Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

ELHANAN W.6 MAXFIELD (Varnis5, Joshua4-3, Joseph2, John1) was born at New York on 19 September 1833, a son of Varnis Maxfield and his wife Percey Irish. He died at Richfield, Genesee County, Michigan, on 3 February 1884.[1] He married at Richfield on 22 November 1857 MARY E. WORTH.[2] She was born at Oakland County, Michigan, on 13 August, 1840, and died at Genesee County on 14 September 1921.[3] Mary married as her second husband at Richfield on 13 May 1886 LEONARD SPRAGUE,[4] who was born at Troy, Oakland County, on 20 November 1838 and died at Genesee County on 27 July 1905.[5]

The second of ten children, Elhanan was born at New York, but sometime between the ages of two and five his family moved to Michigan. His father was a farmer.

Elhanan and Mary were both residents of Richfield when they married, and were reported there in the 1860 Census. Elhanan was 27, Mary 20, and he was a day laborer. They had one child, called "Joel" [Jared] six months old.[6]

The family soon grew, and was reported in 1870 at Richfield as follows:[7]

Line Name Age Sex Race Occupation R.E. P.E. Birth
8. Maxfield, Elhanan 36 M W stone mason $ 1000 $ 300 NY
9. Maxfield, Mary 29 F W keeping house MI
10. Maxfield, Jared 10 M W MI
11. Maxfield, Norman 8 M W MI
12. Maxfield, Edna 6 F W MI

All three children were attending school.

Elhanan was elected constable in 1865.[8]

Nine years after the birth of Edna, Mary had a fourth child. All were reported at Richfield in the 1880 Census:[9]

Line Name Race Sex Age Related MS Occupation B FB MB
23. Maxfield, Elhanan W M 49 M stone mason MI NH NY
24. Maxfield, Mary E. W F 38 wife M keeping house MI NY NY
25. Maxfield, Jared F. W M 20 son S farm laborer
unemployed 2 mos. 		MI MI MI
26. Maxfield, Norman W M 18 son S farm laborer MI MI MI
27. Maxfield, Edna V. W F 16 daughter S domestic servant MI MI MI
28. Maxfield, R. J. W M 8 son S MI MI MI

This household was followed immediately by the household of Elhanan's father, Varnis Maxfield.

Edna married in 1883. Elhanan died in 1884, at the age of 50, from consumption of the liver. The death record called him "farmer and mason."[10] Mary was left with three children at home, ages 11, 21, and 25. Two years later she married Leonard Sprague. Norman married in 1891, at the age of 29; Edna died in 1892 at the age of 28; R. J. married in 1892 at the age of 20; Jared married in 1896 at the age of 37.

The 1900 Census reported a family that was scattered. Mary (Worth) (Maxfield) Sprague, 57, lived with her husband Leonard Sprague, 61, in Forest Township, Genesee County. Leonard was a farmer. Mary had given birth to five children, three of whom were living.[11] So there may have been another child, unreported, who died in infancy. Daughter Edna had also died. Jared F. Maxfield lived in Norton Township, Muskegon County, with his wife Clarissa. He was 39, a farmer; she was 35.[12] Norman lived at Richfield Township with his wife and two children; he was a stone mason.[13] R. J. also lived in Richfield Township, where he farmed. The family consisted of R. J., 27, his wife Isabell, 26, and their daughters Hazle, 7, Maggie, 6, and Edna, 4.[14]

Leonard Sprague died in 1905, causing Mary to become a widow for the second time. The 1910 Census reported Mary E. Sprague, widow, 68, at 343 Popular Street, Flint.[15] Jared lived at Muskegon, Muskegon County, with his wife and daughter.[16] Norman lived at Flint with his second wife, Clara. Norman, 47, was a well digger, Clara was 27.[17] R. J. continued to live at Richfield Township with his wife, Isabel, and their two youngest daughters, Edna, 14, and Olive, 2.[18] Their daughter Hazel was living at Big Flats, Chemung County, New York, where she was described as a niece of Arthur and Rebecca Miller. At age 17, she did housework for a private family.[19] I have not found their daughter Margaret in this census.

