EUGENE6 MAXFIELD (Isaac5, Benjamin4, Joseph3-2, John1) was born at Wisconsin on March 1856, a child of Isaac and Melinda Maxfield. He died on 30 January 1892.[1] Eugene married at Monterey, Allegan County, Michigan, on 14 August 1879 EMMA W. SHIPP,[2] who was born at Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, on 9 August 1862 and died at Monterey on 1 May 1926.[3] Emma maried second at Holton, Muskegon County, Michigan, on 7 September 1893 EDWARD EVERETT PIERCE,[4] who was born at Allegan County on 21 December 1860 and died there on 4 September 1948.[5]
The fourth of four children, Eugene lived in early childhood in Wisconsin. Sometime between the ages of four and fourteen his family moved across Lake Michigan to Allegan County. Eugene and Emma married in 1879. In 1880 the census reported them in the home of his mother Malinda, where Eugene was farming.[6]
Eugene died in 1892, leaving Emma with a nine year old daughter. A year and a half later Emma married Edward Pierce. The 1900 Census reported them at Monterey:[7]
| Name | Related | Race | Sex | Born | MS | B | FB | MB | Occupation |
| Pierce, Edward | head | W | M | Dec 1860 | M | MI | England | OH | farmer |
| Pierce, Emma | wife | W | F | Aug 1862 | M | OH | PA | PA | |
| Maxfield, Maud | step-daughter | W | F | Nov 1882 | S | MI | MI | OH | at school |
Edward and Emma had been married six years, and Emma had one child, who was living.
Eugene Maxfield and his wife Emma W. Shipp had the following children:
1Poplar Hill Cemetery, Monterey Center, Allegan County, Michigan, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 4 June 2011), Eugene Maxfield; Created and photo by: Richard Howell,.
2Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952, Allegan County, p. 15, e. 797, Maxfield-Shipp, 1879; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 June 2023).
3Poplar Hill Cemetery, Monterey Center, Emma Pierce; Created by: Scout, Photo Added by Stanley Hickerson.
4Michigan Marriage Records, 1867–1952, Muskegon County, p. 440, e. 1622, Pierce-Maxfield, 1893.
5Poplar Hill Cemetery, Monterey Center, Edward Pierce; Created by: Scout, Photo Added by Stanley Hickerson.
6Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Monterey, Allegan County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 10, p. 185D, household 43/44, Malinda Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
7Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Monterey, Allegan County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 20, p. 5A, household 71, Edward Pierce family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 18 July 2013); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
8Michigan County Births, 1867-1917, Allegan County, 1880, p. 92, e. 1867, Frankie Maxfield; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 12 June 2023); various county courts, Michigan.
9Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan, Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Allegan County, p. 11, e. 518, Franklin Maxfield, 1880; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 21 June 2023).
10Michigan County Births, 1867-1917, Allegan County, 1882, p. 202, e. 505, Maud Maxfield.
11Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Allegan County, Maud M. Wilcox, 1949.
12Michigan Marriage Records, 1867–1952, Allegan County, p. 39, e. 5865, Wilcox-Maxfield, 1917. Also recorded at Kentr County: Kent County, p. 305, e. 5865, Wilcox-Maxfield, 1917.
13Poplar Hill Cemetery, Monterey Center, Harry-Maud Wilcox; Created and photo by: Scout.
Michigan County Births, 1867-1917. Digital images. Family Search. familysearch.org : 2023.
Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics. Michigan Death Records, 1867-1952. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2023.
________. Michigan Marriage Records, 1867–1952. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2023.
Poplar Hill Cemetery, Monterey Center, Allegan County, Michigan. Find a Grave. Digital images. findagrave.com : 2011.
United States Department of the Census. 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.
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