Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Eighth Generation

ADOLPHUS F.8 MAXFIELD (William7, James6, William5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at DeKalb County, Illinois, on 25 July 1848 (1900 census; Green), a child of William Wallace Maxfield and his wife Elizabeth Putnam.

Adolphus serve in the Union Army in the Civil War (Civ War)

Name: Adolphus F Maxfield
Residence: Sycamore, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 01 Feb. 1865
Service Record : Enlisted as a Private on 01 Feb. 1865
Enlisted in Company F, 147th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 11 Feb. 1865.
Mustered out Company F, 147th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 20 Jan. 1866 in Savannah, GA
Adolphus Maxfield married ELIZA ELLEN HOUSTON at Knox County, Ohio, on 1 October 1867 (OH M). Eliza was born at Mount Vernon, Konx County, Ohio on 23 August 1887 (TX D), a child of John Houston and Rebecca McCumsey. Their first child was born at Wisconsin in 1868. At the time of the 1870 Census, and the births of their next three children, 1871, 1873 and 1876, they were in Indiana. The 1870 Census (353:197A) found this family at Fillmore Township, Putnam County, Indiana, consisting of A. F. Maxfield, 20, waggon maker, Eliza, 22, and William, 1.

By 1880 they had settled at Prairie Gregg, Vermillion Parish, Louisiana, where the census (473:27C) reported them:

Name Related MS Sex Race Age B Occupation FB MB
A. F. Maxfield M M W 30 IL carriage maker OH ME
Louisa E. Maxfield wife M F W 31 OH keeping house OH OH
Wm. W. Maxfield son S M W 11 WI at home IL OH
Harry Maxfield son S M W 8 IN at home IL OH
Pliny Maxfield son S M W 6 IN at home IL OH
Ella Maxfield daughter S F W 4 IN at home IL OH

The 1900 census (585:1:251A) reported this shrinking family at Abbeville, Vermillion Parish:

Name Related Race Sex Born MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, Adolph F. head W M Jul 1848 M IL IL IL blacksmith
Maxfield, Eliza wife W F Aug 1847 M OH OH OH
Maxfield, Harry son W M Oct 1871 S IN IL OH farmer
Maxfield, Ella May daughter W F Feb 1876 S IN IL OH

Adolph and Eliza had been married 34 years; Eliza had five children, four living.

Adolphus Maxfield died on 30 November 1904 (Green). Eliza was reported living with her son Harry in the 1910 and 1920 censuses. She died at the home of her daughter, at Port Arthur, Texas, on 22 October 1928, from chronic bright's disease (TX D; P Arthur News, 22 Oct 1928, p. 1). She was a member of the Methodist Church of Abbeville, Louisiana.

Adolphus F. Maxfield and his wife Eliza Ellen Houston had the following children, and one other who died young:

  1. WILLIAM WALLACE9 MAXFIELD b. at Wisconsin on 22 August 1869
  2. HARVEY E.9 MAXFIELD b. at Indiana on 19 October 1871
  3. ALBERT PLINY9 MAXFIELD b. at Indiana on 3 October 1873
  4. ELLA MAY9 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Indiana on 1 February 1876 (TX D)
    • d. at Port Arthur, Texas, on 11 February 1941 (TX D; P Arthur News, 12 Feb 1941, p. 2)
    • m WILLIAM CASTINE

REFERENCES

Information on this family is found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
Civ War
American Civil War Soldiers. ancestry.com.
OH M
Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 31 May 2011.
P Arthur News
Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, TX. Newspaper Archive (newspaperarchive.com).
TX D
Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 15 December 2011.
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