | NH |
26. | Maxfield, Daniel D. | W | M | 27 | son | M | farmer | NH | NH | NH |
27. | Maxfield, Annie M. | W | F | 24 | daughter-in-law | M | keeping house | NH | NH | NH |
28. | Maxfield, Isaiah | W | M | 25 | son | S | farmer | NH | NH | NH |
29. | Maxfield, Ira H. | W | M | 22 | son | M | mechanic | NH | NH | NH |
30. | Maxfield, Sadie A. | W | F | 20 | daughter-in-law | M | works in family | NH | NH | NH |
By the time of the 1900 Census only Dana and his wife remained at home. That census reported the family at Belmont consisting of Daniel H. Maxfield, 84, farmer, wife Sarah D., 84, son Dana D., 47, farm laborer, and daughter-in-law Anna M., 44. That record also indicated that Daniel and Sarah had been married 60 years, and Dana and Anna had been married 22 years. Sarah had seven children, six of whom were living; Anna had no children.[10] Ira, 42, lived at Concord, Merrimack County, with his wife Sadie, 38, and their daughter Idella, 17. Ira was a locomotive engineer.[11] Isaiah Maxfield, 45, was reported at the New Hampshire asylum for the Insane, where he was listed as a farm laborer.[12]
Daniel Maxfield wrote his will on 26 September 1900:[13]
In the name of God, Amen. I, Daniel H. Maxfield of Belmont in the County of Belknap, State of New Hampshire, considering the uncertainty of life, but being of a sound and perfect mind and memory, do make publish and declare this my last will and testament, hereby disposing of all my worldly estate. |
Daniel Maxfield remembered all of his children, and the will indicates where the daughters were living. Son Dana, who continued to live on the farm, was given special consideration.
Daniel's wife, Sarah, died six months after he wrote his will, from chronic consumption.[14] Daniel died in 1904 from senile gangrene.[15]
Daughter Mary Elizabeth's obituaries, found at Find a Grave. fill in more details of her life:[16]
Mrs. McAllister came to Boulder in July, 1877, following her husband, Boulder's lumberman, who arrived here in February of that year, bringing her sons, Dan and Milo, with her. Other sons, born in Boulder, are William W. and Ray E. McAllister. Dan and Milo were born in Lebanon, N.H. These four sons, prominent business men of Boulder, will be pallbearers at the funeral at 2 p.m. tomorrow. The funeral will be private because of the quarantine. Rev. Dr. C. A. Rowand, pastor of the M.E. [Methodist Episcopal] church, will conduct the service. All her life Mrs. McAllister was a devoted Methodist and the family were large contributors to the fine church edifice. Mrs. McAllister was a woman who was much loved and universally respected. She was born May 19, eighty-four years ago at Belmont, N.H. and married September 21, 1869. Her sister, Mrs. Susan M. Morrison, of Belmont, N.H., came last June on account of her illness and was at her bedside till the end. Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado, 28 October 1918. |
Lafayette (Colorado) Leader, 1 November 1918 |
Her husband's obituaries also provide more information:[17]
Mr. McAllister had been feeble for a long time but critically ill for only a short period. The fundamental cause of a general break down was neuritis. He had been unconscious for thirty hours. Mr. McAllister was born in Plainfield, N.H., February 8, 1843, and was married to Lizzie Maxfield, Sept. 21, 1869, in Belmont, N.H. They came to Boulder 45 years ago and were among the pillars of the substantial citizenship of the place. The lady died two or three years since, regretted by all, and Mr. McAllister occupied their home with his son Milo. He retired as head of the McAllister Lumber & Supply Co. a few years ago and was succeeded by his eldest son, Dan E. McAllister, departments of the large business being conducted by two other sons, William W. and Milo. The youngest son, Ray E., is agent for the Edison photographs in this city. From the small beginning of a sawmill in this city, the business developed until it included large lumber yards and hardware, coal and other departments. He was energetic, prudent and honorable in his dealings, and established a reputation and a business ably continued by his sons. Mr. McAllister was a member of Boulder Lodge No. 45, AF&AM [Ancient Free and Accepted Masons], and held various office of honor and trust in that Masonic body. Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado, 21 May 1921 |
Mr. McAllister, who found and was until recently head of the McAllister hardware and lumber company was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire in 1843. He is survived by four sons who live in this city. Fort Collins (Colorado) Courier, 23 May 1921, p. 6 |
