JARED P.6 MAXFIELD (Stephen5, Amos4, perhaps Joseph3, Joseph2, John1) was born at Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, about 1839-40,[1] a child of Stephen Clough Maxfield and his wife Clarissa Staples. He died at Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, on 3 June 1891.[2] He married at Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, on 15 May 1861 ADELIZA PEARSON,[3] a daughter of Samuel and Rhoda Pearson, who was born at Dracut, Middlesex County, on 1 June 1837 and died at Lowell on 24 September 1914.[4]
The fourth of seven children, Jared grew up in Lowell, where his father was employed in the textile industry.
Six months after their marriage, Jared enlisted to fight in the Civil War. He enlisted in Company M, Massachusetts 3rd Cavalry Regiment, and served from 22 November 1861 to 28 August 1863. He was commissioned 2d Lieutenant from 1st Sergeant Feb 14, 1863. He was discharged becuase of disability.[5]
The 1865 Massachusetts state census reported the family of "Jerry P. Maxfield," 25, belt maker, at Lowell, with wife Addie L., 28, and children Lilly J., 3, and Arthur A., four months.[6] The 1870 Census reported Jared P. Maxfield, 30, paymaster, at Lowell, with Adelize, 33, Lillie, 8, Arthur, 5, and Fred, 3.[7]
Jared Maxfield served on the Common Council of the city of Lowell, in 1873, 1877,[8] and probably other years.
The Jared Maxfield family was reported in the 1880 Census in Lowell as follows:[9]
| Name | Related | MS | Sex | Race | Age | B | Occupation | FB | MB |
| J. P. Maxfield | self | M | M | W | 40 | NH | treas., Hiscox Mfg. | NH | NH |
| A. E. Maxfield | wife | M | F | W | 43 | MA | housekeeping | VT | MA |
| L. J. Maxfield | daughter | S | F | W | 18 | MA | NH | MA | |
| A. A. Maxfield | son | S | M | W | 15 | MA | NH | MA | |
| F. E. Maxfield | son | S | M | W | 13 | MA | student | NH | MA |
| C. B. Maxfield | son | S | M | W | 9 | MA | NH | MA |
The 1890 Veteren's Census reported Jerry P. Maxfield at Lowell, and described his injury: compound commuted fracture of right thigh caused loss of 5" of bone. General health poor on account if it.[10]
A fifth child, Mary Etta, was born in 1880. Lillie married in 1886, Frederick married in 1888, Arthur married in 1890, and Charles married in 1893. Jared died in 1891 from blood poisoning.[11]
The 1900 Census reported widow Adeliza Maxfield and her youngest child Mary Etta at 92 Gates Street, Lowell:[12]
| Line | Name | Related | Race | Sex | Born | MS | B | FB | MB | Occupation |
| 48. | Maxfield, Adeliza | head | W | F | Jun 1838 | Wd | MA | VT | MA | |
| 49. | Maxfield, Mary Etta | daughter | W | F | Oct 1880 | S | MA | NH | MA | saleswoman (furniture) |
This record further stated that Adeliza had five children, all of whom were still living, and she owned her own home. Daughter Lila (Maxfield) Perry, born October 1860, lived at Lawrence with her machinist husband, Fred J. Perry, born February 1858.[13] Arthur Maxfield lived at Lowell with his wife and two children; he worked as a clerk in the Post Office.[14] Fred Maxfield had moved to Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, in 1889, and was reported there in 1900, manager in a paper mill, born, June 1867, with his wife, Jennie, born May 1868, and daughters Lillian, born April 1888 and Bernice, born July 1890.[15] Charles had moved to Armagh Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, where he was reported working as a dyer, born June 1870, with his wife Eleanor, born April 1871.[16] Later in that census year, in December 1900, daughter Mary Etta, unmarried, gave birth to a daughter, Ruth.