In the following decade R. J.'s three eldest daughters married. Margaret and Edna married in 1912 brothers, Jesse L. Selleck and Henry Wallace Selleck. I have not found widow Mary in the 1920 Census. Jared continued to live at Muskegon with his wife and daughter, where he worked as a real estate dealer.[20] Norman farmed in Richfield with his wife Clara, and a son by his first wife, Roy.[21] R.J. farmed nearby in Richfield, where he lived with his wife and youngestg daughter Olive.[22]

Mary (Worth) (Maxfield) Sprague died in 1921. Under "cause of death" the certificate read "nothing apparent but worn out."[23]

Elnathan Maxfield and his wife Mary Worth had the following children:

  1. JARED F.6 MAXFIELD b. at Otisville, Genesee County, on 2 January 1859;[24] d. at Muskegon on 14 December 1939;[25] m(1). at Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, on 26 December 1896 MARY CLARISSA FAIRCHILD,[26] b. at Vassar, Tuscola County, Michigan, on 17 October 1859, d. at Muskegon on 16 February 1921, child of Leon Fairchild and Bessie S. Fleetwood.[27] Jared m(2). at Laporte County, Indiana, on 27 September 1927 HELENE FRANCES (STEINER) BRAGG,[28] b. at Bavaria, Germany, on 18 November 1879, d. at Muskegon on 1 June 1940, child of Frank Zeuner and Helen Ratze.[29] Child of Jared and Mary Clarissa:
    1. Lillian Mildred Maxfield b. at Norton on 5 June 1900,[30] d. at San Diego County, California, on 11 November 1991.[31]
  2. NORMAN6 MAXFIELD b. at Richfield on 5 February 1862.
  3. EDNA V.6 MAXFIELD b. at Richfield on 29 September 1863; d. there on 14 April 1892;32] m. at Genesee County on 22 December 1883 LEWIS LANE, b. at Ohio about 1856-7.[33]
  4. R. J.6 MAXFIELD b. at Richfield on 26 August 1872; d. there on 11 March 1946;[34] m. at Genesee County on 13 October 1892 ISABELLA S. MUNGER,[35] b. at Genesee County on 23 August 1873, d. at Flint on 10 April 1945, child of Sylvanus Mungar and Mary Hubbard.[36] Children of R. J. and Isabella:
    1. Hazel F. Maxfield b. at Richfield Center, Richfield, on 12 January 1893.[37] d. at Genesee County on 24 July 1972;[38] m. (his 2d) at Flint on 11 March 1915 Herbert Simmonds[39] b. at Richfield on 16 April 1878, d. at Genesee County on 10 February 1966.[40] Herbert m(1) on 5 May 1900 Blanche Hutchins b. at Genesee County on 8 September 1880, d. tghere on 17 May 1914.[41]
    2. Margaret A. Maxfield b. at Richfield on 3 March 1894,[42] d. at Genesee County on 9 October 1979;[43] m. at Davison, Genesee County, on 24 January 1912 Jesse L. Selleck[44] b. at Richfield on 18 April 1892, d. at Genesee County on 1955, child of Charles B. Selleck and Myrtie Amanda Moore.[45]
    3. Edna Mary Maxfield b. at Richfield on 20 March 1896,[46] d. on 1978;[47] m. at Flint on 10 October 1912 Henry Wallace Selleck b. at Richfield about 1892-3.[48] d. on 1980, child of Charles B. Selleck and Myrtie Amanda Moore.[49]
    4. Olive M. Maxfield b. at Genesee County on 19 August 1907;[50] m. at Steuben County, Indiana, on 11 July 1934 Earl Clay b. at Washington on 22 August 1904, child of Charles Clay and Mary Fenner.[51]

