LUCUS G.6 MAXFIELD (Richard5, probably Benjamin4, Joseph3-2 John1) was born at Geuga County, Ohio, on 9 February 1834,[1] a child of Richard Maxfield and his wife Elizabeth Coon. He died on 29 March 1913.[2] He probably married first at Kent County, Michigan, about 1854-5 MARY WILKES.[3] He married second at Cuming County, Nebraska, on 9 February 1871 JENNETTE THOMPSON, who was born at New York on 4 August 1839, a child of John Thompson and Margreth Dods.[4] He married third, at Cuming County, on 6 November 1879 MARYETTA (WILSON) HUNTER. She was born at Steuben County, New York, on 17 March 1832, a child of John Wilson and Mary Stone.[5] Maryett had previously married at Warsaw, Jefferson County, New York, about 1849 WILLIAM HUNTER, who had been born at Pennsylvania and died at Nebraska on 25 November 1871.[6]
Lucas' father died when Lucas was a teenager. The 1850 Census reported Lucas Maxfield at Tully Township, Marion County, Ohio, with his mother and six siblings.[7]
The History of Kent County, Michigan states, "The first marriages were solemnized by Freeman Van Vickell, between Allen and Luther Maxfield and Catherine Thompson and Mary Wilkes, respectively."[8] As there was no Luther Maxfield in that area in that time period, and Allen Maxfield was brother to Lucas, "Luther" could be a mistake for "Lucas."
The 1860 Census reported Lucas J. Maxfield, a 26 year old day laborer, at Clay Township (Columbus Post Office), Bartholomew County, Indiana. He was living in the household of George and Amanda Rowland.[9]
Lucas G. Maxfield enlisted in the Union Army on 19 June 1861. He served in Company B, Indiana 13th Infantry regiment until discharged in 1 July 1864.[10] His regiment went first to West Virginia, then to the Shenandoah Valley. In June of 1862 they were relocated in eastern Virginia for the Peninsula campaign. The following year they saw action in South Carolina.
The 1870 census reported Lucas G. Maxfield at West Point Post Office, Cuming County, Nebraska. He was a 36 year old farmer born in Ohio. His real estate was valued at $700, and his personal estate at $350. He was living alone.[11] Within a year of that census he married Jenette Thompson, and they soon had two daughters. I don't know what happened to Jennette. Her second child was born in June of 1874; in 1878 Lucas married Maryetta Hunter. Maryetta's first husband died in a blizzard in Nebraska in 1871.[12] Maryetta had six children by her first marriage, but only one was reported in the home in the 1880 Census.
The 1880 census reported Lucas G. Maxfield at LaPorte, Wayne County, Nebraska:[13]
| Name | Related | MS | Sex | Race | Age | B | Occupation | FB | MB |
| Lucas G. Maxfield | self | M | M | W | 46 | OH | farmer | MA | NY |
| Marietta Maxfield | wife | M | F | W | 48 | NY | keeping house | NY | NY |
| Gertrude J. Maxfield | daughter | S | F | W | 7 | NE | OH | NY | |
| Bertha A. Maxfield | daughter | S | F | W | 5 | NE | OH | NY | |
| Burton H. Hunter | step-son | S | M | W | 10 | MN | PA | VT |
Lennis Allen, a descendant of Maryetta, has researched his family. His information adds some light on what happened to this family.
| My name is Lennis Allen. Maryetta is my Great Great Grandmother. She was married to William Hunter. They were married in Warsaw tsp, Jefferson Co., Pa. about 1849. Their 1st child was Wallace Hunter b. 1850, Warsaw, Pa. [followed by] Walter Alonzo Hunter, 1852 Warsaw, Pa, John Grant Hunter Warsaw, PA. Mary Emeline Hunter b. 1860 Ill, Chester Hunter b. 1887, Mn. Burton Hunter. 1870, Pine Island, Goodhue Co., Mn. The family minus Wallacw moved back to Laporte, Wayne Ne in 1870 to join their son Walter Alonzo whom they sent ahead to meet with his grandparents in Ill and travel to LaPorte with them so that Walter Alonzo could get some land for them. William and Maryetta and children joined them in 1871 in LaPorte. William died in a blizzard Nov 25th 1871. Lucas married Jennette Thompson in Cuming Ne as I recall in 1871. The two girls, Gertrude and Bertha belong to Lucas and Jennette as near as we can tell as Maryetta signed for Mary Emeline in 1876 so she could marry Miles Standish Allen. When she did this she was using her maiden name. . . . In 1888 Maryetta and Burton left with John Grant Hunter, his wife Emma Allen and their children for Portlnd Ore without Lucas. Mary Emeline and family met their brothers in the Lewis River country Wa. Terr. That is near the town of Woodland today. Maryetta and Burton were not with them but Burton showed up 12 yrs later in Ca. Where he married. . .[14] |
Lennis wrote on another occasion, "Because of reading about the early church and the connection of the circuit it serviced I am reasonebly certain that they, Lucas and Maryetta, met through the church."[15] In yet another email Lennis added some more clarity, with a reference to has sources:
| . . . In 1884 Miles Stndish Allen and his wife Mary Emeline Hunter left fo the area of SW WA known as the Woodland area. In 1888 records kept by Maryetta's second son who remained in LaPorte state that Maryetta son Burton and son John George Hunter and his wife and children left for Walla Walla WA. What happened is that John George and his family arrived at the home in Woodland of his sister and his wife's brother in Woodland. . . . Further Maryetta's son that remained in LaPorte maintained in contact as shown in his records with Maryetta even giving her date of death but no location.[16] |
I believe when Lennis said "John George Hunter" he meant John Grant Hunter.