Lillie (Maxfield) Perry probably died some time before 1904, as the 1910 Census reported her husband, Francis J. Perry, on his second marriage and married six years.[17] That census reported Adeliza Maxfield at 92 Gates Street, immediatley after the Arthur Maxfield household:[18]
| Line | Name | Related | Sex | Race | Age | MS | B | FB | MB | Occupation |
| 27. | Maxfield, Adelizer | head | F | W | 72 | Wd | MA | VT | MA | own income |
| 28. | Maxfield, Mary E. | daughter | F | W | 24 | S | MA | NH | MA | operator, telephone office |
| 29. | Maxfield, Ruth P. | daughter | F | W | 9 | S | MA | NH | MA | none |
Ruth was in fact Mary's daughter, Adeliza's granddaughter. The record also indicated that Adeliza had five children, four of whom were living. Arthur lived at 94 Gates Avenue with his wife and two sons.[19] Fred E. Maxfield was reported in a hotel in Holyoke, age 42, manager of a machine knife works.[20] His wife, Jennie, lived at 745 Hampden Street, Holyoke, with her daughters Lillian, 21, and Bertha, 19. Lillian taught English at a public school.[21] Charles in 1910 lived at Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut, with his wife Elinore. He was a finisher at Alleby Mills.[22]
Adeliza (Pearson) Maxfield died in 1914 from carcinoma of the face. In the funeral notice her granddaughter Ruth is called her "adopted daughter." Her funeral was a Christian Science service.[23]
Ruth Maxfield, age 16, died in 1917 amid controversy. Because she was treated by Christian Science methods, the question arose as to whether her mother was liable for neglect in her child's death. The inquest rusults were reported in depth in the Lowell Sun:[24]
Ruth E. Maxfield died after receiving Christian Science treatment Judge Pickman finds mother not criminally liable for Daughter's Death The report of the inquest into the cause of death of Ruth E. Maxfield, daughter of Mary E. Maxfield, a year ago last month, was made public today.The Maxfield girl was taken ill during the early part of January 1917, and inasmuch as her parents and relatives belonged to the First Church of Christ, Scientist, she was given Christian Science treatment. She gradually grew worse and absent Christian Science treatment was given her from a practitioner of Christian Science in Lawrence. Subsequently, however, a practicing homeopathic physician of this city was called in, but before he arrived at the house the girl had died. Judge Pickman in summing up his finding says that the treatment of disease by Christian Science practitioners is recognized and permitted in this state, and finds that Mary E. Maxfield is not criminally liable for the death of Ruth E. Maxfield. "In the early part of the evening of Tuesday, the second day of January, 1917, Ruth in company with Edith Farrington, a girl companion, went coasting; later in the evening they went to Ruth's home where the girls made some candy and popped corn, which they ate and soon afterwards had supper. About 1 o'clock in the morning of the following day Ruth was taken very sick with cramps and diarrhoea Mr. and Mrs. Kopelman, who occupied the adjoining room, overheard sounds which came from the room which was occupied by Mary E. Maxfield and her daughter, which indicated to them that someone was ill in the room. They heard the voices of the inmates of the room apparently reading or reciting verses from the Bible. Later in the morning Mrs. Kopelman asked the mother if Ruth had been sick in her room early that morning. In reply she said that Ruth was sick. Soon afterwards the mother went to the telephone and talked with one or more of her relatives, informing them that her daughter was sick and requested Mrs. Grace E. Maxfield, her sister-in-law, to come to the house as soon as possible to see Ruth. In about an hour afterwards the sister-in-law went to the house. She prayed and read from the bible, giving Christian Science treatment. The condition of Ruth did not improve, and her mother, by telephone, called Lawrence, Mass., and spoke with Mr. Lewis Prescott, a Christian Science practitioner who lived in that city. While she was doing so, Mrs. Kopelman said to her, "I think you ought to get a doctor." The mother replied, "No you know we have our religion. She is in good hands; she is in God's hands." Shortly afterwards Mrs. Kopelman went into the room in which Ruth was sick in bed. Distressed at the appearance of the sick girl, Mrs. Kopelman insisted upon a doctor being at once sent for to attend her and made an effort to have a doctor sent to the house. Mrs. Maxfield again went to the telephone and spoke with Mr. Prescott in Lawrence, and asked him to give Ruth absent treatment, as it is called. It did not appear that any medicine was given to the patient, or that a physical examination was made of her by any person skilled in the treatment of disease in the ordinary way. On January 3 Ruth was taken to the house of Arthur A. Maxfield in Gates Street. Mr. Maxfield spoke by telephone to Mr. Prescott in Lawrence, the Christian Science practitioner before referred to, and informed him of Ruth's serious condition. Mr. Prescott said, "If she isn't any better, you better call a physician." Thereupon, Mr. Maxfield telephoned to Dr. Clarence H. Leland, a practicing homeopathic physician in Lowell, and requested him to come to the house at once. Dr. Leland started immediately but before he reached there Ruth had died. The next morning Medical Examiner Meigs went to the house of Mr. Maxfield and made inquiries concerning the sickness and death of Ruth. The next day an autopsy was