JOHN ARTHUR⁸ MAXFIELD was born at San Francisco, California, on 1 October 1876 a son of George Lemuel Maxfield and his wife Clara Bergstrom. He died at San Diego, California, on 29 August 1931. He married first on 25 April 1904 MARY CATHERINE GRIDLEY. She was born at Yolo County, California, on 25 March 1878 and died at Los Angeles, California, on 2 November 1931. John and Mary divorced. He married second about 1927/8 AMY H. ________. She was born at California on 8 September 1879 and died at Santa Clara County, California, on 11 April 1963. Mary (Gridley) Maxfield married second at Orange County, California, on 1 November 1927 GEORGE E. HERGESHEIMER. He was born at Missouri about 1877/8.

John Arthur Maxfield and his first wife Mary Catherine Gridley had the following children:

1. DOROTHY ALICE⁹ MAXFIELD b. at Yolo County on 16 July 1907; m. at Orange County on 16 December 1925 RAY MAURICE CLOUD.
2. HAROLD⁹ MAXFIELD b. at Los Angeles on 6 June 1909; d. at Los Angeles on 12 June 1909.
3. JOHN ARTHUR⁹ MAXFIELD b. at Los Angeles County on 28 December 1913.