Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

FANNY P. DODGE married Harvey P. Maxfield on 17 September 1866 (His Gos 411; Cutts 192). She was born at New Hampshire (1870 Census) in July or August, 1843, according to her age on her death record.

Harvey and Fanny Maxfield were reported in the 1870 Census (850:1:509A) at Mill Village, Goshen Town, New Hampshire:

Fanny Maxfield died on 13 July 1873 (His Gos 411) age 29 years and 11 months.

Harvey Maxfield married for his second wife LAURA A. SOUTHWICK at Lynn, Massachusetts, on 22 November 1876 (VR Ma 280:229:286). The event was recorded as follows:

Laura was born at Groton, New Hampshire (marriage record), in April 1848 (1900 Census), to Isaac D. and Laura Southwick. Harvey was a shoemaker, living in Lynn, at the time of his second marriage.

Harvey and his second wife Laura were back in Goshen at the time of the 1880 Census (768:317A):

Some time after 1880 the family moved west, to Stevens Point, Wisconsin (F), where Harvey was active in the Methodist Church by 1896. Harvey died there on 9 April 1899 (Forest Cem, SPW), and was buried at Forest Cemetery, Stevens Point.

Widow Laura Maxfield appeared with her daughter Florence and seven boarders in the 1900 Census (1812:1:200) at 702 Church Street, Stevens Point. Laura, born in New Hampshire in April 1848, a widow, had 3 children, of whom one was living. Her daughter Florence, born at New Hampshire in March 1881, was single.

Bt the time of the 1910 census (83:1:146A) Laura and Florence had moved to Los Angeles, California, where Florence was a teacher in public school. Laura, a widow, had two children, one living; Florence was single.

The 1920 Census (105:8A) found Laura and Florence at 6216 Alpania Street, Los Angeles, California. Laura, a widow age 71, had no occupation. Florence, age 38 and single, was a teacher in public school. They had a boarder, Edgar Davison, a widower age 64, secretary of a Christian Institute, who had come to the United States from Canada in 1886.

Harvey Maxfield and his first wife Fanny had the following child:

1. HERMAN E.⁷ MAXFIELD at New Hampshire on 17 September 1868

2. ADDIE⁷ MAXFIELD
   • b. in March 1879 (Cutts 328)
   • d. bef. June 1880 (not in census)
3. FLORENCE ATTA⁷ MAXFIELD
   • b. at New Hampshire in March 1881 (1900 Census)
   • Census. 1930 at 6216 Aldams Street, Los Angeles (161:16B)
     • Maxfield, Florence H. head F W 49 S b. NH parents b. NH NH, teacher, public school
       Davidson, Edgar lodger M W 74 Wd b. Canada (English) parents b. Canada (English), gardner
4. FRANK HARVEY⁷ MAXFIELD
   • b. on 16 April 1887 (Forest Cem, SPW)
   • d. on 19 September 1887 (Forest Cem, SPW)

• Wright, Elizabeth, ed., "John Maxfield, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, 1652, and Some of His Descendants." Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record 7:69-70.
• French, Harry Dana, Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass. abt 1952. Manuscript, New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH. (F).
• Howard, Cecil Hampden Cutts, ed. Genealogy of the Cutts Family in America. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1892. Pp. 192,328. (Cutts).
• Nelson, Walter R. History of Goshen, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: Evans, 1957. p. 411. (His Gos).
• Census records.

Forest Cem, SPW

Guyant, Wayne and Alta, ed. Forest Cemetery. Patch Street and Cleveland Avenua, Stevens Point, Wi. lookup by Sandy Russell rdrssr@prodigy.net.

IL M

Illinois State Archives. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900. www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/genealogy/marrsrch.html.

VR Ma

Massachusetts Vital Records. Division of Vital Statistics, State House, Boston, Ma.; microfilm, Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Ut.