Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Seventh Generation

LEVI H.7 MAXFIELD (Thomas6, Levi5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Ohio about 1841 (1840/1 in 1870 census, 1841/2 in 1850, 1860 censuses) a child of Thomas and Melinda Maxfield.

Levi Maxfield served in the Civil War (Civ War):

Name: Levi Maxfield
Residence: Highland, Michigan
Enlistment Date: 13 Aug. 1862
Service Record : Enlisted as a Private on 13 Aug. 1862 at the age of 20
Enlisted in Company H, 22nd Infantry Regiment Michigan on 22 Aug. 1862.
Mustered out Company H, 22nd Infantry Regiment Michigan on 26 Jun. 1865 in Nashville, TN
Sometime before the 1870 census Levi Maxfield married MARY GILLINGHAM. Mary was born at Michigan about March 1842 (VR MI D).

The 1870 census (687:1:130B) reported L. H. and Mary Maxfield living at Howell Post Office, Hartland Township, Livingston County, Michigan. L. H., farmer, born at Ohio, could not write. Mary, 28, keeping house, was born at Michigan to foreign born parents.

Mary (Gillingham) Maxfield died at Highland Township, Oakland County, Michigan, on 25 June 1874 (VR MI D). The record stated:

Maxfield, Mary T., died 25 June 1874 at Highland, Oakland Co.; female white married, age 32 years 3 months, erysepelas, b. MI, housekeeper, child of John Gillingham, deceased, and Betsey Gillingham
Three months later, on 24 September 1874 at Oakland County, Michigan, Levi Maxfield married ANGELINE (HILTON) WHITE. (Oakland Co M). She was born at New York about 1837 (W Highland Cem; state from 1880 census).

The 1880 census (598:135A) reported this family at Highland Township:

Name Related MS Sex Race Age B Occupation FB MB
Levi Maxfield self M M W 39 MI farmer NY NY
Angeline Maxfield wife M F W 43 NY keeping house England NY
Stella Maxfield daughter S F W 6 MI MI NY
Rhoda Hilson mother-in-law W F W 84 NY at home NY NY

In December 1881 Levi Maxfield moved to Owoso, Shiawassee County, Michigan, according to the following affidavit dated 20 January 1885 (Needham):

That he lived in Hartland, Livingston Co., Mich., from one year old till two years before enlistment, then in Highland, Oakland Co., Mich., till enlistment. That since discharge he lived in said Highland till December 1881, when he moved to Owoso.
I have no further record of Levi and Angeline Maxfield beyond this 1885 affidavit.

Levi H. Maxfield and his first wife Mary Gillingham had the following child:

  1. SARAH ESTELLE8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Highland Township on 6 November 1873 (IGI)
    • d. on 1903 (IGI)
    • m. at Milford, Oakland County, MI, on 23 December 1891 HARMON EDDY TRAVIS (IGI)
      • b. at Berlin, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, on 1 October 1866 (IGI)
      • d. on 24 October 1940 (IGI)

REFERENCES

Information on this family is found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
Civ War
American Civil War Soldiers. Ancestry.com.
IGI
International Genealogical Index. www.familysearch.org.
Needham
Needham, Diane, Pioneer Families of Highland Twp., Oakland Co., MI. RootsWeb's World Connect Project. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com. 2004.
Oakland Co M
Record of Marriages, 1827-1919. Oakland County (Michigan). County Clerk. International Genealogical Index. www.familysearch.org.
VR MI D
Genealogical Death Indexing System: Michigan. http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/scripts/gendis.
W Highland Cem
West Highland Cemetery, Highland Twp., Oakland Co., MI. Rootsweb.com.

NOTE: This genealogy page contains the information which I have available at this time. It is not a thorough genealogy. If anyone is interested in pursuing this further, contact me at the e-mail address at the bottom of the page, and I can make suggestions for more complete research.

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