GEORGE C.6 MAXFIELD (David5, Joshua4-3, Joseph2, John1) was born at Chester, Vermont, on 13 January 1844, a child of David H. Maxfield and his first wife Laura Miller. He died at Gloversville, Fulton County, New York, on 9 January 1910.[1] He married about 1868-9 (1900 Census) ANNETTE CLARK, who was born at Poultney, Rutland County, Vermont, on 27 June 1849, and died at Gloversville on 26 September 1917.[2]
George enlisted twice to serve in the Union forces in the Civil War. He enlisted as a musician in Company E, 1st Vermont Infantry, on 2 May 1861, and was mustered out at Brattleboro on 15 August 1861. George C. Maxfield then enlisted as a Private on 17 February 1862 in Company K of the 4th Vermont Infantry. He was mustered out on 13 July 1865.[3] The 4th regiment was heavily involved in the Army of the Patomac, in major battles throughout the Civil War.
I did not find a marriage record for George and Annette. When their first child was born, in 1869, they were living at Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, and George was working as a shoemaker.[4] The census the following year reported George Maxfield, 27, working in a shoe factory, at Bennington, with his wife Nettie, 22.[5] I do not know why their daughter is not mentioned.
By 1873 this family had moved to Fulton County, where their second child was born. The 1875 New York state census reported this family at Gloversville:[6]
| Line | Name | Age | Sex | Related | B | MS | Occupation |
| 25. | Geo. C. Maxfield | 35 | M | VT | M | glove cutter | |
| 26. | Nettie Maxfield | 26 | F | wife | VT | M | keeping house |
| 27. | Lottie Maxfield | 6 | F | daughter | VT | S | |
| 28. | Charles Maxfield | 1 11/12 | M | son | Fulton co. | S |
According to this record, the George C. Maxfield family was living in the same frame structure as the William H. Maxfield family. This is where the record gets confusing. A significant number of Maxfields settled in Gloversville. All the other families, including William H. Maxfield, were, as far as I can determine, not related to George C. Maxfield, but were descendants of the James Maxfield, originally from Dutchess County, New York, who settled in Montgomery and Herkimer counties (see line 24: Descendants of John, James and Samuel Maxfield of Dutchess County). So I believe that the George C. Maxfield family was living in the same structure as an unrelated Maxfield family.
Gloversville became the center of the glove making industry in the United States. From 1890 to 1950, 90% of all the gloves made in the United States were made in Gloversville. Incorporated as a village in 1853, and as a city in 1890, Gloversville by 1890 had a population of 13,864. So many people, including people from two different Maxfield lines, were drawn to Gloversville for its work opportunities.
The 1880 Census reported this family at Gloversville consisting of George C., 36, glove cutter, wife Nettie, 31, rheumatism, son Charles, 7, at school, and daughter Lottie, 11, at school.[7]
We do not have any census record from 1880 to 1900, however George C. Maxfield can be traced through city directories. In every Gloversville Directory from 1881 to 1894 George C. Maxfield is described as a glove cutter. His address is given as 29 North Street through 1885, 31 North Street in 1887, and 23 Temple Street beginning in 1888.[8] Daughter Charlotte, called "Lottie," was listed separately after she reached the age of 18, at 29 North Street in 1887, 23 Temple Street from 1889-1891, and 39 Temple Street in 1894. She was described as a clerk beginning in 1889.[9] Son Charles D. Maxfield was listed separately beginning in 1890, living at 23 Temple Street in 1890 and 1891, 12 Beech Street in 1902.[10] He was described as a glover in 1890, 1891 and 1902 directories, and a glove cutter on his draft registration in 1918, but a bartender in the 1900 Census, and a musician in the 1920 Census.
The 1900 census reported the family at 39 Temple Street, Gloversville:[11]
| Name | Related | Race | Sex | Born | MS | B | FB | MB | Occupation |
| Maxfield, George C. | head | W | M | Jan 1844 | M | VT | VT | VT | glove cutter |
| Maxfield, Annette A. | wife | W | F | Jun 1849 | M | VT | VT | Ireland | |
| Maxfield, Lottie C. | daughter | W | F | Jun 1869 | S | VT | VT | VT | dress maker |
| Maxfield, Charles D. | son | W | M | Aug 1873 | S | NY | VT | VT | glove cutter |
George and Annette had been married 31 years; she had two children, both living.
George C. Maxfield died at Gloversville on 9 January 1910. The census on 15 April of that year reported Mrs. George C. Maxfield, widow, age 60, at 39 Temple Street. With her were her son Charles D., 34, single, glover at a glove factory, and her sister, Julia Clark, 58, single.[12] Perhaps Charlotte is the "Lottie Z. Maxfield" reported lodging in a home at Rutland, Rutland County, where she worked as a milinary designer.[13] This is not proven, and is questionable as it gives her age as ten years younger.
Annette died in 1917. Charlotte died in 1919. When Charles D. Maxfield reported for the draft in 1918 he was married to Sarah. On that record he reported he was a glove cutter for Van Wirt-Chase. He was medium height, stout, with brown eyes and black hair.[14] The 1920 Census reported Charles D. Maxfield, 48, musician, at Gloversville, with his wife Sarah, 48.[15] Charles D. Maxfield died in 1922 at the age of 48.
Sarah Maxfield, widow, 58, glove maker for a glove factory, was reported at Gloversville in the 1930 Census.[16] The 1940 Census reported Sara Maxfield, 67, widow, glove mender at a glove factory, at Gloversville. She had completed four years of High School.[17] Sarah died in 1941.
