Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Ninth Generation
GILBERT ALLEN9 MAXFIELD (Frederick8, Gilbert7, John6, William5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois on 1 December 1882 (WWI Draft; SSDI) a child of Frederick Glenmore Maxfield and his first wife Mary Mariah Cook.
When Gilbert was thirteen he was bitten by a rattlesnake; the cure was reported in the Daily Inter-Ocean (7 Sep 1895):
HE OWES HIS LIFE TO WHISKY
Boy is Bitten by a Rattlesnake, but Will Survive
Sycamore, Ill., Sept. 6.--Special Telegram.--Gilbert, the 13-year-old son of F. G. Maxfield, living a couple of miles out of town, was bitten by a rattlesnake last night while in the barn feeding the horses. He was kept full of whisky all night, and is in a fair way to recover. The snake was killed. It had a couple of rattles and was about eighteen inches long.
Gilbert Allen Maxfield married MARTHA PAGE at Marshall County, Iowa, on 9 June 1909 (IA M). Martha was born at Iowa about 1887/8 (1930 census).
The 1910 census (413:6A) reported this family at Marietta Township, Marshall County, Iowa:
| Name |
Related |
Sex |
Race |
Age |
MS |
B |
FB |
MB |
Occupation |
| Maxfield, Gilbert A.
|
head
|
M
|
W
|
26
|
M1
|
IL
|
IL
|
VT
|
farmer, general farm
|
| Maxfield, Martha P.
|
wife
|
F
|
W
|
22
|
M1
|
IA
|
IA
|
IN
|
teacher, district school
|
| Thornbury, Amanda J.
|
mother-in-law
|
F
|
W
|
60
|
Wd
|
IN
|
Germany
|
OH
|
nurse, school nurse
|
According to this record, Gilbert and Martha had been married for less than a year.
Gilbert Maxfield registered for the draft at Marshall County on 12 September 1918 (WWI Draft). The draft board recorded the following:
Gilbert Allen Maxfield, RFD #1 Clemons, Marshall Co., IA
35 - b. Dec 1, 1882 white native
farm laborer for A. C. Johnson, Clemons, Marhsall Co., IA
rel: Martha P. Maxfield (wife) RFD #1 Clemons, Marshall Co., IA
medium height, medium build, brown eyes, brown hair
The 1920 Census (502:12A) reported this family at Albion, Marshall County, Iowa:
| Line |
Name |
Related |
Sex |
Race |
Age |
MS |
B |
FB |
MB |
Occupation |
| 5
|
Maxfield, Gilbert A.
|
head
|
M
|
W
|
36
|
M
|
IL
|
IL
|
VT
|
laborer, general
|
| 6
|
Maxfield, Martha
|
wife
|
F
|
W
|
32
|
M
|
IA
|
IL
|
IN
|
none
|
| 7
|
Maxfield, Ruth Louise
|
daughter
|
F
|
W
|
9
|
S
|
IA
|
IL
|
IA
|
none
|
| 8
|
Maxfield, Alice
|
daughter
|
F
|
W
|
6
|
S
|
IA
|
IL
|
IA
|
none
|
| 9
|
Maxfield, Doris
|
daughter
|
F
|
W
|
4 3/12
|
S
|
IA
|
IL
|
IA
|
none
|
| 10
|
Maxfield, Clifford L.
|
son
|
M
|
W
|
3 10/12
|
S
|
IA
|
IL
|
IA
|
none
|
| 11
|
Thornberg, Amanda
|
mother-in-law
|
F
|
W
|
70
|
Wd
|
IN
|
VT
|
OH
|
none
|
The 1930 census (668:4B) reported this much expanded family at Albion, Marshall County, Iowa:
| Name |
Related |
Sex |
Race |
Age |
MS |
B |
FB |
MB |
Occupation |
| Maxfield, Gilbert
|
head
|
M
|
W
|
47
|
M
|
IL
|
IL
|
VT
|
laborer, farm
|
| Maxfield, Martha
|
wife
|
F
|
W
|
42
|
M
|
IA
|
KS
|
IN
|
none
|
| Maxfield, Ruth L.
|
daughter
|
F
|
W
|
19
|
S
|
IA
|
IL
|
IA
|
teacher, rural school
|
| Maxfield, Alice L.
|
daughter
|
F
|
W
|
16
|
S
|
IA
|
IL
|
IA
|
none
|
| Maxfield, Doris
|
daughter
|
F
|
W
|
15
|
S
|
IA
|
IL
|
IA
|
none
|
| Maxfield, Clifford L.
