Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Seventh Generation

Elmer Maxfield married LUCY JANE McWHORTER at Sauk County, Wisconsin, on 2 September 1875 (WI M). She was born at Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois, on 19 December 1853 (Spring Grove Cem), a daughter of Samuel and Jane McWhorter.

The 1900 census (1816:1A) located the family of Elmer and Lucy Maxfield at Delton Town, Sauk County, Wisconsin, as follows:

The 1900 census also reported that Elmer and Lucy had been married 24 years, and that Lucy had nine children, all living. The census listed only eight. The ninth child, Frank Maxfield, born about a year after Elmer and Lucy's marriage, had evidently already left home.

Elmer P. Maxfield died at Delton, Sauk County on 4 July 1907 (WI D). We can't tell what tragedy struck this family, that the father would die six months after a marriade daughter, and another married daughter died within three years.

The 1910 census (1736:112B) reported Lucy Maxfield, farmer, age 57, living at Delton with six children, Delmer, 29, laborer in a saw mill, Leona, 23, Marshall, 21, laborer on the home farm, Maynard, 18, laborer on a dairy farm, Ella, 15, and Wesley, 12. The household also included granddaughter Luetta Wharry, age 3, she and her parents all born in Wisconsin. Luetta was Lucy's granddaughter through her daughter Mary. Lucy reported having nine children, seven of whom were still living. If we are correct in identifying Frank as the eldest child, and Alta had died, then probably Mary had also died.

The 1920 Census (2015:1B) reported the family on a farm at Delton Township:

Widow Lucy Maxfield died on 2 July 1926 (Spring Grove Cem).

Elmer P. and Lucy Maxfield had the following children:

1. FRANK S.⁸ MAXFIELD b. at Delton on 28 November 1876
2. ALTA JANE⁸ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Webster's Prairie, Sauk Co. on 19 March 1879 (WI B FS)
   • d. at Kilbourn, Columbia County, Wisconsin, on 12 January 1907 (WI D)
   • m. EDWARD WINNESS
3. DELMER ANDREWS⁸ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Delton. on 23 November 1881 (Wi B)
   • draft reg. at Sauk Co. on 12 September 1918 (WW Draft)
     • Delmer Andrew Maxfield
       1 RFD Kilbourn, Columbia Co., WI
       age 36; b. Nov 23, 1881 white
       farmer, day laborer, 1 RFD Kilbourn
       relative: Lucy Maxfield, 1 RFD Kilbourn
       medium height, medium build, brown eyes, brown hair
   • d. on 1918 (Spring Grove Cem)
4. MARY⁸ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Wisconsin on May 1885 (1900 census)
   • m. at Sauk County on 7 March 1906 BURTON RAY WHARRY (WI M)
5. LEONA A.⁸ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Lake Delton, Columbia County, Wisconsin on 1 September 1886 (Spring Grove Cem)
   • d. on 4 September 1939 (Spring Grove Cem)
6. MARSHALL ANGEL⁸ MAXFIELD b. at Delton on 16 June 1889
7. MAYNARD⁸ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Delton on 18 October 1891 (Spring Grove Cem)
   • d. on 24 January 1916 (Spring Grove Cem)
8. ELLA M.⁸ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Wisconsin on May 1894 (1900 census)
   • d. at Columbia County, Wisconsin, on 8 April 1962 (WI D; Spring Grove Cem)
9. WESLEY EDGAR⁸ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Delton on 9 July 1897 (SSDI; WWI Draft; Spring Grove Cem)
   • draft reg. at Sauk County on August 1918 (WWI Draft)
     Wesley Edgar Maxfield, 21, RR Kilbourn, WI
     b. Jul 9, 1897 Delton, WI, father b. Lamont, MI
     employer: William Smith, Kilbourn, WI
     rel: Mrs. Elmer Maxfield, Town Dalton, Kilbourn, WI
     tall, medium build, gray eyes, dark brown hair
   • mil. served in World War I (Spring Grove Cem)
   • census. 1930 at Vine Street, Kilbourn, Columbia County, Wisconsin (2565:15A)
     • Maxfield, Wesley E., head, male, white, 32, married at age 30, b. WI, parents b. MI IL, laborer, summer resort, veteran of World War
     • Maxfield, Laura E., wife, female, white, 29, married first at age 15, b. WI, parents b. WI WI, occupation: none
     • Smith, Leon D., stepson, male, white, 9, single, b. WI, parents b. WI WI, occupation: none
     • Maxfield, Leona A., sister, female, white, 43, single, b. WI, parents b. MI IL, occupation: none
     • Maxfield, Ella M., sister, female, white, 35, single, b. WI, parents b. MI IL, sorter, laundry
   • d. at West Bend, Washington County, Wisconsin, on 1 August 1964 (SSDI; WI D; Spring Grove Cem)
   • m. about 1928 LAURA ________
     • b. at Wisconsin about 1901
     • m (1). about 1916 ________ SMITH

Information on this family is found in:

• Census records

Spring Grove Cem

Spring Grove Cemetery, Newport Township, city of Wisconsin Dells, Columbia County, Wisconsin. U.S. Gen Web Archives (http://files.usgwarchives.net).

SSDI

Social Security Death Index. (http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com).

WI B

Wisconsin Births, 1820-1907. www.ancestry.com

WI B FS

Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 16 June 2011.

WI D

Wisconsin Deaths 1820-1907. www.ancestry.com

WI D FS

Wisconsin Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 16 June 2011.

WI M

Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 17 June 2011.

WW Draft

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. www.ancestry.com.