WILLIAM EDWIN6 MAXFIELD (William5, Benjamin4, Joseph3-2, John1) was born at Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York on 13 January 1839, a child of William Maxfield and his wife Rhoda Hoskins. He died at Papillion, Sarpy County, Nebraska, on 24 December 1928.[1] He first married at Ashland County, Ohio, on 1 October 1865 CATHERINE NIPPS,[2] who was born at Ashland County on 1842 and died at Papillion on 10 November 1896.[3] William second married at Papillion on 20 April 1898 ALICE (KING) HALL,[4] who was born at Douglas County, Nebraska, on 11 June 1869 and died at Los Angeles County, California, on 11 February 1946.[5]
William was the sixth of seven chuldren. A month after his birth his parents sold land in New York, and within two years moved to Ohio, where William grew up. Two years after their marriage, William and Catherine moved to Nebraska, where they farmed. The 1870 census reported them as a household of two at Papillion Post Office, Sarpy County, Nebraska. William, 31, born New York, was a farmer; Catherine, 28, born Ohio, was keeping house.[6]
The 1880 census reported this household at Fairview, Sarpy County:[7]
| Name | Related | MS | Sex | Race | Age | B | Occupation | FB | MB |
| William Maxfield | self | M | M | W | 40 | NY | farmer | NH | VT |
| Catherine Maxfield | wife | M | F | W | 37 | OH | keeping house | Prussia | Prussia |
| Mary Maxfield | daughter | S | F | W | 9 | MO | Switzerland | Switzerland | |
| Jacob Kevan | other | S | M | W | 17 | Austria | farm hand | Austria | Austria |
Mary was their adopted daughter; William and Catherine had no children of their own.
Catherine died in 1898. The Papillion Times, which called her Mary, reported ther circumstances of her death:[8]
| Very suddenly the death summons came to Mrs. W.E. Maxfield last Thursday night, we say sudden, because, while for three years she had been suffering from the ravages of a cancer, this fact was not known by any other person until within a few hours of her demise. Patiently she had suffered under the terrible affliction, suffering in silence, rather than annoy her husband and friends by acquainting them with her true condition, which she felt they were powerless to better. The deceased was born in Ashland county, Ohio, in 1842. Her maiden name was Mary Nipps. She was married in 1865 to Wm. E. Maxfield, and in 1867 came with her husband to Nebraska, settling in 1868 in Fairview precinct. She was a sister of Mrs. Susan Daup, of Papillion. Funeral services were conducted at Richfield church last Sunday by Rev. W. H. Underwood and Presiding Elder Maxfield of the M.E. district. The services were attended by a large company of neighbors and friends. |
Presiding Elder Maxfield was William's brother, John Maxfield.
A year and a half after her death, William married Alice (King) Hall, who brought to their marriage a daughter by her previous marriage, Estella Hall. William was 59, Alice 28. The 1900 census reported this family at Fairview Precinct, Sarpy County:[9]
| Name | Related | Race | Sex | Born | MS | B | FB | MB | Occupation |
| Maxfield, William | head | W | Jan 1839 | M | NY | VT | NY | farmer | |
| Maxfield, Alice | wife | W | Jun 1869 | M | NE | IL | Denmark | ||
| Maxfield, Carrie | step-daughter | W | Mar 1894 | S | NE | NY | NE | ||
| Boyle, Thomas | servant | W | Sep 1873 | S | England | farm laborer |
Carrie Maxfield would appear to be the same person who is elsewhere called Estella Hall.
The 1910 census reported this family at Fairview Precinct:[10]
| Name | Related | Sex | Race | Age | MS | B | FB | MB | Occupation |
| Maxfield, William E. | head | M | W | 71 | M | NY | NH | NY | farmer, general farm |
| Maxfield, Alice | wife | F | W | 40 | M | NE | IL | Denmark | none |
| Maxfield, Stella | daughter | F | W | 16 | S | NE | IL | NE | in school |
The 1920 census record for this family, at La Platte Township, Fairview Precinct, is difficult to read. It appears to indicate William Maxfield, 80, farmer, and Alice, 50.[11] That same census reported Istella Maxfield living in a boarding house at 2016 Construct Street, Omaha, Nebraska. age 26, stenographer in a medical laboratory.[12]
William E. Maxfield died in 1928, as reported in the Papillion Times:[13]
William E Maxfield, 89 died at his home in South Papillion early Monday morning. Death resulted from injuries sustained in 1923 when he fell and broke one of his hip bones and had been bedridden ever since. Despite of his long suffering he always remained cheerful and happy. On the morning of December 18 he became seriously ill and suffered intensely until Monday morning when he peacefully passed away, lacking but twenty-five days of reaching the age of 90 years. William Edwin Maxfield was born January 13, 1839 near Syracuse, New York. In 1841 he moved with his parents to Loudenville, Ohio where he grew to manhood and there in 1866 he was united in marriage with Catherine Nipps. They moved to Omaha in 1868 and in January 1, 1869, they moved to their farm in Sarpy County, located a few miles southwest of Papillion. This 80-acre farm was increased to 240 acres later and there he resided the balance of his life except for the 1st five years which he spent in Papillion, when he broke his hip and was compelled to give up active farming. No children were born to this union but in 1875 they took a 3-year-old girl whom they raised to womanhood when she was united in marriage with Webster Fish and now resides in Cedar City, Nebraska. His wife, Catherine, died November 10, 1896. In April, 1898, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Alice Hall who with her daughter, Mrs. Estella Livingston of Kansas City, survives him. The deceased was a practical and successful farmer, a hard worker, and a true and faithful husband and friend and a real pioneer of Nebraska. The funeral was held from the late home at 2 o'clock to St. Paul's Methodist church where the services were in charge of the Masonic lodge of which he was a member for many years. The funeral oration was delivered by Frank Wilcox of Omaha, a life-long acquaintance and friend of the deceased. The obit was read by Rev. John H. Hall, pastor of the church. Burial was in Fairview cemetery. |
