Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Eighth Generation

HARRY CHARLES8 MAXFIELD (William7, David6, possibly Isaac5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Wisconsin on March 1876 (1900 census), a child of William Frederick Maxfield and his wife Lydia Grimmer. His family moved to Nebraska before he was three years old, at which age his mother died, and the family was scattered.

Charles Maxfield of Chickasawba Township, Mississippi County, Arkansas, married VICTORIA MAY COLBERT of the same township, at Mississippi County, on 3 November 1895 (AR M). Victoria was born at Arkansas on November 1875 (1900 census).

The 1900 Census (68:18B) reported the family at Chickasawba Township:

Name Related Race Sex Born MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, Harry C. head W M Mar 1876 M WI WI WI farmer
Maxfield, Victoria M. wife W F Nov 1878 M AR AR AR
Maxfield, Viola F. daughter W F Oct 1897 AR WI AR
Maxfield, Clarence H. son W M May 1900 S AR WI AR

This census record confirmed that Harry and Victoria had been married four years, and reported that Victoria had given birth to three children, two of whom were living.

By 1910 the family had moved to Dobson Township, Poinsett County, Arkansas, where the census (61:8A) reported them (The record is blurred and difficult to read):

Line Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
2 Maxfield, Charles M. head M W 38 M1 WI NE WI farmer, general farm
3 Maxfield, Vicky wife F W 27 M1 AR WI TN farm laborer, home farm
4 Maxfield, Edith M. daughter F W 8 S AR WI AR none
5 Maxfield, Roy L. son M W 7 S AR WI AR none
6 Maxfield, Arnis daughter F W 3 S AR WI AR none
7 Maxfield, Arles son M W 1/12 S AR WI AR none

Charles and Vicky had been married fourteen years; Vicky had eight children, of whom four were living. The deceased children probably included Viola and Clarence, reported in 1900, one other that died before 1900 and one after 1900. The names of the last two children are very difficult to read. "Arnis" is probably Inez, who appears in the 1920 census. "Arles" is not reported again.

I have no further record of Harry Charles Maxfield. The 1920 Census (1471:3b) reported Victoria married to LEANDER J. PHILPOT, living at Lone Dove Road, Miller Township, Seminole County, Oklahoma. The youngest Maxfield child was one year old, indicating that Harry must have lived at least until 1918.

Line Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
63 Philpot, Leander J. head M W 41 M AR MS AL farmer, general farm
64 Philpot, Victory wife F W 41 M AR WI AR none
65 Philpot, Barney son M W 16 S OK AR AR farm hand, home farm
66 Philpot, Rube son M W 12 S OK AR AR
67 Philpot Willie daughter F W 10 S OK AR AR
68 Philpot, Minnie daughter F W 8 S OK AR AR
69 Philpot, Mildrid daughter F W 5 S OK AR AR
70 Philpot, Pauline daughter F W 2 S OK AR AR
71 Maxfield, Leroy stepson M W 16 S AR WI AR farmhand home farm
72 Maxfield, Inez stepdaughter F W 12 S AR AR AR
73 Maxfield, Elmer stepson M W 9 S AR AR AR
74 Maxfield, Cecil stepson W W 1 S AR AR AR

According to the 1930 Census (1897:4B), Victoria was a widow and had returned to her surname of Maxfield. This census reported a son surnamed Maxfield, age nine. This creates a puzzle. Did the census taker mistakenly give a Philpot the surname of Maxfield? Or is there some other explanation? The family resided at Cleveland Township, Cimarron County, Oklahoma:

Line Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
92 Maxfield, Victory M. head F W 54 WD AR TN AR housekeeper, farm home
93 Maxfield, Elmer M. son M W 20 S AR US AR laborer, farm stock
94 Maxfield, Cecil M. son M W 18 S AR US AR laborer, grain farm
95 Maxfield, Ernest H. son M W 9 S AR US AR none

Victoria Maxfield died later in the year 1930 (Bertrand Cem).

Harry Charles Maxfield and his wife Victoria May Colbert had the following children:

  1. VIOLA F.9 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Arkansas on October 1897 (1900 Census)
    • d. probably before 1910
  2. CLARENCE H.9 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Arkansas on May 1900 (1900 Census)
    • d. probably before 1910
  3. EDITH M.9 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Arkansas on 3 February 1902 (CA D)
    • d. at Kern County, California, on 30 December 1946 (CA D)
    • m. at Holdenville, Hughes County, Oklahoma, on 22 September 1917 GUY CARRUTH (OK M)
  4. LEROY9 MAXFIELD b. at Arkansas on 28 May 1903
  5. INEZ9 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Arkansas about 1907 (1910 census)
  6. ARLES9 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Arkansas about March 1910 (1910 census)
    • d. probably before 1920 (not in census)
  7. ELMER M.9 MAXFIELD b. at Arkansas on 24 March 1912
  8. CECIL M.9 MAXFIELD b. at Arkansas on 29 January 1913
  9. possibly ERNEST H.9 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Arkansas about 1920/1 (1930 census)

REFERENCES

Information on this family is found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
Bertrand Cem
Bertrand Cemetery, Felt, Cimarron County, OK. Find a grave (findagrave.com).
AR M
Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 27 April 2011.
CA D
California Death Index, 1940-1997. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com). Accessed 15 Jun 2005.
OK M
Oklahoma County Marriages, 1891-1959. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 3 June 2011.
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