More information on daughter Sarah Abbie can also be found in her obituary:[18]
Mrs. Dole was born in Belmont, N. H., and had been a resident of Gloversville 15 years, came here from Lowell, Mass. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of this city. The survivors are one daughter, Florence M. Dole of Gloversville, two sons, Fred S. of Gloversville and Ralph M. of Johnstown; one brother, Ira H. Maxfield of Concord, N. H., and several nieces and nephews. Friday the body will be taken to Lowell for burial in the Edson Cemetery. Lowell Sun, 16 October 1941, p. 61 |
Dana Daniel Maxfield appeared in the 1910 Census at Belmont, where he was described as 57 years old, a widower and a farmer. With him were Susan S. Prescott, 55, divorced, servant, and her probable niece Alice Prescott, 16.[19] Dana married Susan in 1920, and they were enumerated by the census taker on 28 January 1920 (four days after their wedding) as Dana D. Maxfield, 66, farmer, and Susie S. Maxfield, 65, wife, of Belmont.[20] Susie died in 1928. The 1930 Census reported Dana D. Maxfield, 77, widower, at Belmont, with no occupation.[21] The 1840 Census found Dana D. Maxfield, 86, widower, at the New Hampshire State Hospital in Concord.[22] He died seven days after that census. He had no children.
Isaiah Maxfield, married in 1882, was divorced by his wife in 1897 for abandonment. He spent the rest of his life in the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane at Concord. He evidently worked as a farmer at the asylum. The 1900 Census called him a farm laborer;[23] in 1910 and 1920 he was listed as a farmer;[24] the 1930 Census called him a patient.[25] He died in 1932 from arteriosclerosis. In his will he also mentioned Leon Morrison, nephew, of Merrimack, Hillsboro County; Margaret Watson, Gerrish, Boscawen, Merrimack County, grand-niece; Hilda Bennet, Gerrish, grand neice; Mrs. Sarah Dole, Gloversville, Fulton County, New York [sister], D. E., Milo, and Ray McAllister, nephews, Boulder, Colorado.[26]
Daniel H. Maxfield and his wife Sarah Shaw had the following children:
1New Hampshire, State of, Division of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire, New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 15105, Death, Daniel H. Maxfield, 1904; digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 25 January 2017).
2Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Belmont, Belknap County, New Hampshire, enumeration district (ED) 3, roll 944, p. 10A, household 144, Daniel H. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 28 July 2013); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
3New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 15227, Death, Sarah Maxfield, 1901.
4Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Gilmanton, Belknap County, New Hampshire, roll 425, p. 104B, household 38, Daniel Mackfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 24 February 2012); NARA microfilm record group M432, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
5Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Gilmanton, Belknap County., New Hampshire, roll 666, p. 122, household 93, Daniel H. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 November 2012); NARA microfilm record group M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
6Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Belmont, Belknap County, New Hampshire, roll 836, p. 56B, household 220, Daniel Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 8 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
71870 Census, Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, roll 843, p. 348B, household 402, Lydia Sanborn boarding house.
81870 Census, Belmont, Belknap County, New Hampshire, roll 836, p. 52B, household 140, Elizabeth Evans' boarding house.
9Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Belmont, Belknap County, New Hampshire, enumeration district (ED) 3, roll 760, p. 36C, household 132, Daniel H. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 13 March 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
101900 Census, Belmont, Belknap County, New Hampshire, ED 3, roll 944, p. 10A, household 144, Daniel H. Maxfield family.
111900 Census, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, ED 158, roll 949, p. 7A, household 150, Ira Maxfield family.
121900 Census, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, ED 156, roll 949, p. 19B, household 4, New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane.
