Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Seventh Generation
NATHANIEL DEXTER7 MAXFIELD (Oren6, Eliphalet5, Nathaniel4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Toulon, Illinois, on 15 August 1847 (NMGR 7:90), a child of Oren Maxfield and his wife Chloe Dexter.
SOPHIA PARISH married Nathaniel D. Maxfield at Toulon on 5 December 1872 (IL M). A daughter of Esquire Parrish and Sophia Aulthouse, Sophia Parish was born at Toulon on 19 August 1852 (NMGR 7:91).
The Nathaniel Maxfield family lived on a farm near Toulon until about 1882. Then they moved to a farm near Fairmont, Nebraska. In 1901 Nathaniel and Sophia retired from the farm and moved into the town of Fairmont (NMGR 7:90).
The 1880 Census (252:433) reported this family in West Toulon Township, Stark County, consisting of Dexter, wife Sophia (age 26), and children Chloe (age 6), Fred (age 4) and Otis C. (age 2).
The 1900 Census (926:2:83A) reported the family at Fairmont:
| Name |
Related |
Race |
Sex |
Born |
MS |
B |
FB |
MB |
Occupation |
| Maxfield, Nathaniel D.
|
head
|
W
|
M
|
Aug 1847
|
M
|
IL
|
ME
|
ME
|
farmer
|
| Maxfield, Sophia
|
wife
|
W
|
F
|
Aug 1852
|
M
|
IL
|
Canada
|
Canada (French)
|
|
| Maxfield, Otis C.
|
son
|
M
|
W
|
Aug 1877
|
S
|
IL
|
IL
|
IL
|
farm laborer
|
| Maxfield, Minnie C.
|
daughter
|
W
|
F
|
Jan 1886
|
S
|
NE
|
IL
|
IL
|
at school
|
| Maxfield, Genevieve E.
|
daughter
|
W
|
F
|
Mar 1893
|
S
|
NE
|
IL
|
IL
|
at school
|
The Census record also indicated that Sophia had five children, all living.
The 1910 Census (845:3:61B) reported Dexter N. Maxfield, 63, his wife Sophie, 58, and daughter Genevieve E., 17, living at Violet Avenue, Fairmont.
The 1920 Census (985:9B) reported the family living on Violet Avenue, Fairmont, and consisting of N. Dexter, Sophia, and daughter Ethel G., who was a stenographer.
Nathaniel Dexter died at Fairmont on 31 August 1920 (NMGR 7:90). Sophia, his widow, died in Lincoln, Nebraska, on 31 August 1923 (NMGR 7:91).
Nathaniel and Sophia Maxfield had the following children:
- CHLOE ESTHER8 MAXFIELD
- b. at Toulon on 3 September 1873 (NMGR 7:91)
- religion. Lutheran. member, Grace Lutheran Church, Lincoln, NE (NMGR 7:91)
- d. at Lincoln on 18 November 1927 (NMGR 7:91)
- m. at Fairmont on 13 June 1894 DANIEL TUTTY (NMGR 7:91)
- b. at King City, MO, on 23 May 1874 (NMGR 7:91)
- child of Kirman Tutty and Matilda Coster
- GEORGE FREDERICK8 MAXFIELD b. at Toulon on 19 January 1876
- OTIS CARLTON8 MAXFIELD
- b. at Toulon on 29 August 1877
- census. 1910 at Lincoln, Nebraska (850:1:6B)
- Maxfield, Carl lodger M W 30 single, b. IL, parents b. IL IL, motorman, street railroad
- Draft reg. at Douglas County, Nebraska on 12 September 1918 (WWI Draft)
Otis Carlton Maxfield
2201 Vinton St., Omaha, Douglas Co., NE
41; b. Aug 29, 1877 white
motorman, Oma + Co. B. Sta. Ry. Co., 24 + Vinton, Omaha
rel: Mrs. Grace Maxfield, 1829 O St., Lincoln, NE
tall, slender, blue eyes, brown hair, person states one toe missing
NOTE: I cannot identify Grace
- occ. employed by Omaha and Council Bluffs Street RR Co, Omaha, NE, in 1929 (NMGR 7:91)
- Census. 1930 at Omaha, Nebraska
- Maxfield, Carl roomer M W 52 divorced b. IL, parents b. IL IL, motorman, street railway
- d. at Craighead County, Arkansas, on 21 May 1937 (AR D)
- MINNIE CECILIA8 MAXFIELD
- b. at Fairmont on 31 January 1886
- m. at Fairmont on 25 January 1905 DELBERT A. STONE (NMGR 7:91)
- b. at Fairmont on 28 August 1881 (SSDI; NMGR 7:91)
- child of Oscar L. Stone
- d. in July 1968, res. Lincoln (SSDI)
- GENEVIEVE ETHELYN8 MAXFIELD
- b. at Fairmont on 24 March 1893 (SSDI; NMGR 7:91)
- d. in August 1971, res. Lincoln ("Ethel Beckman") (SSDI)
- m. at Lincoln on 11 November 1920 ARTHUR OLIVER BECKMAN (NMGR 7:91)
- b. at Omaha on 12 November 1892 (NMGR 7:91)
- child of August P. Beckman and Josephine W. Larson
- occ. post office employee, Lincoln (NMGR 7:91)
Information on this family is found in:
- Wright, Elizabeth, ed., "John Maxfield, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, 1652, and Some of His Descendants." Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record 7:90-91. (NMGR)
- French, Harry Dana, Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass. abt 1952. Manuscript, New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH.
- Census Records (transcription of soundex record provided by Michael Maxfield)
Other sources abbreviated above include:
- AR D
- Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950. Ancestry.com. Accessed 9 Apr 2005
- IL M
- Illinois State Archives. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900. www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/genealogy/marrsrch.html.
- SSDI
- Social Security Death Index. http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search.asp.
- WWI Draft
- World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Ancestry.com.
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