Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

CHARLES M.6 MAXFIELD (David5, Joshua4-3, Joseph2, John1 ) was born at Chester, Windsor County, Vermont about 1845, a child of David H. Maxfield and his wife Laura Miller. He married at Chester on 10 May 1871 ELLEN JANE BROWN, daughter of Elijah W. Brown and Cynthis Dewolf,[1] who was born at Putney, Windham County, Vermont, on 25 December 1847 and died at Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, on 6 October 1937.[2]

Charles M. Maxfield was a merchant at Chester. The Bellows Falls Times reported on 24 April 1868, "[Charles H. Rowe] has sold out his business to Mr. Charles M. Maxfield, his former faithful clerk and assistant P. M., who will continue it, and who is a very worthy and competent young man."[3] His advertisement on 18 December of that year listed new gold and silver goods for holiday presents, jewelry, solid silver and the best silver plated ware, albums, writing desks, backgammon boards, ladies' toilet and fancy goods, pocket cutlery.[4] Running the general store also involved being post master.

Charles and Ellen married in 1871 and were reported in the 1880 Census in Chester, Vermont, as follows:[5]

Name Related MS Sex Race Age B Occupation FB MB
Charles M. Maxfield self M M W 34 VT jeweler and p. m. NH VT
Ellen J. Maxfield wife M F W 32 VT keeping house MA MA
Herbert W. Maxfield son S M W 5 VT at school VT VT
Charles B. Maxfield son S M W 1 VT VT VT

I have no further information on Charles M. Maxfield after the 1880 Census, and the only further record I have of Ellen is her death record in 1937.

Son Charles Brown Maxfield married Edna M. Leonard at Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1903. They were both residents of Grand Rapids at that time. Charles was employed in silk sales, Edna was a clerk.[6] I have no further record of Edna.

Charles B. Maxfield married Evah Bright at Jackson County, Missouri, in 1915. According to that record, Charles lived in Jackson County, and Evah was from Ionia County, Michigan.[7] Charles registered for the draft at Grand Rapids on 12 September 1918. At that time he was living at 1040 Madison Ave. SE, Grand Rapids. He worked as an assemblyman for Wolverine Brass Works, Grand Rapids. He was 5' 6" tall, stout, with blue eyes and brown hair.[8]

The 1920 Census reported Charles B. Maxfield, 41, his wife Enah, 36, and their daughter Virginia, 2 years and 2 months, at Kansas City, Jackson County. He was working as a salesman for a brass company.[9] The 1930 Census reported them still at Kansas City; Charles was now selling insurance.[10]

Virginia married in 1936. The 1940 Census reported Charles B. Maxfield, 61, at Grand Rapids, where he managed an apartment house.[11] Evah, 57, was in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, housekeeper for a family.[12]

Charles B. Maxfield died in 1948. Eva Maxfield, 67, was reported in the 1950 Census living with her brother, Maurice Bright at Detroit.[13] She died in 1959.

Charles Maxfield and his wife Ellen Jane Brown had the following children:

  1. HERBERT W.7 MAXFIELD b. at Chester on 13 July 1874.[14]
  2. CHARLES BROWN7 MAXFIELD b. at Chester on 10 November 1878,[15] d. at Grand Rapids on 4 June 1948;[16] m(1), at Grand Rapids on 29 June 1903 EDNA M. LEONARD b. at Grand Rapids about 1880-1.[17] Charles m(2) at Kansas City on 3 April 1915 EVAH BRIGHT[18] b. at Iona County on 1 April 1883, d. at Detroit on 2 September 1959.[19] Child of Charles and Evah:
    1. Virginia Ann Maxfield b. at Missouri about October 1917;[21] m. at Detroit on 6 June 1936 Joseph W. Warren b. at England about 1914-5.[22]

NOTES

1Vermont State Archives and Records Administration, Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 4723, Marriage, Maxfield-Brown, 1871; digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 18 August 2013).
2Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan, Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Kent County, certificate 14127853, Ellen J. Maxfield, 1937; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 29 June 2023).
3"Local Matters: Change in Chester," Bellows Falls [Vermont] Times, 24 April 1868; online images, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov : accessed 22 October 2017), Historic American Newspapers.
4Advertisement, Bellows Falls Times, 18 December 1868
5Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Chester, Windsor County, Vermont, enumeration district (ED) 252, roll 1350, p. 83D, household 228, Charles M. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 24 March 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
6Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952, Kent County, p. 597, e. 3730, Maxfield-Leonard, 1903; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 June 2023).
7Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri, Missouri County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991, Jackson County, p. 217, no. 65599, Maxfield-Bright, 1915; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 2 April 2023).
8"World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital image, United States, Selective Service System, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 26 March 2014), Charles Brown Maxfield, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 12 September 1918; citing , no. 3067.
9Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, , population, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, enumeration district (ED) 54, p. 5A, household 111, Charles B. Maxfireld family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 17 November 2015); NARA microfilm record group T625, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
10Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, enumeration district (ED) 105, p. 12A, household 274, C. B. Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 21 November 2015); NARA record Group T626.
11Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, population, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 86-99B, p. 1A, household 1, Charles B. Maxfield; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 25 March 2014); microfilm record group T627.
121940 Census, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, ED 84-1007, p. 9A, household 203, Walter Schuerger family.
13Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950, population, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 85-663, p. 13, dwelling 132, Maurice Bright family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 5 October 2022); Record Group 29. National Archives at Washington, DC., Washington, DC.
14Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 6626, Birth, Herbert Walter Maxfield, 1874.
15Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008, index card 6605, Birth, Charles Brown Maxfield, 1878.
16Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Kent County, Charles B. Maxfield, 1948.
17Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952, Kent County, p. 597, e. 3730, Maxfield-Leonard, 1903.
18Missouri County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991, Jackson County, p. 217, no. 65599, Maxfield-Bright, 1915.
19Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Kent County, Charles B. Maxfield, 1948.
201920 Census, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, ED 54, p. 5A, household 111, Charles B. Maxfireld family.
211920, , Population, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, ED 54, p. 5A, household 111, Charles B. Maxfireld family.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bellows Falls Times. Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont. Chronicling America. Historic American Newspapers.

Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan. Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2023.

________. Marriage Records, 1867–1952. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2023.

Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri. Missouri County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991. Digital images. Family Search. familysearch.org : 2023.

United States Department of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2013.

________. Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2015.

________. Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2015.

________. Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, 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.

Vermont State Archives and Records Administration. Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008. Digital images. New England Historical and Genealogical Society. American Ancestors. americanancestors.org : 2013.

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