JOHN B.6 MAXFIELD, Junior (John5, Samuel4, Michael3, John2-1) was born at Craftsbury, Orleans County, Vermont, on 31 March 1841 a son of John B. Maxfield and his wife Amanda Barker . He died at Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa, on 21 June 1916.[1] He married at Hardin, Clayton County, Iowa, on 2 April 1868 SARAH JANE INGALLS.[2] She was born at Quebec on 26 July 1845, and died at Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, on 16 October 1881.[3]
John grew up on a farm in Craftsbury, the sixth of seven children. According to Vermont records, John Maxfield and "S. J." had a child at Hyde Park, Lamoille County, Vermont, in June of 1864. According to this record, John Maxfield was a farmer, born in England.[4] There is no further record of this child.
John B. Maxfield fought in the Civil War from 27 August 1864 to 21 June 1865. He was in Company I of the Vermont First Cavalry Regiment.[5] This unit participated in the seige of Petersburg, Virginia, from June 1864 to March 25, 1865, and was at Appomattox Court House on 9 April 1865.
Following the War, John and Sarah setteld in Iowa, where they married and had a child in 1868. They were found in New Hampton Township, Chickasaw County, Iowa, in every federal and state census from 1870 to 1900.[6] Sarah died in 1881 at the age of 36. Their son Herbert married in 1888. The 1905 Kansas state census found J. B. Maxfield at Humboldt, Allen County Kansas, laborer, in the household of L. K. and J. M. Osgood.[7]
John Maxfield lived breifly at Fredericksburg, Chickasaw County, and West Union, Fayette County, Iowa, before being admitted to the Soldiers' Home at Marshalltown on 23 March 1916, where he died.[8]
John B Maxfield, Junior, and his wife Sarah Ingalls had the following children:
1Obituary, Find a Grave (findagrave.com: accessed 15 December 2023), "J. B. Maxfield Dies at Soodiers' Home," Created by: Tom Ledoux, Photo added by Linda Linn.
2"Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934," Family Search, (familysearch.org : database 10 December 2023), Maxfield-Ingalls, 1868.
3New Hampton Cemetery, New Hampton, Chickasaw County, Iowa, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 23 May 2017), Sarah J. Maxfield.; created and photo by Duane Helt; Genealogical Society of Utah, "Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990," database, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 8 June 2023), Sarah Jane Maxfield.
4Vermont State Archives and Records Administration, Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4386, Birth, Charles M. Maxfield, 1864; digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 17 January 2017).
5Historical Data Systems, comp., "U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 July 2013).
6Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, New Hampton, Chickasaw County, Iowa, p. 573B, household 187, John Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 29 January 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration; Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, New Hampton, Chickasaw County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 121, p. 435A, household 82, John B. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 26 February 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; 1885 Iowa State Census, population, Chickasaw County, Iowa, p. 417, household 29, John B. Maxfield family; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 18 December 2013); Iowa State Historical Society, Des Moines, Iowa; Iowa State Census, 1895, Chickasaw County, Iowa, p. 5, household 29, John Maxfield; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 3 April 2014); History Society, Des Moines, Iowa; 1897 Iowa State Census, New Hampton, Chickasaw County, Iowa, p. 125, John B. Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 19 December 2013); Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, New Hampton, Chickasaw County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 37, p. 4B, household 70, John B. Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 5 April 2013); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
71905 Kansas State Census, population, Humboldt, Allen County, Kansas, p. 19, household 148, L. K. Osgood family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 29 January 2015).
8"J. B. Maxfield Dies at Soldiers' Home," Find a Grave.
9Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4386, Birth, Charles M. Maxfield, 1864.
Genealogical Society of Utah. "Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990." Database. Family Search. familysearch.org : 2023.
Historical Data Systems, comp. "U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865." Database. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.
"Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934," Family Search, (familysearch.org : database 10 December 2023), Maxfield-Ingalls, 1868.
Iowa Secretary of State. 1885 Iowa State Census, population. Digital images. Family Search. familysearch.org : 2013.
________. Iowa State Census, 1895. Digital images. Family Search. familysearch.org : 2014.
Iowa, State Historical Society of. 1897 Iowa State Census. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.
"J. B. Maxfield Dies at Soodiers' Home," Obituary, Find a Grave findagrave.com: 2023).
Kansas Historical Society. 1905 Kansas State Census, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2015.
New Hampton Cemetery, New Hampton, Chickasaw County, Iowa. Find a Grave. Digital images. findagrave.com : 2017.
United States Department of the Census. Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.
________. Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.
________. Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.
Vermont State Archives and Records Administration. Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008. Digital images. New England Historical and Genealogical Society. American Ancestors. americanancestors.org : 2017.
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