NOTES

1Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan, Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Genesee County, p. 243, e. 179, Elhanan Maxfield, 1884; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 23 June 2023).
2Genealogical Society of Utah, "Michigan, Marriages, 1822-1995," database, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 6 October 2013), Maxfield-Worth.
3Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, certificate 25-260, Mary E. Sprague, 1921.
4Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952, Genesee County, p. 332, e. 6287, Sprague-Maxfield, 1886; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 June 2023).
5Richfield Union Cemetery, Davison, Genesee County, Michigan, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : database 5 September 2018), Leonard Sprague; Created by: Joanne Weimer.
6Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Richfield, Genesee County, Michigan, p. 441, household 414, Elhanan Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 3 November 2012); NARA microfilm record group M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
7Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Richfield, Genesee County, Michigan, p. 364B, household 219, Elhanan Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 6 February 2013); NARA microfilm record group M593; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
8Franklin Ellis, History of Genesee County, Michigan: with illustrations of its prominent men and pioneers (Philadelphia: Everts & Abbott, 1879), 416; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 23 August 2013.
9Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Richfield, Genesee County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 84, p. 378B, household 155, Elhanan Maxfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2013); NARA microfilm publication T9, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
10Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Genesee County, p. 243, e. 179, Elhanan Maxfield, 1884.
11Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Forest, Genesee County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 19, p. 2A, household 27, Leonard Sprague family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 7 May 2024); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
121900 Census, Norton, Muskegon County, Michigan, ED 80, p. 12A, household 163, Jared F. Maxfield.
131900 Census, Richfield, Genesee County, Michigan, ED 26, p. 10B, household 241, Norman Maxfield family.
141900 Census, Richfield, Genesee County, Michigan, ED 26, p. 7A, household 155, R. Maxfield family.
15Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 21, p. 4B, household 85, Mary E. Sprague; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 7 May 2024); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
161910 Census, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, ED 88, p. 10B, household 220, Jared F. Maxfield family.
171910 Census, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, ED 13, p. 4A, household 71, Norman Mansfield Family.
181910 Census, Richfield, Genesee County, Michigan, ED 47, p. 4A, household 90, R. J. Maxfield family.
191910 Census, Big Flatts, Chemung County, New York, ED 3, p. 3A, household 72, Nathan O. Miller family. 20Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 136, p. 15B, household 364, J. S. Mawfield family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 7 May 2024); NARA microfilm record group T625, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
211920 Census, Richfield, Genesee County, Michigan, ED 74, p. 2A, household 36, Norman Maxfield family.
221920 Census, Richfield, Genesee County, Michigan, ED 74, p. 2A, household 32, R. J. Maxfield family.
23Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, certificate 25-260, Mary E. Sprague, 1921.
24Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis, Indiana, Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019, p. 508, Maxfield-Bagg, 1927; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : database 20 September 2023).
25Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Muskegon County, certificate 16110664, Jared F. Maxfield, 1939.
26Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952, Wayne County, p. 541, e. 22474, Maxfield-Fairchild, 1896.
27Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Muskegon County, certificate 161-76, Clarissa M. Maxfield, 1921.
28Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019, p. 508, Maxfield-Bagg, 1927.
29Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Muskegon County, certificate 16110969, Mrs. Helene Bagg F. Maxfield, 1940.
30Michigan County Births, 1867-1917, Muskegon County, 1900, p. 67, e. 513, Lillian M. Maxfield, ; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 12 June 2023); various county courts, Michigan.
31California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento, California, "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 18 August 2017), Lillian Mildred Maxfield, 1991.
32Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Oakland County, p. 17, e. 181, Edna Lane, 1892.
33Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952, Genesee County, p. 345, e. 5617, Lane-Maxfield, 1883.
34Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Genesee County, certificate 24-10840, R. J. Maxfield, 1946.
35Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952, Genesee County, p. 23, e. 1823, Maxfield-Munger, 1892.
36Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, Genesee County, certificate 22531436, Isabelle S. Maxfield, 1945.
37Michigan County Births, 1867-1917, Genesee County, 1893, p. 366, e. 2734, Hazle Maxfield
38Cottage Cemetery, Richfield Center, Richfield, Genesee County, Michigan, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 4 September 2018), Hazel Simmonds; Created and photo by: paulswife.
39Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952, Genesee County, p. 107, e. 2434, Simmons-Maxfield, 1915.
40Cottage Cemetery, Richfield Center, Bert Simmonds; Created and photo by: paulswife.
41Cottage Cemetery, Richfield Center, Blanche Simmons; Created by: paulswife.
42Michigan County Births, 1867-1917, Genesee County, 1894, p. 440, e. 3288, Margaret A. Maxfield.
43Richfield Union Cemetery, Davison, Jesse-Margaret Selleck; Created and photo by: Jack Vander-Schrier.
44Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952, Genesee County, p. 93, e. 282, Selleck-Maxfield, 1912.
45Richfield Union Cemetery, Davison, Jesse-Margaret Selleck; Created and photo by: Jack Vander-Schrier.
46Michigan County Births, 1867-1917, Genesee County, 1896, p. 23, e. 345, Edna Mary Maxfield, .
47Richfield Union Cemetery, Davison, Henry-Edna Selleck; Created and photo by: Jack Vander-Schrier.
48Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952, Genesee County, p. 129, e. 757, Selleck-Maxfield, 1912.
49Richfield Union Cemetery, Davison, Henry-Edna Selleck; Created and photo by: Jack Vander-Schrier.
50Michigan County Births, 1867-1917, Genesee County, 1907, p. 205, e. 1241, ________ Maxfield.
51Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019, p. 408, Clay-Maxfield, 1934.

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