held by Dr. Meigs. General tubercular peritonitis was ascribed as the cause of death. "Had a physician or surgeon of experience been called to treat the girl on Tuesday morning, in the early period of the disease, it is probable that he would have made a careful examination of the seat of the trouble and would have given the patient something to quiet the pain, and possibly had an operation performed to drain the fluid from the abdomen. In certain cases such treatment would have been curative. "What was the cause of death in this case?" "Why probably the pain had as much to do with it as anything else." "In this case?" "And the stoppage of the bowels, and there was a stoppage there, because it was impossible for anything to go through the bowels in the condition in which they were matted up, would be in itself responsible, I personally don't believe that this child was curative either by operation or not. I have a good deal of doubt whether relief would be anything any more than temporary." "Death might have occurred with the very best medical skill?" "Exactly. Yes sir." "It might have been temporarily helpful?" "Temporarily helpful. It is possible it might have been what you call curative." Further along in the finding the report says:-"With respect to the treatment of the disease it is a tenet of the system of Christian Science that sickness is not a physical condition; that all disease has a mental cause and to remove the condition of mind known as disease it is necessary to think right by getting into harmony with the divine nature. 'Evil, pain and disease are without divine authority or actual existence and cannot even seem to exist to one who is fully conscious to the ever presence of good.' "'Fear is a prolific cause of the belief that disease exists; with the removal of the cause so-called disease is healed.' "'It is the belief of Christian Science that the mind, if properly attuned, is able to cast off the bondage of fear by prayer and faith. In the treatment of disease by Christian Science, prayer and the reading from the bible and science and health are made use of as the means or agencies wherewith to overcome the mental state known as sickness.'" After reviewing at length the requirements of the law regarding the practice of medicine and its uses, Judge Pickman concluded as follows:- "First, I find that said Mary E. Maxfield was legally bound to provide reasonable medical attendance for her daughter, Ruth E. Maxfield, when she was sick. "Second, So far as may be material, based upon the testimony of the medical examiner who made the autopsy, I find that it may well be doubted whether said Ruth E. Maxfield would have recovered from her sickness by any method of medical treatment, although it is probable had physical agencies been employed, after examination by a physician of skill and experience, that she would have been temporarily relieved. "Third, I find that early in the progress of the sickness that Christian Science methods were made use of by the lay persons, relatives of the patient and that some hours following the beginning of her sickness a Christian Science practitioner in the city of Lawrence was asked to give Absent Christian Science treatment to the patient. "Fourth, I find that Mr. Lewis Prescott, the practitioner referred to, had previously given Christian Science treatment to said Mary E. Maxfield and to some of her relatives. "Fifth, I find that the treatment of disease by Christian Science practitioners is recognized and permitted by law in this commonwealth. "I find that said Mary E. Maxfield is not criminally liable for the death of said Ruth E. Maxfield."
Lowell, Mass. Feb 11, 1918.
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Concerning the children of Jared and Adeliza who are not discussed in other web pages of this genealogy:
Mary Etta Maxfield was reported in the 1920 Census at the Christian Science hospital, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, where she worked as a telephone operator for the hospital.[25] In 1930 she resided as a roomer at Brookline, and worked as a hotel clerk.[26] Sometime between 1930 and 1935 she married William D. Eldgridge, as they were reported at Boston in the 1940 Census, and, according to that record, were at the same address five years earlier. Mary worked as a desk clerk at a hotel and earned $520/year.[27] In 1950, Mary Eldredge, widow, 69, shared a household with five other woemn, widowed or never married, in Boston.[28] Her death in 1955 was reported in the Lowell Sun:[29]
Mary (Maxfield) Eldridge, 74, widow of William Eldridge, a former resident of Lowell, but of recent years a resident of the Roxbury section of Boston, died at the Boston City hospital following a brief illness. She was born in Lowell, the daughter of the late Jared and Adeliza (Pearson) Maxfield, and was educated in the Lowell schools. For many years Mrs. Eldridge was an operator for the New England Tel. and Tel. company. Her survivors include two nephews, Rufus A. Maxfield, of Lowell, and Harold A. Maxfield of Northfield, Vt.; two nieces Lillian Maxfield of Holyoke and Mrs. Bernice Howe of Leominster, as well as several grandnieces and grandnephews. Mrs. Eldridge was a member of the mother church, First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston. |