The 1890 Veterans schedule reported Lucas G. Maxfield at Hartington, Cedar County, Nebraska, and that he suffered from chronic diarhea.[17]
The 1900 census reported Lucas Maxfield, widower, born February 1834 at Ohio, living at Dowling Township, Knox County, Nebraska. He was a farm laborer.[18] I have no further information on Maryetta.
The 1910 census reported Lucas G. Maxfield, 76, widower, living at Custer, Custer County, Oklahoma, with his daughter and son-in-law, Bertha and John Rossmiller.[19]
Lucas G. Maxfield and his wife Jenette Thompson had the following children:
Child of Bertha and John:
Marietta had the following children by her first husband, William Hunter:[29]
1Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska, "Nebraska Marriage Records, 1855-1908," digital image of register, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 12 September 2023), Cuming County, Maxfield-Thompson, 1871.
2Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 16 July 2017), Lucas G. Maxfield; Imported from: US Veteran's Affairs, Maintained by: Ed Catterson, Photo added by Steve McCray. Grave marker has no dates, informatuon provided by informant.
3History of Kent County, Michigan (Chicago: Chas. C. Chapman & Co., 1881), p. 1351; digital images, Google, (http://books.google.com/ : accessed 19 March 2014.
4"Nebraska Marriage Records, 1855-1908," Cuming County, Maxfield-Thompson, 1871.
5"Nebraska Marriage Records, 1855-1908," Cuming County, Maxfield-Hunter, 1878.
6Allen Lennis, "Maryetta," e-mail message to Charles A. Maxfield, 23 February 2007.
7Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Tully, Marion County, Ohio, p. 59A, household 30, Elizabeth Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 October 2012); NARA microfilm record group M432, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
8History of Kent County, Michigan, p. 1351.
9Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Clay, Bartholomew County, Indiana, p. 126, household 814, George Roland family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 25 October 2012); NARA microfilm record group M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
10Historical Data Systems, comp., "U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 July 2013).
11Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Cuming County, Nebraska, p. 231B, household 129, Lucas G. Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 6 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
12Lennis, "Maryetta," e-mail to Charles A. Maxfield, 23 February 2007.
13Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, La Porte, Wayne County, Nebraska, enumeration district (ED) 83, p. 279D, household 53, Lucas G. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 12 March 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
14Lennis, "Maryetta," e-mail to Charles A. Maxfield, 23 February 2007.
15Allen Lennis, "Maryetta Wilson/Hunter/Maxfield," e-mail message to Charles A. Maxfield, 22 March 2007.
16Allen Lennis, "[no subject]," e-mail message to Charles A. Maxfield, 22 June 1911.
17Eleventh Census of the United States: 1890, union veterans and widows, Hartington, Cedar County, Nebraska, enumeration district (ED) 75, p. 1, household 14, Lucas G. Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 July 2013).
18Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Dowling, Knox County, Nebraska, enumeration district (ED) 108, p. 4B, household 67, Paul Larson family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 September 2013); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
19Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Custer, Custer County, Oklahoma, enumeration district (ED) 123, p. 2B, household 44, John Rossmiller family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 19 March 2014); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
20Independence Cemetery, Custer County, Oklahoma, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 21 May 2019), Gertrude-Glen Brigham; Created by: Kelli Smythe, Photo added by Dolores Colwell Willis & Roy Willis.
21"Nebraska Marriage Records, 1855-1908," Cedar County, Bigham-Maxfield, 1891.
22Independence Cemetery, Custer County, Gertrude-Glen Brigham; Created by: Kelli Smythe, Photo added by Dolores Colwell Willis & Roy Willis
23California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento, California, "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 August 2017), Bertha A Harmon, 1955.
24"Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995," Holst-Maxfield, 1891.
251910 Census, Custer, Custer County, Oklahoma, ED 123, p. 2B, household 44, John Rossmiller family.
26Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 20 November 2012), Oscar-Bertha Harmon; created by Barbara LeClaire; photo by Goffson. Precise date provided by informant.
271910 Census, Custer, Custer County, Oklahoma, ED 123, p. 2B, household 44, John Rossmiller family.
28Ibid.
29Lennis, "Maryetta," e-mail to Charles A. Maxfield, 23 February 2007.
California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento, California. "California Death Index, 1940-1997." Database. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2017.
Historical Data Systems, comp. "U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865." Database. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.
History of Kent County, Michigan. Chicago: Chas. C. Chapman & Co., 1881. Digital images. Google. . http://books.google.com/ : 2014.
Independence Cemetery, Custer County, Oklahoma. Find a Grave. Digital images. findagrave.com : 2019.
Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas. Find a Grave. Digital images. findagrave.com : 2017.
Lennis, Allen. "Maryetta." E-mail message to Charles A. Maxfield. 23 February 2007, 22 March 2007, 22 June 2011.
Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California. Find a Grave. Digital images. findagrave.com : 2012.
Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska. "Nebraska Marriage Records, 1855-1908." Digital image of register. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2023.
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