Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Seventh Generation

JAMES DWIGHT7 MAXFIELD (James6, Eliphalet5-4-3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, Maine, on 17 February 1838 (NMGR 8:20), a child of James Quimby Maxfield and his third wife Elvira Foster.

James D. Maxfield married SYLVIA STEPHENS ELLIS at Guilford, Maine, on 16 April 1859 (NMGR 8:20). Sylvia was born at Maine on 11 September 1840 (NMGR 8:20), a child of Stephen Ellis and Almeda Robinson.

James D. Maxfield fought in the Civil War (Civ W Sold).

Name: James D Maxfield
Residence: Newport, Maine
Enlistment Date: 14 Aug. 1862
Service Record: Detailed (Detailed, 1862, as Adjutant's clerk)
Promoted to Full Sergeant Major (1863)
Enlisted as a Private on 14 Aug. 1862 at the age of 24
Enlisted in Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment Maine on 14 Aug. 1862.
Received a disability discharge Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment Maine on 09 Sep. 1863
The 1870 Census (556:1:99B) reported this family in the Town of Guilford, Foxcroft Post Office, Maine:

Name Age Sex Race Occupation R.E. P.E. Birth Other
Maxfield, J. D. 32 M W miller $1000 ME
Maxfield, Sylvia L. 30 F W keeping house ME
Maxfield, Lillian M. 9 F W at home ME school
Maxfield, Mattie E. 7 F W at home ME school
Maxfield, Ralph 5 M W at home ME school

The 1880 Census (485:519D) reported the family in the Town of Dexter, Maine, consisting of J. Dwight Maxfield, 41, miller, wife Sylvia S., 39, daughters Lillian M., 19 and Mattie E., 18, and son A. Ralph, 15.

James D. Maxfield died on 14 September 1884 (NMGR 8:20).

Widow Lillian Maxfield was reported in the 1900 Census (597:2:67A) in the Town of Dexter, living with her son-in-law and daughter, Samuel E. and Lillian M. Small. Samuel, born at Maine in January, 1859, operated a grist mill; Lillian, born at Maine in August 1860, had three children, all living. They had been married 20 years. Widow Sylvia Maxfield, born at Maine in September 1840, had three children, two of whom were living. Her occupation was listed as "capitalist."

Sylvia Maxfield was still living at the time of the 1930 census (837:), which reported her living at 248 Lower Main Street, Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine. An 89 year old widow, she had married at the age of 18. With her was her granddaughter, Alice M. Maxfield, 40, single, housekeeper for a private family.

James D. and Sylvia Maxfield had the following children:

  1. LILLIAN MAY8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Corinna, Me (NMGR 8:21) on August 1860 (1900 Census)
    • m. at Dexter on 19 June 1880 SAMUEL L. SMALL (NMGR 8:21)
      • b. at Dexter on 9 January 1858 (NMGR 8:21)
      • child of Samuel C. Small and Sophia Williams
  2. MARTHA ELVIRA8 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Maine on 25 March 1862 (NMGR 8:21)
    • d. on 2 February 1885 (NMGR 8:21)
  3. ABNER RALPH8 MAXFIELD b. at Stetson, Me, on 17 October 1864
Information on this family is found in: Other sources abbreviated above include:
Civ W Sold
American Civil War Soldiers. Ancestry.com.
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