Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Eighth Generation

Within four months of Frank's birth, his father died. Frank was reported with his mother in the 1860 census, with his brother Abel in the 1870 and 1880 censuses.

Frank Maxfield married MARY ANN SMITH at Georgia on 21 July 1880 (VR Georgia 190). He was a farmer, age 26, born and living in Georgia. She was born at Vermont on August 1860, child of William and Sarah Smith (1900 census, year in Georgia Cem 257).

The Frank Maxfield family was reported in the 1900 census (1692:1:129A) at Georgia, Vermont, as follows:

Frank and Mary had been married 20 years; Mary had three children, all living.

In 1910 the census (1614:2:135A) again reported this family at Georgia, with only one household listed between Frank and his borther Abel:

The record also stated that Frank and Mary had neither been previously married, they had been married 30 years, and Mary had three children, all living. Flora had been married nine years, and had one child, living. The Smiths had not been previously married, and had been married 55 years.

Mary Ann (Smith) Maxfield died at Georgia on 5 May 1915 (VT D), and was buried at Hope Cemetery, Georgia. Frank Miner Maxfield died at Georgia on 15 February 1916 of tuberculosis at age 61 (VR Georgia 190; Georgia Cem 257), and was buried at East Plains Cemetery, Georgia, on the 17th (VR Georgia 190).

Frank Miner Maxfield and his wife Mary Ann Smith had the following children:

1. WILLIAM CARLTON⁹ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Georgia on 30 December 1881 (VR Georgia 190)
   • baptism. at Georgia on 12 October 1890 at the Episcopal Church (VR Georgia 190)
   • draft registration at Franklin County, Vermont, on 12 September 1918 (WWI Draft Reg)
     William Carleton Maxfield
     East Georgia, Franklin Co., VT
     age 36; b. Dec 31, 1881 white
     RFD mail carrier, U. S. Government, East Georgia, Franklin Co., VT
     relative: Mrs. Flora Shepard, RD 1 East Georgia (sister)
     medium height, stout, blue eyes, light hair
   • census. 1920 at Georgia, East Georgia Road, in household of Carrie Spaulding (1872:10B)
     • Maxfield, William, boarder, male, white, 33, single, b. VT, parents b. VT VT, laborer, general farm
   • census. 1930 at Georgia (2428:7A)
     • Spalding, Carrie A., head, female, white, 62, Widow, b. VT, parents b. VT VT, postmistress, post office
     • Ladd, Ralph, son-in-law, male, white, 50, married at age 28, b. VT, parents b. VT VT, carpenter, house
     • Ladd, Daisy, daughter, female, white, 41, married at age 19, b. VT, parents b. IL VT, sales lady, general store
     • Ladd, Doris, granddaughter, female, white, 20, single, b. VT, parents b. VT VT, teacher, private music
     • Maxfield, William, son-in-law, male, white, 48, married at 38, b VT, parents b. VT VT, express agent, express co.
     • Maxfield, Jennie, daughter, female, white, 43, married at 33, b. VT, parents b. VT VT, post mistress, post office
   • draft reg. at Franklin County on 27 April 1942 (WWII Draft)
     William Carleton Maxfield, Georgia, Franklin Co., VT; mail: East Georgia, VT; 60
     b. Georgia, VT, Dec 31, 1881; contact: Jennie S. Maxfield
     employer: myself + mail messenger, East Georgia
   • d. at Burlington, Vermont, on 13 March 1950 (Fairfax Gen, Georgia Cem 257)
   • m. on 10 November 1920 JENNIE MARIE SPALDING (Georgia Families)
     • b. at Georgia on 25 February 1887 (VT D)
     • d. at Saint Albans, Vermont, on 27 February 1965 (VT D)
2. FLORA SMITH⁹ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Georgia on 9 September 1883 (VR Georgia 190)
   • baptism. at Georgia on 12 October 1890 (VR Georgia 190)
   • m (1). at Georgia on 19 March 1901 FRANCIS E. GOULD (VT VR)
     • b. at Bangor, Maine, about 1865/6
   • m (2). before 1918 FRED E. SHEPARD (Georgia Cem, 268)
     • b. in 1872
     • d. in 1936
3. LEONA⁹ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Georgia on 9 September 1883 (VR Georgia 190)
   • d. at Saint Albans on 28 January 1974 (VT VR
   • m. at Monkton, Vermont, on 5 December 1900 ITHA A. SHEPARD (VT VR)
     • b. at Hinesburg, Vermont, about 1869/70
4. PEARL ALEXANDER⁹ MAXFIELD b. at Georgia on 9 March 1886
5. RALPH⁹ MAXFIELD (Georgia Families)

Information on this family is found in:

• Census records

Fairfax Gen

Raymond, Henry A. Fairfax Genealogy Listing. at Fairfax, VT, Town Clerk's Office

Georgia Cem

Mallett, Peter S., ed. Cemeteries of Georgia, Vermont. self-published; sponsored by Georgia Historical Society.

Georgia Families

Martell, Arleus J. Families of Georgia. Georgia, Vt: Georgia Historical Society, 2001

SSDI

Social Security Death Index. http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com.

VR Georgia

Mallett, Peter S., ed. Georgia, Vermont, Vital Records. Genealogical Society of Vermont: Special Publication No. 4. St. Albans, Vt.: Genealogical Society of Vermont, 1995.

VT D

Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com)

VT VR

Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 19 August 2011.

WWI Draft Reg

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. ancestry.com.

WWII Draft

World War II Draft Registration Cards; 4th Registration, 1942, for persons ages 45 to 64. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com).