George C. Maxfield and his wife Annette Clark had the following children:
1Tom Ledoux, "Vermont in the Civil War," Vermont History-Genealogy, information sharing site (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vtgenweb/VT_History.htm : accessed] 3 January 2004). New York Department of Health, Albany, New York, "New York, Death Index, 1852-1956," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 13 September 2018), George C. Maxfield, no. 1521.
2Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gloversville, Fulton County, New York, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : database 24 March 2023), Annette A. Clark Maxfield; Created by: Diane Henderson.
3Historical Data Systems, comp., "U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 July 2013), George C. Maxfield.
4Vermont State Archives and Records Administration, Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4399, Birth, Lattie Maxfield, 1869; digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 29 June 2013).
5Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, roll 1615, p. 353A, household 210, George Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
6New York, State Census, 1875, population, Gloversville village, Johnstown, Fulton County, New York, p. 60, household 662, Geo. C. Maxfield; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 7 January 2012); New York State Library, Albany.
7Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Gloversville, Fulton County, New York, enumeration district (ED) 8, p. 178B, household 507, Nellie M. Best household; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 18 March 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
8Gloversville, Kingsboro and Johnstown Directory, 1881-1882 (Gloversville, Fulton County, New York: O. H. Bame & Co., 1881), p. 85, George C. Maxfield; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 3 May 2024). Gloversville, Johnstown and Kingsboro Directory, 1882-3 (Gloversville, Fulton County, New York: O. H. Bame & Co., June 1882), p. 81, George C. Maxfield; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 3 May 2024). Gloversville, Johnstown and Kingsboro Directory, 1883-4 (Gloversville, Fulton County, New York: O. H. Bame & Co., June 1883), p. 78, George C. Maxfield; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 3 May 2024). Gloversville, Johnstown and Kingsboro Directory, 1884-5 (Gloversville, fulton County, New York: O. H. Bame & Co., June 1884), p. 69, George C. Maxfield; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 3 May 2024). Gloversville, Johnstown and Kingsboro Directory, 1885-6 (Gloversville, Fulton County, New York: O. H. Bame & Co., June 1885), p. 69, George C. Maxfield; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 3 May 2024). Gloversville, Johnstown and Kingsboro Directory for 1887 (Gloversville, Fulton County, New York: O. H. Bame & Co., June 1887), p. 79, George C. Maxfield; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 May 2024). Directory of Johnstown, Gloversville, Kingsboro, Mayfield, Northville, and Broadalbin for 1888-9 (Lyons, Wayne County, New York: Globe Directory Publishing Company, [1888]), p. 132, George C. Maxfield; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 May 2024). Gloversville, Johnstown and Kingsboro Directory for 1889 (Gloversville, Fulton County, New York: O. H. Bame, June 1889), p. 110, George C. Maxwell; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 May 2024). Gloversville and Johnstown Directory for 1890 (Gloversville, Fulton County, New York: O. H. Bame, June 1890), P. 115, George C. Maxwell; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 May 2024). Gloversville and Johnstown Directory for 1891 (Gloversville, Fulton County, New York: O. H. Bame, 1891), p. 127, George C. Maxwell; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 May 2024). Gloversville and Johnstown Directory for 1894 (Gloversville, Fulton County, New York: O. H. Bame, 1894), p. 116, George C. Maxfield; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 May 2024). Gloversville and Johnstown Directory for 1902 (Gloversville, Fulton County, New York: O. H. Bame & Co., 1902), p. 144, George C. Maxfield; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 May 2024).
9Gloversville, Johnstown and Kingsboro Directory for 1887, p. 79, Miss Lottie Maxfield. Gloversville, Johnstown and Kingsboro Directory for 1889, p. 110, Lotta Z. Maxfield. Gloversville and Johnstown Directory for 1890, p. 115, Miss Lotta Z. Maxfield. Gloversville and Johnstown Directory for 1891, p. 127, Miss Lotta Z. Maxfield. Gloversville and Johnstown Directory for 1894, p. 116, Miss Lotta Z. Maxfield. Gloversville and Johnstown Directory, 1918 (Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York: H. A. Manning Company, 1918), p. 241, Charlotte Z. Maxfield; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 May 2024).
10Gloversville and Johnstown Directory for 1890, p. 115, Charles D. Maxfield. Gloversville and Johnstown Directory for 1891, p. 127, Charles D. Maxfield. Gloversville and Johnstown Directory for 1902, p. 144, Charles D. Maxfield.
11Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Gloversville, Fulton County, New York, enumeration district (ED) 16, p. 10B, household 246, George C. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 8 October 2013); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
12Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Gloversville, Fulton County, New York, enumeration district (ED) 22, p. 6B, household 147, Mrs. George C. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 17 October 2013); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
131910 Census, Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont, ED 197, roll 1616, p. 3A, household 51, Henry A. Ferguson family.
14"World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital image, United States, Selective Service System, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 May 2014), Charles Delman Maxfield, Fulton County, New York, 12 September 1918; citing , no. 418.
15Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population, Gloversville, Fulton County, New York, enumeration district (ED) 15, p. 8A, household 199, Charles D. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 22 October 2013); NARA microfilm record group T625, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
16Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, Gloversville, Fulton County, New York, enumeration district (ED) 13, p. 11A, household 329, Sarah M. Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 6 November 2013); NARA record Group T626.
17Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, population, Gloversville, Fulton County, New York, enumeration district (ED) 18-25, p. 61A, household 37, Sara Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 28 August 2021); microfilm record group T627.
18Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4399, Birth, Lattie Maxfield, 1869.
19"New York, Death Index, 1852-1956," Charlotte Z. Maxfield, no. 36401.
20"World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," Charles Delman Maxfield, Fulton County, New York, 12 September 1918.
21"New York, Death Index, 1852-1956," Charles D. Maxfield, no. 22800.
22"New York, Death Index, 1852-1956," Sarah Maxfield, no. 15242.
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