GLOVER BENJAMIN6 MAXFIELD (Joseph5, Benjamin4, Joseph3-2, John1) was born at Sodus, Wayne County, New York on 2 December 1841, a son of Joseph Maxfield and his wife Artemisia Munson. He died at Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa, on 5 October 1922.[1] He married at Cresco, Howard County, Iowa, on 12 April 1874 FRANCES O'BRIEN,[2] a child of John O'Brien. She was born at Washington, D.C., on 15 December 1854 and died at Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, on 21 January 1931.[3]
The oldest of six children, Glover spent his early years in upstate New York. When he was about fourteen years old his family moved to Wisconsin. When he was about twenty years old his family moved a little bit further west, to Minnesota.
The 1870 Census reported G. B. Maxfield, 28, single, printer, at Vernon Springs Township (Cresco Post Office), Howard County, living in the household of F. J. and Cynthia Mead.[4] It was at Cresco that Glover B. Maxfield, 32, married Frances O'Brien, 19, in 1874.
They appeared in the 1880 Census keeping a boarding house at Mason City with the following plus fourteen boarders:[5]
| Name | Related | MS | Sex | Race | Age | B | Occupation | FB | MB |
| G. B. Maxfield | self | M | M | W | 36 | NY | boarding house keeper | NY | NY |
| Frances Maxfield | wife | M | F | W | 26 | DC | keeping house | Ireland | Ireland |
| Arthur Maxfield | son | S | M | W | 5 | IA | NY | DC | |
| Cletus Maxfield | son | S | M | W | 1 | IA | NY | DC |
The 1885 Iowa Census reported Glover Maxfield, 43, carpenter, Frances, 31, house cleaner, Arthur 9, and Cletus 6, at Huntley Street, Mason City. Both boys were reported born at Howard County.[6] The 1895 Iowa Census reported the family still at Mason City, just ten years older, except for Frances, who had only aged eight years [?]. Glover was still a carpenter. This census recorded the religion of adults. Glover's was "none," Frances was Catholic. Arthur was listed as "subject to military duty."[7]
The 1900 Census found Glover, Frances and Cletus at 204 Drummond Street, Mason City. Glover, born at New York December 1841 was a carpenter and builder. Frances, born in the District of Columbia in December 1853 had two children, both still living. Cletus E. Maxfield, born at Iowa in March 1879 was a telegraph operator.[8] Arthur Maxfield was reported at the Stanton Hotel, Mason City, where he worked as a hotel clerk.[9]
The 1910 census reported this family at 127 Elsworth Street, Mason City. Glover, 67, did general carpentry, Frances was 56, Cletus E., 30, was a telegraph operator.[10] I have not found Arthur in this census.
Both sons registered for the draft in 1918. Their registrations provide more information. Arthur, 43, was living at Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, married, manager of a hotel, tall, medium build, with blue eyes and white hair.[11] Cletus, 39, lived at Charles City, where he was a news agent for J. J. Grier News Service, tall, medium build, with blue eyes and light hair.[12]
The 1920 Census found this family at 603 Joslyn Street, Charles City. Glover B. Maxfield, age 79, and Frances B. Maxfield, age 67, listed no occupation. Cletus E. Maxfield, still single at age 39, was news agent for the railroad train.[13] Arthur was still at Des Moines, proprietor of a hotel.[14]
Glover Benjamin Maxfield, retired printer, died at home in 1922, from apoplexy, also epilepsy.[15] Cletus died the following year. Called a "railroad newsy" for C. R. I. P. R. R., age 44, he suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis.[16]
The 1930 Census found widow Frances Maxfield living with her son Arthur and his family at Mason City.[17] Sher died in 1931 from a cerebral hemorrhage.[18]
Glover B. Maxfield and his wife Frances O'Brien had the following children:
1Iowa State Archives, Des Moines, Iowa, Iowa Deaths, 1920-1951, certificate 33-225, Glover Benjamin Maxfield, 1922; digital images, Ancestry (ancesty.com : accessed 12 December 2023); State Historical Society of Iowa.
2Jay Moore, "Iowa Plain Dealer Index," Iowa GenWeb Project, information sharing site (http://iagenweb.org/ : accessed] 6 April 2014), Howard County, Iowa.
3Iowa Deaths, 1920-1951, certificate 017-118, Frnces Maxfield, 1931.
4Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Vernon Springs, Howard County, Iowa, p. 68A, household 5, G. B. Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 29 January 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
5Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 44, p. 272D, household 63, G. B. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 26 February 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
6Iowa Secretary of State. 1885 Iowa State Census, population, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, p. 161, household 212, Glover Maxfield family; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 18 December 2013); Iowa State Historical Society, Des Moines, Iowa.
7Iowa Secretary of State. Iowa State Census, 1895, , Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, p. 644, household 254, Glover B. Maxfield family; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 3 April 2014); History Society, Des Moines, Iowa.
8Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 29, p. 29B, household 634, Glover B. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 5 April 2013); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
91900 Census, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, ED 29, p. 41B, household 894, Stanton Hotel.
10Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 31, p. 1A, household 12, Glover B. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 5 April 2014); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
11"World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital image, United States, Selective Service System, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 April 2014), Arthur Stuart Maxfield, Des Moines, Iowa, 12 September 1918; citing , no. 219[?].
12"World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," Cletus Eugene Maxfield, Charles City, Iowa, 9 September 1918.
13Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population, Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 110, p. 6B-7A, household 172, Glover B. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 7 April 2014); NARA microfilm record group T625, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
141920 Census, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, ED 98, p. 6A, household 157, A. S. Maxfield family.
15Iowa Deaths, 1920-1951, certificate 33-225, Glover Benjamin Maxfield, 1922.
16Iowa Deaths, 1920-1951, certificate 34-345, Cletus E. Maxfield, 1923.
17Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 23, p. 1A, household 10, Arthur S. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 8 April 2014); NARA record Group T626.
18Iowa Deaths, 1920-1951, certificate 017-118, Frnces Maxfield, 1931.
19Iowa Deaths, 1920-1951, certificate 34-345, Cletus E. Maxfield, 1923.
Iowa GenWeb Project. Information sharing site. http://iagenweb.org.
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 Archives, Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa Deaths, 1920-1951. Digital images. Ancestry. ancesty.com : 2023.
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.
________. Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2014.
________. Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2014.
________. Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2014.
United States, Selective Service System. "World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918." Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2014.
Return to Maxfield Genealogy
Go to Maxfield Genealogy Outline Index