Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Eighth Generation

LORENZO LEMARTIN8 MAXFIELD (William7, James6, William5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Illinois on 28 September 1850 (MO D), a child of William Wallace Maxfield and his first wife Elizabeth Putnam. His parentage is documented by his death record, which gives his father's name, and birth date. Before Lorenzo had reached the age of two, his father had died in attempting to cross the Great Plains to get to the gold in California. When Lorenzo was three his mother remarried. I have not found a record for any members of this family in the 1860 Census.

Lorenzo evidently found his way to Indiana. Before the 1870 Census, he had married SARAH ANN GRAY, who was born at Indiana on 19 October 1849 (Oak Hill Cem). The young family was reported in the 1870 Census (349:100B) at Jackson Township (Mansfield Post Office), Parke County, Indiana:

Name Age Sex Race Occupation R.E. P.E. Birth Other
Maxfield, Loranzo 19 M W blacksmith $100 OH
Maxfield, Sarah 19 F W keeping house IN

Lorenzo remained a blacksmith throughout all records. Lorenzo and Sarah had a child born at Indiana in 1871, a child born at Putnam County, Indiana, in 1876, and a child born at Kansas in 1880. The 1880 Census (394:141A) gave evidence of their move to Richland, Republic County, Kansas:

Line Name Race Sex Age Related MS Occupation B FB MB
6 Maxfield, L. L. W M 29 M blacksmith IL OH ME
7 Maxfield, Sarah A. W F 29 wife M keeping house IN VA VA
8 Maxfield, Melvin O. W M 9 son school IN IL IN
9 Maxfield, Oliver M. W M 5 son school IN IL IN
10 Maxfield, Arthur L. W M 3 mo. KS IL IN

The record stated that Arthur had been born in February of that year. Sarah Ann (Gray) Maxfield died on 8 November 1899 (Oak Hill Cem). The 1900 Census (473:24A) reported a single parent household at Empire City, Cherokee County, Kansas:

Name Related Race Sex Born MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, Lorenze head W M Sep 1849 Wd IL OH ME blacksmith
Maxfield, Melvin O. son W M Jan 1871 S IN IL IN livery barn
Maxfield, Arthur L. son W M Feb 1880 S KS IL IN blacksmith
Maxfield, Clara B. daughter W F Dec 1885 S MO IL IN at school

Son Oliver had been married three years and was at his own home in Empire City.

Lorenzo L. Maxfield married, as his second wife, EMILY (KAST) IRELAN at Crawford County, Kansas, on 4 January 1909 (KS M) Emily was born at Illinois on 14 June 1855 (MO D). The 1900 Census (867:1B-2A) had reported Emily Irelan at Twin Groves, Jasper County, Missouri, managing her farm and the seven of her eleven children who remained at home: Ida (born January 1880), Clarence (born August 1881), Dollie (born November 1883), Claude A. (born April 1886), Minnie (born February 1890), Carrie A. (born March 1892) and Warren J. (born October 1895). Two years before Lorenzo and Emily married, Lorenzo's daughter Clara and Emily's son Claud had married. Three months after their marriage, Emily's daughter Carrie married Lorenzo's son, Oliver. The 1910 Census (792:1A) reported a very blended family at Twin Groves, Jasper County, Missouri:

Line Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
32 Maxfield, Lorenzo L. head M W 59 M2 IL OH ME farmer, general farm
33 Maxfield, Emily wife F W 54 M2 IL PA PA none
34 Maxfield, Melvin O. son M W 40 S IN IL IL miner, lead + zinc
35 Maxfield, Olliver M. son M W 34 M2 IN IL IL farm laborer, home farm
36 Maxfield, Carrie A. daughter-in-law F W 18 M1 MO IN IL none
37 Ireland, Warren C. step-son M W 15 S MO IL IL farm laborer, home farm

This census record also reported that Lorenzo and Emily had been married one year, as had Oliver and Carrie. Emily had twelve children, eleven of whom were living. Carrie had no children. Lorenzo's son Arthur and daughter Clara had gotten married in the intervening decade. Lorenzo's second marriage and move to Emily's farm in Missouri led to his new occupation, for the first time reported as a farmer.

Emily (Kast) (Irelan) Maxfield died at Mineral Township, Jasper County, Missouri, on 13 Manuary 1913 (MO D). Lorenzo Maxfield married as his third wife, at Joplin, Missouri, on 10 May 1915 MARGARET J. (HEON) McCORMICK (MO M). Margaret was born at Arkansas on 12 February 1854 (MO D), a child of Shelton Heon and Polly N. Dill. The 1920 Census (921:12A) reported an "empty nest" couple at 605 North Joplin Street, Joplin, Missouri. Lorenzo, called "Alonzo" in this census, age 65, was now a manufacturer of buttermilk. His wife Margaret, 65, was born at Arkansas. Margaret died at Joplin on 24 January 1924 from peretonitis (MO D).

Widower Lorenzo L. Maxfield was back at Twin Groves Township, Jasper County, at the 1930 Census (1206:5A), living with his daughter and his son-in-law who was also his step-son, Claud and Clara Ireland, and their four children. Lorenzo L. Maxfield died at Joplin, Missouri, on 14 July 1932 (MO D), from a cerebral hemorrhage.

Lorenzo Lemartin Maxfield and his first wife Sarah Ann Gray had the following children:

  1. MELVIN O.9 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Indiana on 28 January 1871 (MO D)
    • d. at Mineral Township, Jasper County, Missouri, on 8 December 1933 (MO D) pulmonary tuberculosis
    • m. at Jasper County on 9 March 1922 ANNA WANAUSDALL (MO M)
  2. OLIVER MORTON9 MAXFIELD b. at Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana, on 27 April 1876
  3. ARTHUR LEMUEL9 MAXFIELD b. at Kansas on 21 February 1880
  4. CLARA BELLE9 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Carterville, Jasper County, Missouri, on 1 December 1885 (MO B)
    • d. on 27 February 1966 (IGI)
    • m. at Carl Junction, Jasper County, Missouri, on 17 November 1907 CLAUD A. IRELAN (MO M)
      • b. at Missouri about April 1886 (1900 census)

REFERENCES

Information on this family is found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
IGI
International Genealogical Index. Family Search (www.familysearch.org).
MO B
Missouri Birth and Stillbirth Records (www.soc.mo.gov/archive). Accessed 12 Aug 2008.
MO D
Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1970. (www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates).
MO M
Missouri Marriages, 1805-2002. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com). Accessed 1 April 2008.
Oak Hill Cem
Oak Hill Cemetery, Gelena, Cherokee Co., KS. Find a grave (findagrave.com).
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