Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Seventh Generation

WILLIAM FREDERICK7 MAXFIELD (David6, perhaps Isaac5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at DeKalb, Saint Lawrence County, New York, about 1829/30 (Maralyn Maxfield; census records), a child of David Maxfield and his wife Louisa Sanford. Living with his father in Saint Lawrence County in the 1850 census, he moved to Wisconsin, where he was reported in the 1860 census next to his father (1429:941). He was reported with his sisters. Perhaps the record is in error recording it as a separate household. The record from the Town of Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin, reads:

Name Age Sex Occupation R.E. P.E. Birthplace Other
Frederick Maxfield 30 M farm laborer NY
Sally Maxfield 18 F NY
Elizabeth Maxfield 15 F NY school

William Frederick Maxfield married LYDIA W. GRIMMER at Shawano, Shawano County, Wisconsin, on 21 April 1862 (WI M), a daughter of William and Claricy Grimmer. This would make her a sister of Thomas Grimmer who married William's aunt Elizabeth. The 1870 census (1739:338A) reported them in the Town of Hartland, Shawano County (Bonduel Post Office):

Name Age Sex Race Occupation R.E. P.E. Birth Other
Maxfield, Fred 38 M W farmer $500 $100 NY
Maxfield, Lydia 26 F W keeping house ME
Maxfield, William 7 M W WI
Maxfield, Frederick 6 M W WI
Maxfield, Dayon 3 M W WI
Maxfield, Alice 2 F W WI
Maxfield, Moses 8/12 M W WI b. Oct

Lydia (Grimmer) Maxfield died at Hamilton County, Nebraska, on 10 May 1879. The death was reported in the Shawano County Journal on 7 June 1879 as follows (Ziereis):

OBITUARY - Died - May 10th, 1879 in Hamilton County, Nebraska, in the 35th year of her age, L. W. MAXFIELD, wife of W. F. Maxfield. Her funeral was preached at the Soward school house on the 11th inst., from JOB 14:19, "But man dieth and wasteth away; yes, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?" Her remains were deposited in the Soward graveyard, to await that voice that awakens the dead.
After the mother's death, the family became scattered. The 1880 census (750:284C) reported W. F. Maxfield, 50, and his newest daughter Sarah, 6, at Scoville, Hamilton County, in the household of Edward C. and Mary A. Lewis. W. F. was a laborer. Frank Maxfield, 18, was in the household of Fletcher and Matilday Whitcomb, at York County, Nebraska (757:510A). Moses Maxfield, 11, and Winfield Maxfield, 16 (could this be Frederick?), were at Deep Well, Hamilton County, in the home of Michael and Frances Curtin. (750:341D). Lovisa A. Maxfield, 12 (could this be Alice?) resided at the Town of Union, Hamilton County, in the home of Thomas and Mary Ellen Sorrels (750:294.4). Levi Maxfield, age 9, was recorded as a ward in the household of H. J. and Bertha Bridenfelt of Scoville Precinct, Hamilton County. Vernon, age 1, had been adopted by William and Martha Garrison and was living at Honey Creek, Delaware County, Iowa. I have not located a record of Dayon Maxfield or Harry Charles Maxfield in that census.

W. F. Maxfield died on 8 October 1898.

William Frederick Maxfield and his wife Lydia Grimmer had the following children:

  1. WILLIAM FRANKLIN8 MAXFIELD b. at Wisconsin about 1862
  2. FREDERICK8 MAXFIELD b. at Shawano County on May 1864
  3. DAVID MORTIMER8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Wisconsin on 1 January 1866
    • d. at Richmond, Shawano County, on 19 March 1867 (Maralyn Maxfield, from obituary, Shawano County Journal 28 Mar 1867)
  4. ALICE8 MAXFIELD or Lovisa A.
    • b. at Wisconsin about 1867/8 (census records)
  5. DAYON8 MAXFIELD b. at Wisconsin on February 1868
  6. MOSES B.8 MAXFIELD b. at Wisconsin on October 1869
  7. SARAH8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Wisconsin about 1873/4 (1880 census)
  8. LEVI8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Wisconsin on 9 January 1875 (Id D)
    • census. 1900 at Orofino Precinct, Shoshone County, Idaho (234:2:62A)
        Maxfield, Levy, head, white, male, b. Jan 1873, age 27, single, b. WI, parents b. WI WI, farm laborer
    • census. 1910 at John Wills Road, Orofino, Nez Perce County, ID (226:8B)
        Maxfield, Levi, head, male, white, 35, Widower, b. WI, parents b. NY WI, farmer
    • census. 1930 at Glenwood, Clearwater County, Idaho (399:3A)
        Maxfield, Levi J., head, male, white, 50, Widower, b. WI, parents b. Scotland WI, farmer, farming
    • d. at Boise, Idaho on 21 October 1934 (Id D)
    • m. at Nez Perce, Lewis County, Idaho, on 25 December 1903 MABEL SANDERS (Id M)
      • d. before 1910
  9. HARRY CHARLES8 MAXFIELD b. at Wisconsin on March 1876
  10. VERNON LEROY8 MAXFIELD
    • b. on April 1879
    • d. on 1936
    • adopted before 1880 by WILLIAM and MARTHA GARRISON

REFERENCES

Information on this family is found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
Id D
Idaho Death Index, 1911-1951. Ancestry.com.
Id M
Idaho Marriages, 1842-1996. Ancestry.com.Accessed 11 Jan 2005.
Maralyn Maxfield
Maxfield, Maralyn, to Charles Maxfield. Electronic mail. 11 Dec 2003.
WI M
Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 17 June 2011.
Ziereis
Ziereis, Cathe. Roots Web Message Boards - Wisconsin - Shawano # 3539. 14 Jun 2002.
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