Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Eighth Generation

James Watson Maxfield married ELIZA JANE BROWN at Phillips County, Kansas,on 14 December 1879 (Phillips Co M). Eliza was born at Hixton, Jackson County, Wisconsin, on 23 April 1862 (Lott), a child of Henry Talmage Brown and Elizabeth Doney. They were on his parents' farm in Phillips County at the 1880 Census. Their first child was born at Kansas in 1881.

James Watson Maxfield and family moved to California. He registered to vote at Corning, Tehama County, California, on 29 July 1886, 21 May 1888, 23 May 1894, and 14 April 1896. He registered at Table Rock, Siskiyou County on 19 Aoril 1892 (CA VR). The registration record described him as a farmer with dark complexion, brown eyes, and brown hair, height 5' 9" until 1896, when he was described as fair complexion, hazel eyes, brown hair. Their second child was born at Yreka, Siskiyou County, in 1891; their third and fourth children were born at Corning, Tehama County, in 1894 and 1897.

The 1900 Census (115:15B) reported this family at Corning Township, Tehama County, California:

According to this census record, James and Eliza had been married 21 years. and Eliza had given birth to five children, four of whom were living.

The 1910 census (110:24A) reported Eliza and daughters at Putah Township, Yolo County:

Eliza had been married 31 years; she had four children, three living. The household included one roomer. I find no further reference to son James, and assume he had died. I have not found husband James in the 1910 or 1920 census.

The 1920 census (128:8A) reported Eliza Maxfield, age 57, divorced, at First Street, Davis, Putah Township, Yolo County. The girls were gone and she had two young male roomers.

The 1930 census had entries for Eliza (225:2B) and for James (224:2B). Eliza Maxfield resided at 103 B Street, Davis, age 67, married at 19, a nurse. James W. Maxfield was boarding with George and Lulu Simpson at Main Street, Gerber Township, Tehama Town, Tehama County. James was 70, divorced, married at 22, a carpenter with his own shop.

Eliza Jane (Brown) Maxfield died at Davis, Yolo County, on 28 September 1938 (Lott). James Watson Maxfield died at Corning, Temaha County, on 30 May 1940 (CA D)

James Watson Maxfield and his wife Eliza Jane Brown had the following children:

1. JAMES WATSON⁹ MAXFIELD
   • b. on 28 October 1881 (Lott)
   • d. between 1900 and 1910
2. ELIZABETH ESTHER⁹ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Yreka, Siskiyou County, California, on 20 July 1891 (Lott)
   • d. at Davis, Yolo County, California, on 19 February 1973 (Lott)
   • m. at Sacramento, California, on 21 September 1910 JOHN JACOBSON (Woodland Democrat 27 Sep 1910, p. 4)
3. VERA LAVERNE⁹ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Corning, Tehama County, California, on 2 September 1894 (CA D, Lott)
   • d. at Concord, Contra Costa County, California, on 23 September 1958 (CA D, Lott)
   • m. at Davis on 31 May 1916 RALPH RAYMOND LAEDERICH (Lott)
4. RUTH IMOGENE⁹ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Corning on March 1897 (1900 census; place from Lott)
   • d. at Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, on 20 September 1958 (Lott)
   • m. LEONARD ROYSE (Lott)

Information on this family is found in:

• Census Records
• Lott, Betty. Family Search Ancestral File. http://www.familysearch.org. (Lott)

CA D

State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramenta, Ca.: State of California, Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, 19--, Reprint: Provo, Ut.: Ancestry.com, 2000.

CA VR

California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com). Accessed 29 Aug 2011.

Phillips Co M

Phillips County, Kansas, Marriage Record. U.S. Gen Web Archives (files.usgwarchives.net).

Woodland Democrat

Woodland Daily Democrat, Woodland CA. Newspaper Archive (newspaperarchive.com).