Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Seventh Generation

HARRY M.7 MAXFIELD (Harry6, William5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Fairfax, Vermont, on 13 October 1862 (VT D) a child of Harry Maxfield and his second wife Hannah Prindle. He was reported in the 1880 census (1345:441A) at Johnson, Vermont, age 17, a farm hand, living with his mother and step-father, Hannah and Isaac Libby, a farmer, and his sister Ella, age 20.

Harry Maxfield graduated from Johnson Normal School in 1881. He taught school from 1882 to 1884, farmed from 1884 to 1904, when he became a merchant with Jones Furniture Store, at Johnson (Vt Bio 263).

Martin Prindle was Harry's guardian from 20 June 1882 until Harry's 21st birthday, 13 October 1883 (Lamoille Probate 1:N426). The probable reason for this was the death of his mother, leaving him an estate.

Harry Maxfield married EMMA LOUISE PHILLIPS at Johnson on 12 December 1883 (VT VR). Emma was born at Johnson on 10 December 1861 (VT D), a child of George P. Phillips and Lucinda Woodruff.

The Harry Maxfield family was reported in the 1900 (1692:5A) census living on Pearl Street in the village of Johnson:

Name Related Race Sex Born MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, Harry head W M Oct 1862 M VT VT VT merchant
Maxfield, Emma wife W F Dec 1861 M VT VT VT
Maxfield, May daughter W F Dec 1884 S VT VT VT at school
Maxfield, Jennie daughter W F Sep 1892 S VT VT VT at school

This record also listed Mae's age as 8, which contradicts the birth date. Also resident in the household was Lucina Phillips, a 66 year old widow and Ema's mother.

Harry Maxfield became a Representative to the state legislature in 1904, and was elected Deacon of his Congregational Church in 1907 (Vt Bio 263). The 1910 (1612:6B) and 1920 (1872:6B) censuses reported Harry and Emma and their two single daughters at Johnson. Harry was a merchant in 1900, furniture merchant in 1910, undertaker and furniture [merchant] in 1920. Daughter May was a servant to a private family in 1910, a domestic in 1920. Daughter Jennie was a teacher in 1920.

Harry Maxfield died at Johnson on 6 May 1927 (VT D). He was an undertaker. Emma died at Johnson on 10 October 1929 (VT D)

Harry M. Maxfield and his wife Emma L. Phillips had the following children:

  1. MAE P.8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Johnson on 20 December 1884 (VT VR)
    • d. at Cambridge, Vermont, on 26 October 1963 (VT D)
    • m. at Johnson on 6 April 1940 EDWIN H. PARKER (VT M)
      • b. at Fairfield, Vermont, about 1869/70
  2. JENNIE ELLA8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Johnson on 13 September 1892 (VT B)
    • m. at Springfield, Vermont, on 15 September 1923 JOSEPH HERBERT JOHNSON (VT M)
      • b. at Proctor, Vermont, about 1896/7

REFERENCES

Information on this family is found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
Lamoille Probate
Lamoille Co. (VT) Probate (Guardianship). Lamoille County Courthouse, Hyde Park, VT.
Vt Bio
Dodge, Prentiss C. Encyclopedia: Vermont Biography. Burlington, Vt.: Ullery, 1912.
VT D
Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com)
VT M
Vermont Marriage Records, 1909-2008. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com).
VT VR
Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 11 June 2011.
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