Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Seventh Generation

WILLIAM MUNSON7 MAXFIELD (John6, William5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1 ) was born at Crawford County, Ohio, on 5 December 1817 (DeKalb Album 671) a child of John Maxfield and his wife Johanna Pond. Sometime after 1837 William moved with his parents to DeKalb County, Illinois. His movements were reported in the DaKalb County Album (671):
He accompanied his parents to DeKalb County, and entered a claim adjoining his father on the east. When it came into market in January, 1843, they went together to Chicago and secured their government title. [Went back to Ohio and was married] . . . He returned to his land on which he lived until he improved the property in a creditable manner, removing thence to Sycamore.

William Maxfield married CAROLINE PLUMMER at Crawford County, Ohio, on 10 October 1846 (Oh M). Caroline was born at Ohio about 1826/7 (1860, 1870, 1880 censuses; 1822/3 in 1850 census).

William Maxfield was a farmer who moved often. The 1850 census (104:385) reported him at Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois. In 1860 he was at Lynnville Township, Ogle County, Illinois. In 1870 (253:74B-75A) he was at Odin, Marion County, Illinois. The 1860 census reported the family as follows (215:553):

Name Age Sex Occupation R.E. P.E. Birthplace Other
Wm. Maxfield 42 M farmer $3500 $100 OH
Caroline Maxfield 33 F OH
Lynna Maxfield 12 F IL
Forrest Maxfield 9 M IL
Floyd Maxfield 3 M IL

Floyd did not appear in the 1870 census; he died in 1861.

William M. Maxfield died at Odin on 27 June 1872 (DeKalb Album 671).

Caroline appeared in the 1880 census (338:255C) as "C. P. Maxfield," at Dubuque, Iowa, living with her daughter Lymera and son-in-law L. G. Hurd, a lawyer. Mother-in-law C. P. Maxfield was a 53 year-old widow, born in Ohio, her father was born at New Hampshire, her mother at Pennsylvania.

William Munson Maxfield and his wife Caroline Plummer had the following children:

  1. LYMERA8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Illinois about 1848 (1847/8 in 1850, 1860 censuses; 1848/9 in 1880 census)
    • m. before 1874 L. G. HURD
      • b. at Ohio about 1846/7 (1880 census)
  2. FOREST8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Illinois about 1850/1 (1860, 1870 censuses)
  3. FLOYD8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Illinois about 1856/7 (1860 census)
    • d. in 1861 (Lindenwood)

Thanks to Mike Maxfield for all his help with this family, and for sending me the relevant pages of the DeKalb County Album. Check out Mike's website at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maxfield/maxfield

REFERENCES

Information on this family is found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
DeKalb Album
Portrait and Biographical Album of DeKalb County, Illinois. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1880?. LDS FHL Microfilm #934979 item 2; scanned and e-mailed.
Lindenwood
Lindenwood Cemetery, Lindenwood, Ogle Co., IL. Find a grave (findagrave.com).
Oh M
Marriage Records, 1831-1929. Ohio. Probate Court (Crawford Co.) International Genealogical Index. www.familysearch.org.
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