Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Seventh Generation

CHARLES W.7 MAXFIELD (Ira6, Obadiah5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1 ) was born at Lamont, Tallmadge Township, Ottawa County, Michigan, on June 1847 (Edwards, Montrose Cem), a child of Ira H. Maxfield and his wife Lucinda Angell.

Charles Maxfield fought in the Civil War (Civ War soldiers):

Name: Charles Maxfield; State: Michigan
Service Record : Enlisted as a Private on 21 Dec. 1864 at the age of 18
Enlisted in Company F, 30th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 23 Dec. 1864.
Mustered out Company F, 30th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 24 Jun. 1865 in Detroit, MI
Charles Maxfield married FETINA SUFS at LaCrosse, LaCrosse County, Wisconsin, on 27 September 1874 (WI M). She is called "Fatina" on the 1880 census, "Fay" on the 1910 census, "Faye" on the 1920 census, and "Fema L. Sees" on her daughter's birth record. She was born at Pennsylvania about February 1857 (1900 Census), the child of Jacob and Sophie Sufs.

This family was living at Gray, Pipestone County, Minnesota, at the time of the 1880 census (629:248B):

Name Related MS Sex Race Age B Occupation FB MB
Charles Maxfield self M M W 35 MI locomotive engineer NY NY
Fatina Maxfield wife M F W 23 PA keeping house Prussia PA
Charles Maxfield son S M W 4 IL at home MI PA
Bertin Maxfield son S M W 2/12 MN MI PA

They were at Onalaska, LaCrosse County, Wisconsin, at the time of the birth of their daughter on 15 December 1887. The 1890 veteran's census (1890 Vet Sch) reported Charles Maxfield at Onalaska, Wisconsin. According to this record he served in Company "F", 30th Michigan Infantry, from 22 December 1863 to 23 June 1865. The schedule reported that he was deaf. On May 19, 1896 he was granted an increase in his pension (Penny Press, 19 May 1896, p. 6).

The 1900 Census (1795:7A) reported this family at 2016 Kane Street, LaCrosse, Wisconsin. The names of Charles' wife and youngest daughter are partially illegible.

Line Name Related Race Sex Born MS B FB MB Occupation
22 Maxfield, Charles head W M Jun 1847 M WI VT VT blacksmith
23 Maxfield, Ursla wife W F Feb 1857 M PA Germany PA
24 Maxfield, Charles J. son W M May 1876 S IL MI PA stationary engineer
25 Maxfield, Mark T. son W M Mar 1880 S MN MI PA day laborer
26 Maxfield, Leila G. daughter W F Aug 1884 S MN MI PA bookkeeper
27 Maxfield, Sadaling daughter W F Dec 1887 S WI MI PA at school

Charles and his wife had been married twenty-five years; she had given birth to five children, all living.

The 1910 census (677:8B) found the couple at Lawrence Township, Van Buren County, Michigan:

Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, Charles W. head M W 63 M1 MI VT NY farmer, truck farm
Maxfield, Fay wife F W 53 M1 PA Germany PA none
Wade, Perrie grandson M W & S IL WI MN none

The record also indicated that Charles and Faye had been married 36 years, and Faye had four children, all living. "Perrie Wade" is probably Pirie Maxfield, son of Bertin Maxfield.

Son Charles' draft registration in September 1918 indicated his father was living at Plainfield, Wisconsin.

In 1920 (324:8B) Charles and Faye Maxfield were living at 2239 Park Avenue, Chicago, Illinois:

Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, Charles head M W 73 M MI MI MI retired
Maxfield, Faye wife F W 62 M PA PA PA none
Maxfield, Pirie grandson M W 17 S IL IL IL checker, mail order house
Maxfield, Blaine grandson M W S IL IL IL none

Fatine, or Faye, Maxfield died at Chicago, Illinois, on 19 April 1926 (IL D). Charles Maxfield resided at the National Home for Disabled Veterans intermittently from January 18, 1929 to June 6, 1930 (Disabl Sold). His record there follows:

The 1930 census (2598:2B) found Charles Maxfield, age 83, widower, a resident member of the National Home for Disables Soldiers at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. According to this record, Charles was a veteran of the Civil War, born at Michigan, his father at Vermont, his mother at New York. Charles Maxfield died in 1931 (Montrose Cem).

Charles W. Maxfield and his wife Fatina Sufs had the following children:

  1. CHARLES IRENTA8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Illinois on 24 May 1876 (WWI Draft)
    • census. At the Minnesota Hotel, Great Falls, Cascade, MT, on 1900 (910:33A)
      • Maxfield, Charles, lodger, white, male, b. May 1876, age 24 Single b. IL, parents b. MI PA, machinist
    • draft reg. at Girard, Crawford County, KS, on 12 September 1918 (WWI Draft)
        Charles Irenta Maxfield, RR # 6, Pittsburg, Crawford Co., KS
        42 - b. May 24, 1876 white, native
        engineer on coal shovel, Mo. Pac., Cornell, KS
        rel: Charles W. Maxfield (father) Plainfield, WI
        medium height, medium build, blue eyes, brown hair
    • census. at Madison Township, Saint Joseph County, IN, in 1930 (627:10B)
      • Unrue, Ed L., head, male, white, 45, Married at 21, b IN, parents b. IN IN, farmer, general farm
      • Unrue, Sadie, wife, female, white, 42, Married at 18, b. WI, parents b. MI PA, occupation: none
      • Unrue, Dale, son, male, white, 10, Single, b. IN, parents b. IN WI, occupation: none
      • Maxfield, Charles, brother-in-law, male, white, 54, Single, b. IL, parents b. MI PA, engineer, locomotive
  2. BERTIN8 MAXFIELD b. at Minnesota on March 1880
  3. LEILA G.8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Gray, Pipestone County, Minnesota, on 26 August 1882 (MN B)
    • m. at LaCrosse County, Wisconsin, on 3 June 1902 PETER ALMOND WADE (WI M)
  4. (stillbirth)8 MAXFIELD
    • b./d. at LaCrosse, Wisconsin, on 7 December 1886 (WI B)
  5. SADIE8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Onalaska, LaCrosse Co., WI, on 15 December 1887 (Wi B)
    • m. at Koskiusko County, Indiana, on 4 July 1906 EDWARD L. UNRUE (IN M)
      • b. at Indiana about 1884/5 (1930 census)

REFERENCES

Information on this family is found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
1890 Vet Sch
1890 Veterans Schedules. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com).
Civ War Soldiers
American Civil War Soldiers. www.ancestry.com.
Disabl Sold
United States, National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938. Johnson City, TN. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 29 November 2011.
Edwards
Edwards, Howell B., Butcher-Totty Families (http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH1&CISOPTR=103324&REC=2), 79.
IL D
Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 17 May 2011.
IN M
Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 18 May 2011.
MN B
Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 23 May 2011.
Montrose Cem
Montrose Cemetery , Chicago, Cook County, IL. Find a grave (findagrave.com). Accessed 14 August 2011.
Penny Press
Penny Press. Nineteenth Century U. S. Newspapers. Accessed through New England Historic Genealogical Society (www.americanancestors.org).
Wi B
Wisconsin Births 1820-1907. www.ancestry.com.
WI M
Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 17 June 2011.
WWI Draft
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. ancestry.com.
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