Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Seventh Generation

ROUSE BROWN7 MAXFIELD (Rufus6, Eliphalet5, Nathaniel4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Ohio Town, Herkimer County, New York on 29 June 1847 (Morgan). His parents were Rufus G. Maxfield and his second wife Mehitable Bennett.

Rouse fought in the Civil War from 28 October 1862 to 16 June 1865 (Civ W Sold):

Name: Rouse B Maxfield,
Enlistment Date: 28 Oct. 1862
Service Record : Enlisted as a Private on 28 Oct. 1862 at the age of 21
Enlisted in Company E, 97th Infantry Regiment New York on 28 Oct. 1862.
Wounded on 01 Jul. 1863 at Gettysburg, PA
Received a disability discharge Company E, 97th Infantry Regiment New York on 16 Jun. 1865 in Ball's Cross Roads, VA
In 1868, at age 21, he was living in Grant Town, Herkimer County (NMGR 7:67). In the 1870 Census he was listed in the Town of Russia, in Herkimer County, in a household with unrelated persons. In that census he was described as 22 years old, male, white, a medical student, born in New York (Morgan).

Rouse Maxfield married ELLA M. MOYER (Morgan) about 1875/6 (1900 Census). She was born at New York on October 1856 (1900 Census), a child of David Moyer of Taberg, Oneida County, New York. Rouse was living in Taberg in 1875 (Morgan). Rouse Maxfield of Taberg was a teacher, county clerk, and pension attorney (Morgan).

The 1880 Census (902:17A) reported the Rouse Maxfield family at Taberg:

Name Related MS Sex Race Age B Occupation FB MB
R. B. Maxfield self M M W 32 NY justice of the peace ME NY
Ella Maxfield wife M F W 23 NY keeping house NY RI
Grace Maxfield daughter S F W 3 NY NY NY
Bessie Maxfield daughter S F W 1 NY NY NY

In 1900 the Census (1132:2:12) found this family at Prospect Village, in the Town of Trenton, Oneida County, New York:

Name Related Race Sex Born MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, Rouse head W M Jun 1847 M NY NY NY detective
Maxfield, Ella M. wife W F Oct 1856 M NY NY RI
Maxfield, Grace M. daughter W F Oct 1876 S NY NY NY retired school teacher

The census also reported that Ella had two children, one of whom was living.

The 1910 census (1052:1:94A) reported Rouse B. Maxfield, 62, excise agent, and his wife Ella M., 53, on Hinckley street, Trenton, New York.

Rouse Maxfield died at Prospect Village on 29 January 1914 (VR NY).

The 1920 census (1243:3B) reported widow Ella Maxfield at the same location as follows:

Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, Ella head F W 63 W NY NY RI none
Bowles, Grace M. daughter F W 43 M NY NY NY school teacher
village school
Bowles, Orangs A. son-in-law M W 43 M NY NY NY salesman
Standard Oli Co.

The 1930 census (1621:2B) reported the same three persons at the same location. It is not clear if her son-in-law was "Orange" or "Grange" Cowles. He was proprietor of a retail furniture store.

Ella Maxfield died at Prospect on 25 December 1933 (VR NY).

Rouse and Ella Maxfield had the following children:

  1. GRACE M.8 MAXFIELD (M. E. Morgan)
    • b. at New York on October 1876 (1900 Census)
    • m. ORANGE A. COWLES (1930 census)
      • b. at New York about 1876
  2. BESSIE MAUD8 MAXFIELD
    • b. abt 1878/9 (from age at death and 1880 Census)
    • d. at Utica, NY, on 20 April 1886 (Rome Citizen D)
      • In Utica, New York, at 12:30 A.M., April 20, 1886, Bessie Maud Maxfield, daughter of Rouse B. and Ella M. Maxfield, aged 7 years. The remains were brought to Taberg, N.Y. for burial--Rome Citizen 4/23/1886.
Information on this family is found in: Other sources abbreviated above include:
Civ W Sold
American Civil War Soldiers. Ancestry.com.
Rome Citizen D
Rome Citizen Death Notices in 1886. Rootsweb: New York: Oneida County. www.rootsweb.com.
VR NY
Vital Records of New York--Index.
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