13Belknap County, New Hampshire, Probate Records, Will Daniel H. Maxfield, vol. 26, p. 321; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org: accessed 29 January 2017).
14New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 15227, Death, Sarah Maxfield, 1901.
15New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 15105, Death, Daniel H. Maxfield, 1904.
16Obituary, Find a Grave (findagrave.com: accessed 30 November 2023), Lizzie M. McAllister (Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado, 28 October 1918; Lafayette (Colorado) Leader, 1 November 1918) , Created by: McKin.
17Obituary, Find a Grave (findagrave.com: accessed 30 November 2023), Ira T. McAllister (Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado, 21 May 1921; Fort Collins (Colorado) Courier, 23 May 1921, p. 6), Created by: McKin.
18"Deaths: Mrs. Sarah A. Dole," Lowell Sun, 16 October 1941, p. 61; Newspaper Archive (http://newspaperarchive.com : accessed 20 November 2013). p. 61.
19Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Belmont, Belknap County, New Hampshire, enumeration district (ED) 3, roll 860, p. 8B, household 173, Dana D. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 5 August 2013); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
20Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population, Belmont, Belknap County, New Hampshire, enumeration district (ED) 3, p. 12B, household 144, Dana D. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 10 August 2013); NARA microfilm record group T625, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
21Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, Belmont, Belknap County, New Hampshire, enumeration district (ED) 3, roll 1298, p. 7A, household 174, Dana D. Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 13 August 2013); NARA record Group T626.
22Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, population, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, enumeration district (ED) 7-23, p. 28A, New Hampshire State Hospital; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 6 December 2013); microfilm record group T627.
231900 Census, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, ED 156, roll 949, p. 19B, household 4, New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane.
241910 Census, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, ED 320, roll 864, p. 2A, household 20, state hospital; 1920 Census, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, ED 74, p. 2A, household 114, New Hampshire State Hospital.
251930 Census, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, ED 19, roll 1304, p. 2B, household 1, New Hampshire State Hospital.
26French, Harry Dana. Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass., New Hampshire Historical Society Library, Concord, New Hampshire, about 1952.
27South Road Cemetery, Belmont, Belknap County, New Hampshire, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 16 November 2017), Winkley Maxfield; Created and photo by: rick pickwick.
28Columbia Cemetery, Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 21 November 2012), Lizzie M. McAllister; created by McKin; photo by William Yates.
29New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, , Marriage: McAllister-Maxfield, 1843.
30Columbia Cemetery, Boulder, Ira T. McAllister; created by McKin, photo by William Yates.
31French, Harry Dana. Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass.
32"Deaths: Mrs. Sarah A. Dole," p. 61.
33New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card, Marriage: Dole-Maxfield, 1871.
34French, Harry Dana. Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass.
35South Road Cemetery, Belmont, Susan Morrison; Created and photo by: rick pickwick.
36French, Harry Dana. Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass.
37South Road Cemetery, Belmont, Asa Morrison; Created and photo by: rick pickwick.
38South Road Cemetery, Belmont, Maxfield monument (Daniel H.); Created and photo by: rick pickwick.
391900 Census, Belmont, Belknap County, New Hampshire, ED 3, roll 944, p. 10A, household 144, Daniel H. Maxfield family.
40New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 15087, Death, Annie M. Maxfield, 1908.
41New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 10244, Marriage, Maxfield-Prescott, 1920.
42New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 151235, Death, Susan S. Maxfield, 1928.
43New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card, Marriage: Prescott-Greenough, 1872.
44New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire, New Hampshire, Divorce Records, 1850–1947, index card, Divorce: Alvin-Susan Prescott, 1909; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 1 December 2017); New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659–1947; New England Historical Genealogical Society.
45New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 15151, Death, Isaiah Maxfield, 1932.
46New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 9877, Marriage, Maxfield-Robinson, 1882.
47New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card, Birth: (Robinson), 1859.
48New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, index card 15201, Death, Nellie J. Maxfield, 1925.
49New Hampshire, Divorce Records, 1850–1947, index card, Divorce: Isaiah-Nellie Maxfield, 1897.
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