Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Seventh Generation

JOHN BENNOCK7 MAXFIELD (Oren6, Eliphalet5, Nathaniel4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Toulon, Stark County, Illinois on 13 June 1837 (NMGR 7:89), a child of Oren Maxfield and his wife Chloe Dexter.

John B. Maxfield married SARAH SHOCKLEY at Stark County on 21 June 1859 (IL M). Sarah was born at Ohio about 1839 (1838/9 in 1860 census, 1840/1 in 1880 Census; 1843/4 in 1870 Census).

The 1860 census (229:991) reported Sarah S. Maxfield (21 b. OH), and John Maxfield (23 b. ME, laborer) in the household of Eli (56) and Sarah (42) Shockley.

The 1870 Census (278:1:452B) reported this family in Toulon:

Name Age Sex Race Occupation R.E. P.E. Birth Other
Maxfield, John B. 33 M W laborer $100 ME
Maxfield, Sarah 26 F W keeping house OH
Maxfield, Mary 9 F W IL school
Maxfield, Colenel 6 M W IL school
Maxfield, Charles H. 3 M W IL

"Colenel" was evidently the nickname of son Elias Ellsworth.

The 1880 Census (252:378) found this family in Goshen Township, Stark County. The family consisted of J. B. (age 43, brickmaker), wife Sarah A. (age 39), daughter Mary (age 18), son Elias E. (age 17) and daughter Luella (age 4).

Sarah died in May of 1892 (NMGR 7:89).

John B. Maxfield married second, Mrs. MATHILDA (HOADLEY) MASON, at Stark County on 5 February 1895 (IL M). Mathilda was born at New York in November 1838 (1900 Census). She had previously married, probably before 1859, a man surnamed MASON, who was born in Rhode Island, and probably died before 1895.

The 1900 Census (345:10B) found John B. Maxfield (born at Maine in June 1837, farmer) and his wife Matilda (b. at New York in November 1838) at Toulon Township. They had been married five years; Matilda had one child, who was living.

John B. Maxfield died on 9 January 1910 (NMGR 7:89).

Widow Mathilda Maxfield (age 80) was reported in the 1920 Census (409:2B) at Toulon Township in the household of her son-in-law Charles T. Hoadley, (age 64, farmer) and daughter Abbie I. Hoadley (age 60, born at New York).

John B. Maxfield and his first wife Sarah had the following children:

  1. MARY S.8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Illinois abt 1861/2 (1880 Census)
    • res. at Galesburg, IL, in 1903 (NMGR 7:89)
    • m. at Stark County on 25 September 1879 JOHN F. BARTON (IL M)
  2. ELIAS ELLSWORTH8 MAXFIELD b. Feb 12, 1863
  3. CHARLES H.8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Illinois on 20 July 1866 (NMGR 7:89)
    • d. on 23 April 1873 (NMGR 7:89)
  4. EUGENE L.8 MAXFIELD
    • b. on 1 October 1871 (NMGR 8:19)
    • d. on 7 November 1878 (NMGR 7:89)
  5. LUELLA8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Illinois on 19 March 1876 (NMGR 7:89)
    • res. at Rock Island, IL, in 1929 (NMGR 7:89)
    • m. at Knox County, IL, on 22 September 1896 CHARLES A. TEMPLE (IL M)
Mathilda Hoadley Mason Maxfield had at least one child by her first marriage:
  1. ABBIE I. MASON
    • b. at New York abt 1859 (1920 Census)
    • m. probably bef 1898 Charles T. Hoadley
      • b. at Illinois abt 1855 (1920 Census)
Information on this family is found in: Other sources abbreviated above include:
IL M
Illinois State Archives. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900. www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/genealogy/marrsrch.html.
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