Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

CYRUS6 MAXFIELD (James5, Nathaniel4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Union, Lincoln County (now Knox County) Maine, on 23 September 1824, a child of James Batchelder Maxfield and his wife Hannah Batchelder.[1] He was living in the 1900 Census. He married at Rock Island County, Illinois, on 14 September 1851 ELIZA G. PRENTIS,[2] who was born at Warsaw, Hancock County, Illinois of 17 February 1828 and died at New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois, on April 1886.[3] Eliza was the daughter of Susannah (Brookhart) and Stanton Prentiss.

Cyrus grew up at Union. When he was fourteen he went west with his family to Indiana. When he was fifteen his mother died. He then traveled with his father and siblings to Ohio, where his father died when Cyrus was still fifteen.

Cyrus Maxfield, age 24, laborer, was reported living with his brother Josiah in New Boston in the 1850 Census.[4]

The 1860 Census reported Cyrus and family at New Boston Township, Mercer County, Cyrus Maxfield, 32, livery man, Eliza, 32, Ada, 7, in school, and Sue, 7.[5]

The family of Cyrus and Eliza Maxfield was reported in the 1870 Census in New Boston Township and Post Office as follows:[6]

Name Age Sex Race Occupation R.E. P.E. Birth Other
Maxfield, Cyrus 45 M W farmer $2000 $500 ME
Maxfield, Eliza 42 F W keeping house OH
Maxfield, Ada 16 F W IL school
Maxfield, Ralph 12 M W IL school
Maxfield, Harry 3 M W IL

I have no further record of daughter Sue.

Adella married in 1873. The 1880 Census reported the Cyrus Maxfield family at New Boston, consisting of Cyrus, 56, stock trimmer, Eliza, 50, keeping house, Ralph, 22, working on a farm, and Harry, 13, at home.[7]

Eliza died in 1886. The 1900 Census reported Cyrus Maxfield, widower, born September 1826, stock raiser, boarding in a home at New Boston.[8]

I have no further record on Cyrus Maxfield.

Cyrus Maxfield and his wife Eliza Prentis had the following children:

  1. ADELLA7 MAXFIELD b. at New Boston on 26 July 1853, d. there on 15 January 1936;[9] m. on 14 January 1873 FREDERICK CLARK[10] b. at New York on 21 November 1851, d. at Hinsdale, DuPage County, Illinois, on 9 Augusy 1930.[11]
  2. SUE7 MAXFIELD b. at Illinois about 1852-3.[12]
  3. RALPH7 MAXFIELD b. at Illinois in July 1859,[13] m. at Mercer County on 31 January 1893 FLORENCE I. (PATTERSON) BANER[14] b. at Iowa in October 1859,[15] d. at New Boston on 1912.[16] Florence previously m(1). PHILIP BANER b. at Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, on 1 May 1849, d. at New Boston, on 2 December 1938.[17] Child of Florence and Philip:
    1. Nina Baner b. at Illinois on February 1877; m. about 1899-1900 Charles A. Loosley b. at Illinois on November 1876.[18]
  4. HARRY PRENTISS7 MAXFIELD b. at Illinois on 12 February 1867

NOTES

1Genealogical Society of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 22 October 2012)
2Illinois County Marriages, 1810-1940, Rock Island County, Maxfield-Prentis, 1851; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org: accessed 29 August 2023); familysearch.org.
3New Boston Cemetery, New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois, Find a Grave, database (findagrave.com : 19 June 2017), Eliza G. (Prentiss) Maxfield; Originally Created by: Jamie Dawn Paul, Maintained by: Lois Bopp Retherford.
4Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois, p. 365B, household 307, Josiah Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 28 September 2012); NARA microfilm record group M432, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
5Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois, p. 286, household 1941, Cyrus Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 24 October 2012); NARA microfilm record group M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
6Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois, p. 281A, household 39, Cyrus Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 27 January 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
7Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 180, p. 5A, household 49, Cyrus H. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 29 February 2024); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
8Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 75, p. 12B, household 263, Rachel Ives family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 3 April 2013); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
9Illinois State Archives, "Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950," database, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 28 August 2023), Adda Maxfield Clark.
10photo of obituary posted at findagrave.com by Lois Bopp Retherford, "Aged New Boston Woman Succimbs."
11New Boston Cemetery, New Boston, Adda Maxfield Clark; created by Jamie Dawn Paul. Information provided by informant.
121860 Census, New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois, p. 286, household 1941, Cyrus Maxfield family.
131900 Census, New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois, ED 75, p. 1A, household 12, Ralph Maxfield family.
14Illinois State Public Record Offices, "Illinois State Marriage Records," index, Ancestry (ancetry.com : accessed 3 September 2023), Maxfield-Baner, 1893.
151900 Census, New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois, ED 75, p. 1A, household 12, Ralph Maxfield family.
16New Boston Cemetery, New Boston, Florence Maxfield; created and photo by Jamie Dawn Paul.
17New Boston Cemetery, New Boston, Phillio Banner; created by Jamie Dawn Paul. Details provided by informant.
181900 Census, New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois, ED 75, p. 1A, household 12, Ralph Maxfield family.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900." Database. Family Search. familysearch.org : 2012.

Illinois County Marriages, 1810-1940. Digital images. Family Search. familysearch.org : 2023.

Illinois State Archives. "Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950." Database. Family Search. familysearch.org : 2023.

Illinois State Public Record Offices. "Illinois State Marriage Records." Index. Ancestry. ancetry.com : 2023.

New Boston Cemetery, New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois. Find a Grave. Database. findagrave.com : 2017.

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 : 2024.

________. Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.

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