John B. Maxfield married LYDIA _______, who appeared as his wife in the 1860 Census. She was born at Maine about 1833/4 (1870 Census).
The 1860 Census (447:) reported this family in the Town of Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine. John B. Maxfield, 31, was a miller. Lydia Maxfield, 28, Fanny O. Maxfield, 4, and Harry Maxfield, 1, completed the family. Mary Crocker, 24, factory operative, also lived with the family.
The 1870 Census (559:1:348A) reported this family at Ripley, Somerset County, Maine:
Name | Age | Sex | Race | Occupation | R.E. | P.E. | Birth | Other |
Maxfield, John B. | 41 | M | W | farmer | ME | |||
Maxfield, Lydia | 36 | F | W | keeping house | ME | |||
Maxfield, Fannie S. | 14 | F | W | at home | ME | school | ||
Maxfield, William H. | 11 | M | W | at home | ME | school | ||
Maxfield, Herbert W. | 9 | M | W | at home | ME | school | ||
Maxfield, Stephen G. | 7 | M | W | at home | ME | school |
John B. Maxfield probably died before 1880, as he did not appear in the census. The 1880 Census (488:519C) reported Lydia and her son H. W. living with her daughter and son-in-law, W. M. and Fannie Higgins, at Starks, Somerset County, Maine. W. M. Higgins, age 34, was a merchant; H. W. Maxfield was a farm laborer.
John B. Maxfield and his wife Lydia had the following children:
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