JOHN HARRISON6 MAXFIELD (Henry5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Georgia, Franklin County, Vermont, on 19 March 1816, a child of Henry and Minerva Maxfield. He died at Fletcher, Franklin County, on 19 January 1889.[1] He married MARY WOOD STEARNS, who was born at Corinth, Orange County, Vermont, on 21 July 1815, a child of Peter Stearns, and died at Fairfax, Franklin County, on 13 January 1909.[2]
John grew up in Georgia, the seventh of eleven children. John H. Maxfield was called a farmer and currier in the 1850 census. Other censuses and birth records of children call him farmer or tanner.
The 1850 census reported this family in Westford consisting of John, 32, farmer and currier, Mary 31, and Edward, 4, in school, all born at Vermont.[3]
The 1860 census reported tha family at Fairfax consisting of John H., 43, farmer, Mary W., 41, Edward, 14, in school, and Edna, 9, in school.[4]
John H. Maxfield served in the Army in the Civil War for over a year, and received a disability discharge. He enlisted on 7 September 1861 in Company K of the 5th Vermont Infantry Regiment, and was discharged on 31 October 1862.[5] His regiment was part of the Army of the Potomac, involved in several battles, including Antietam on 17 September 1862.
This family was living at Fletcher at the time of the 1870 Census:[6]
| Line | Name | Age | Sex | Race | Occupation | R.E. | P.E. | Birth |
| Maxfield, John | 51 | M | W | farmer | $130 | $200 | VT | |
| Maxfield, Mary | 51 | F | W | keeping house | VT | |||
| Maxfield, Johnny B. | 9 | M | W | at home | VT | |||
| Maxfield, Eva | 6 | F | W | at home | VT |
Son Edward, 23, was a farm laborer in this census, in the household of Franklin and Lucie Hunt at Fairfax.[7] Daughter Edna, 18, was a servant in the home of Stillman and Cordelia Pierce of Fairfax.[8]
The 1880 census reported the family at Fairfax as follows:[9]
| Name | Related | MS | Sex | Race | Age | B | Occupation | FB | MB |
| John Maxfield | self | M | M | W | 63 | VT | farmer | VT | VT |
| Mary Maxfield | wife | M | F | W | 61 | VT | keeping house | NY | VT |
| Edward Maxfield | son | S | M | W | 34 | VT | pedler | NY | VT |
| Edna Maxfield | daughter | S | F | W | 29 | VT | at home | NY | VT |
| John B. Maxfield | son | S | M | W | 19 | VT | at home | NY | VT |
| Nellie Maxfield | daughter | S | F | W | 2 | VT | at home | NY | VT |
Nellie was Edna's daughter. In 1880 daughter Eva Maxfield was a servant in the household of Lewis Story of Fairfax.[10]
The Morrisville, Lamoille County, Vermont, News and Citizen reported on 20 December 1888:[11]
| John Maxfield fell and broke his hip a few weeks ago, and in such a way that it cannot be cured. He suffers much in consequence. His wife, whose eye was injured by a splinter in September, has lost the sight of it entirely, but has nearly recovered from the effects of consequent pain and weakness caused by the inflammation. |
John H. Maxfield died a month later with chronic diarrhea.[12]
The 1900 Census reported widow Mary (Stearns) Maxfield, 79, living with her daughter Edna (Maxfield) Corigan and son-in-law Robert Corgian, at Fairfax. According to this record Mary had five children four of whom were living; Edna had no children.[13] Perhaps Mary was counting Edna's illegitimate child as hers. Son Edward, who had become a widow in 1899, farmed at Fairfax and had two sons with him.[14] Son John B. Maxfield, also a farmer at Fairfax, lived with his wife and five children.[15] Daughter Eva, who had married her first cousin in 1883, died in 1892, at the age of 28, from cancer of the stomach.[16]
Mary (Stearns) Maxfield died at the age of 88 from senile debility.[17]
John H. and Mary Maxfield had the following children:
1Vermont State Archives and Records Administration, Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4524, Death, John H. Maxfield, 19 January 1889; digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 7 December 2016); Lenora Collins to Charles A. Maxfield, electronic mail, 13 March 2006, "Maxfield Genealogy,"; privately held by Charles A. Maxfield, Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
2Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card, Death, Mary Sterns Maxfield, 13 January 1909.
3Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont, p. 180B, household 884, John Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 17 October 2012); NARA microfilm record group M432, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
4Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont, roll 1321, p. 169, household 223, John H. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 November 2012); NARA microfilm record group M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
5Historical Data Systems, comp., "U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 July 2013), John H. Maxfield.
6Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Fletcher, Franklin County, Vermont, p. 234A, household 150, John Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 18 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
71870 Census, Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont, roll 1620, p. 170B, household 53, Franklin Hunt family.
81870 Census, Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont, roll 1620, p. 173A, household 128, Stillman Pierce family.
9Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont, enumeration district (ED) 102, roll 1344, p. 71B, household 363, John Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 23 March 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
101880 Census, Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont, ED 102, roll 1344, p. 56D, household 30, Lewis Story family.
11"Fletcher," News and Citizen, Morrisville, Lamoille county, Vermont. 20 December 1888; Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov : accessed 24 October 2017), Historic American Newspapers.
12Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4524, Death, John H. Maxfield, 19 January 1889.
13Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont, enumeration district (ED) 107, roll 1691, p. 3A, household 61, Robert Corigan family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 3 September 2013); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
141900 Census, Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont, ED 109, roll 1691, p. 2A, household 27, Edward Maxfield family.
151900 Census, Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont, ED 107, roll 1691, p. 1B, household 17, John Maxfield family.
16Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 10986, Death, Eva A. Holmes, 1892.
17Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card, Death, Mary Sterns Maxfield, 13 January 1909.
18Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4393, Birth, Ever A. Maxfield, 1864.
19Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 10986, Death, Eva A. Holmes, 1892.
20Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4740, Marriage, Holmes-Maxfield, 1883.
21Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 1019-20, Death, Hiram W. Holmes, 1938.
Collins, Lenora. "Maxfield Genealogy." Electronic mail to Charles A. Maxfield. 13 March 2006. Privately held by Charles A. Maxfield, Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Historical Data Systems, comp. "U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865." Database. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.
News and Citizen, Morrisville, Vermont. 20 December 1888.
United States Department of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2012.
________. Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2012.
________. 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 : 2016.
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