Frederick E. Maxfield continued to live at Holyoke, where he was reported in the censuses of 1920, 1930, 1940 and 1950. In 1920 he was 51, manager of a machine shop. With him were his wife Jennie, 51, and daughter Lillian, 31.[30] Daughter Bertha had married in 1913. Jennie died some time before the 1930 Census, which reported Fred a widower. He was treaasurer of a bar and knife factory. With him was his daughter, Lillian, 41, a teacher in public school.[31] The 1940 Census reported Fred and his daughter Lillian at Holyoke. Fred was treasurer and general manager of a paper mill; Lillian continued to teach in public school.[32] In 1950 F. E. Maxfield was reported without occupation; daughtr Lillian, 61, was Dean of Girls at a High School.[33] In June of 1950, Fred Maxfield, 82, married Rhea (Charboleau) Cederlof, 61. The New York Times reported his death in 1951:[34]
Charles Maxfield was reported in 1920 at La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, where he was foreman of a knitting mill. Elnor, his wife, was with him.[35] He continued in that position at least until 1935. In 1940 Charles Maxfield lived at Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, where he worked at a church janitor for $600/year. According to that census, Charles, 69, had completed four years of High School, Eleanor, 68, had completed one year.[36] Eleanor died in 1947 from pulmonary edema, also left heart failure, arteriosclerotic myocarditis, and senile psychosis.[37] In the 1950 Census Charles was rooming with a family at Des Moines.[38] He died there in 1953.
Jared and Adeliza Maxfield had the following children:
1Massachusetts Archives, "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 22 August 2017), vol. 145, p. 74, e. 4; Dracut Marriages, 1861; Maxfield-Pearson.
2"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 419, p. 219, e. 832, Lowell Deaths, 1891, Jared P. Maxfield.
3"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 145, p. 74, e. 4; Dracut Marriages, 1861; Maxfield-Pearson.
4Massachusetts, Commonwealth of, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915," American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 19 January 2023), 1914 Deaths v. 59, p. 454; Adeliza Maxfield.
5Massachusetts Adjutant General, ed., Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War, 8 volumes (Boston, Massachusetts: The Adjutant General, 1931), v. 6, p. 404.
6Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1865 Massachusetts State Census, population, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, v. 20, p. 503, household 836, Jerry P. Maxfield family; digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 16 August 2013); Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts.
7Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, roll 628, p. 226B, household 397, Jared Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 5 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
8French, Harry Dana. Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass., New Hampshire Historical Society Library, Concord, New Hampshire, about 1952. Lowell Daily Citizen and News, 9 May 1877; 19th Century U.S. Newspapers (https://go-gale-com.nehgs.idm.oclc.org/ps/start.do?p=NCNP&u=mlin_b_nenghist : accessed 30 September 2013).
9Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 464, roll 545, p. 421D-422A, household 382, J. P. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 8 March 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
10Eleventh Census of the United States: 1890, union veterans and widows, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 523, p. 1, household 304, Jerry Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 July 2013).
11"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 419, p. 219, e. 832, Lowell Deaths, 1891, Jared P. Maxfield.
12Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 788, roll 660, p. 6, household 139, Adeliza Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 12 April 2013); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
131900 Census, Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, ED 34-9, p. 14A, household 281, Fred J. Perry family.
141900 Census, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, ED 788, roll 660, p. 6, household 146, Arthur A. Maxfield family.
151900 Census, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, ED 553, roll 651, p. 10B, household 212, Fred Maxfield family.
161900 Census, Armagh, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, ED 128, p. 9B, household 183, Charles Maxfield family.
17Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 421, p. 20A, household 460, Fred J. Perry family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 29 April 2024); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
181910 Census, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, ED 846, p. 13A, household 273, Adeliza Maxfield family.
191910 Census, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, ED 846, p. 13A, household 272, Arthur A. Maxfield family.
201910 Census, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, ED 549, p. 35B, household 10, hotel.
211910 Census, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, ED 575, p. 1A, household 2, Jennie Maxfield family.
221910 Census, Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut, ED 332, p. 3B, household 69, Charles B. Maxfield family.
23"Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915," 1914 Deaths v. 59, p. 454; Adeliza Maxfield. "Funerals: Maxfield," Lowell (Massachusetts) Sun, 28 September 1914; Newspaper Archive (http://newspaperarchive.com : accessed 21 November 2013). p. 10.
24"Inquest into the Cause of Death," Lowell (Massachusetts) Sun, 13 February 1918; Newspaper Archive (newspaperarchive.com : accessed 21 November 2013). p. 1.
25Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 180, p. 9B, household 163, Elizabeth Trixby household; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 12 December 2013); NARA microfilm record group T625, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
26Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 17, p. 21A, household 415, Madge Canfield rooming house; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 December 2013); NARA record Group T626.
27Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, population, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 15-392, p. 10A, household 240, William D. Eldridge family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : 29 April 2024 ); microfilm record group T627.
28Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950, population, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachuestte, enumeration district (ED) 15-974, p. 6, household 47, Alice M. Lewis household; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 29 April 2024); Record Group 29. National Archives at Washington, DC.
29"Deaths: Mary M. Eldridge," obituary, Lowell (Massachusetts) Sun, 24 March 1955; Newspaper Archive (newspaperarchive.com : accessed 20 November 2013). p. 36.
301920 Census, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, ED 62, p. 5B, household 143, Fred E. Maxfield family.
311930 Census, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, ED 143, p. 15B, household 355, Fred E. Maxfield family.
321940 Census, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, ED 7-88, p. 2B, household 40, Fred C. Maxfield family.
331950 Census, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, ED 19-37, p. 6, dwelling 49, F. E. Maxfield family.
34"Frederick E. Maxfield," New York Times, 3 December 1951; Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 22 November 2006), Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003.
351920 Census, La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, ED 106, p. 4B, household 103, Charles Maxfield family.
361940 Census, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, ED 100-126, p. 21A, household 478, Charles B. Maxfield family.
37Iowa State Archives, Des Moines, Iowa, Iowa Deaths, 1920-1951, certificate 77C-381, Elesnor Mary Maxfield, 1947; digital images, Ancestry (ancesty.com : accessed 13 December 2023); State Historical Society of Iowa.
381950 Census, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, ED 102-14, p. 15, dwelling 164, Ernie Storesund family.
391900 Census, Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, ED 34-9, p. 14A, household 281, Fred J. Perry family. "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 371, p. 146, Lowell Marriages, 1886; Perry-Maxfield.
40"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 371, p. 146, Lowell Marriages, 1886; Perry-Maxfield.
411900 Census, Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, ED 34-9, p. 14A, household 281, Fred J. Perry family. "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 371, p. 146, Lowell Marriages, 1886; Perry-Maxfield.
421910 Census, Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts, ED 421, p. 20A, household 460, Fred J. Perry family.
43"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 197, p. 182, e. 345, Lowell Births, 1867, Freddie Maxfield.
44"Frederick E. Maxfield." New York Times, 3 December 1951
45"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 390, p. 8, e. 128, Boston Marriages, 1888, Maxfield-Weeks.
46Jay and Delene Holbrook eds., "Massachusetts Vital and Town Records," digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 24 March 2012), Pittsfield: Marriage, Maxfield-Cedarlof; Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts.
47"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 386, p. 153, e. 486, Lowell Births, 1888, Lillian B. Maxfield.
48Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health Services, Boston, Massachusetts, "Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003," index, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 11 September 2014), Lillian B. Maxfield.
49"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 403, p. 491, e. 875, Holyoke Births, 1890, Bernice Ethel Maxfield.
50Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 3 December 2012), Bernice M. Howe; Originally Created by: Bonnie/Barb, Maintained by: barbara/bonnie, Photo added by karen jennings.
51"Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915," v. 619, p. 134, e. 535; Howe-Maxfield.
52Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Thomas C. Howe; Originally Created by: Bonnie/Barb, Maintained by: barbara/bonnie, Photo added by karen jennings. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915," v. 619, p. 134, e. 535; Marriage: Howe-Maxfield.
53"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 224, p. 184, e. 289, Lowell Births, 1870, Charles B. Maxfield.
54Iowa Deaths 1952-1972, certificate 53-15331, Charles Maxfield, 1953.
55"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 434, p. 204, e. [355], Lowell Marriages, 1893, Maxfield-Lewis.
56Iowa Deaths, 1920-1951, certificate 77C-381, Elesnor Mary Maxfield, 1947.
57"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 314, p. 143, e. [1231], Lowell Births, 1880, Mary E. Maxfield.
58"Deaths: Mary M. Eldridge," obituary, Lowell (Massachusetts) Sun, 24 March 1955; Newspaper Archive (newspaperarchive.com : accessed 20 November 2013). p. 36.
591940 Census, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, ED 15-392, p. 10A, household 240, William D. Eldridge family.
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