The 1930 census reported widow Alice Maxfield, 60, living with her sister, widow Carrie A. Reed, 64, and Carrie's daughter Adah Reed, 29, at 2212 29th Street, Omaha, Nebraska. Adah was a stenographer for the railroad.[14]
Sometime between 1935 and 1940 Alice moved to California, where she was reported in the 1940 Census living with her daughter Estella, and Estella's family:[15]
| Line | Name | Related | Sex | Race | Age | MS | Ed | B | 1935 Residence | Occupation |
| 60. | Livingstone, Estella* | head | F | W | 46 | Wd | C-3 | NE | rural Sarpy Co., NE | apartment manager, apartment house |
| 61. | Livingstone, Joseph | son | M | W | 17 | S | H-3 | NE | rural Sarpy Co., NE | student |
| 62. | Livingstone, Jack D. | son | M | W | 12 | S | 7th | NE | rural Sarpy Co., NE | student |
| 63. | Maxfield, Alice K. | mother | F | W | 70 | Wd | 8th | NE | rural Sarpy Co., NE | none |
William Maxfield and his first wife Catherine Nipps had the following adopted child: Alice (King) (Hall) Maxfield had the following child by her first husband:
1Obituary, Find a Grave (findagrave.com: accessed 15 September 2023), William E. Maxfield; (The Papillion Times, Sarpy County, Nebraska, 27 December, 1928), Originally Created by: Kathy Monical, Maintained by: The Busbooms.
2Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, Ashland County Marriages, 1860-9, v. 3, Maxfield-Nipps, 1865; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 13 May 2023).
3Obituary, Find a Grave (findagrave.com: accessed 15 September 2023), Mrs. W. E. Maxfield (Papillion Times, Papillion, Nebraska, 19 November 1896); Originally Created by: Kathy Monical, Maintained by: The Busbooms.
4Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska., "Nebraska Marriage Records, 1855-1908," digital image of register, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 13 September 2023), Sarpy County, Maxfield-Hall, 1898.
5California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento, California, "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 August 2017), Alice Maxfield, 1946.
6Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Sarpy County, Nebraska, p. 287B, household 332, William Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 6 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
7Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Fairview, Sarpy County, Nebraska, enumeration district (ED) 4, p. 193C, household 96, William Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 12 March 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
8Find a Grave, Mrs. W. E. Maxfield (Papillion Times, Papillion, Nebraska, 19 November 1896).
9Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Fairview, Sarpy County, Nebraska, enumeration district (ED) 118, p. 4B, household 197, William E. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 September 2013); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
10Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Fairview, Sarpy County, Nebraska, enumeration district (ED) 128, p. 5A, household 93, William E. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 5 September 2013); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
11Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population, Fairview, La Platte, Sarpy County, Nebraska, enumeration district (ED) 147, p. 3B, household 71, Wm. E. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 February 2014); NARA microfilm record group T625, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
121920 Census, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, ED 31, p. 8A, household 212, Alice P. Mason boarding house.
13Find a Grave, William E. Maxfield; (The Papillion Times, Sarpy County, Nebraska, 27 December, 1928), Originally Created by: Kathy Monical, Maintained by: The Busbooms.
14Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, enumeration district (ED) 95, p. 1B, household 13, Carrie A. Reed family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 30 March 2014); NARA record Group T626.
15Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, population, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, enumeration district (ED) 60-791, p. 12B, household 359, Estella Livingstone family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 19 April 2013); microfilm record group T627.
161880 Census, Fairview, Sarpy County, Nebraska, ED 4, p. 193C, household 96, William Maxfield family.
17Find a Grave, William E. Maxfield; (The Papillion Times, Sarpy County, Nebraska, 27 December, 1928), Originally Created by: Kathy Monical, Maintained by: The Busbooms.
181900 Census, Fairview, Sarpy County, Nebraska, ED 118, p. 4B, household 197, William E. Maxfield family.
191940 Census, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, ED 60-791, p. 12B, household 359, Estella Livingstone family.
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