|
son
|
M
|
W
|
12
|
S
|
IA
|
IL
|
IA
|
none
|
| Maxfield, Russell
|
son
|
M
|
W
|
10
|
S
|
IA
|
IL
|
IA
|
none
|
| Maxfield, Fred
|
son
|
M
|
W
|
7
|
S
|
IA
|
IL
|
IA
|
none
|
| Maxfield, William
|
son
|
M
|
W
|
4 11/12
|
S
|
IA
|
IL
|
IA
|
none
|
| Maxfield, Mildred
|
daughter
|
F
|
W
|
1 10/12
|
S
|
IA
|
IL
|
IA
|
none
|
Gilbert Allen Maxfield died on July 1962 (SSDI)
Gilbert Allen Maxfield and his wife Martha Page had the following children (Clysta Jones):
- RUTH LOUISE10 MAXFIELD
- b. at Marietta Township, Marshall County, Iowa on 28 January 1911 (IA B)
- d. on 6 February 1907 (SSDI)
- m. ROBERT BENBOW
- b. on 7 September 1908 (SSDI)
- d. on March 1972 (SSDI)
- ALICE LUCILLE10 MAXFIELD
- b. at Marshall County, Iowa, on 11 December 1913 (SSDI)
- mil. from 20 November 1944 to 8 March 1946 Army (BIRLS)
- d. at Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, on 2 November 1996 (SSDI; obituary). For
obituary
see below
- DORIS WILMA10 MAXFIELD
- b. at Iowa on 20 August 1915 (Wyman)
- m. JAMES RUSSELL (Clysta Jones)
- CLIFFORD LEROY10 MAXFIELD b. at Iowa on 26 February 1917
- JAMES RUSSELL10 MAXFIELD b. at Albion, Iowa on 24 August 1920
- FRED GLENMORE10 MAXFIELD
- b. at Bangor, Marshall County, Iowa on 6 May 1923 (IA B; SSDI)
- mil. from 28 January 1943 to 19 February 1946 Army (BIRLS)
- d. at McKinney, Collins County, Texas on 27 July 1998 (SSDI>; TX D)
- m. JUANITA J. ________
- b. on 19 March 1923 (Ridgeview)
- d. on 28 January 1979 (Ridgeview)
- WILLIAM LYLE10 MAXFIELD
- b. at Bangora on 26 May 1925 (IA B; SSDI)
- mil. from 21 September 1943 to 3 March 1946 Navy (BIRLS)
- d. on 2 July 2001 (SSDI)
- MILDRED ESTHER10 MAXFIELD
- b. at Marshall County on 20 May 1928 (IA B; SSDI)
- d. on May 1986 (SSDI)
- m. ________ AIREY
Obituary: Alice L. Maxfield
Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Nov 5, 1996, page 5
Obituary: Alice L. Maxfield, 82, of Marshalltown died of a stroke Saturday at the Iowa Veterans Home, where she was a resident 11 years. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Estel-Perrin-Avey Funeral Home. Burial will be in Marietta Cemetery.
Miss Maxfield, who retired as a nurse at Veterans Medical Center in Kansas City, was born in Marshall County and returned 11 years ago. She also previously had lived in Des Moines. She was a veteran of the Army Air Corps, having served during World War II, and a member of Albion United Methodist Church and Des Moines Retired Nurses Association.
Among survivors are two sisters, Ruth Benbow of Marshalltown and Doris Maxfield of Sherman, Texas; and three brothers, Fred of McKinney, Texas, William of Marshalltown and James of Alamo, Texas. . . .
REFERENCES
Information on this family is found in:
- Census records
- Clysta Maxfield Jones to Charles Maxfield, Oct 25, 2000. e-mail. (Clysta Jones)
Other sources abbreviated above include:
- BIRLS
- U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem Death File, 1850-2010. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com). Accessed 8 November 2011.
- IA B
- Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 13 October 2011.
- IA M
- Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 5 May 2011.
- Inter-Ocean
- Daily Inter-Ocean, Chicago, IL. Nineteenth Century U. S. Newspapers. New England Historic Genealogical Society, (www.americanancestors.org).
- Ridgeview
- Ridgeview Memorial Park , Allen, Collin County, Texas, USA. Find a grave (findagrave.com). Accessed 4 Jun 2011.
- SSDI
- Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 18 April 2012).
- TX D
- Texas Death Records, 1964-1998. www.rootsweb.com.
- WWI Draft
- World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. ancestry.com
- Wyman
- Wyman, Vincent D., Wyman historic genealogy : ancestors and descendants (1595-1941) of Asa Wetherby Wyman ; Lowell genealogy supplement, ancestors and descendants (1220-1941) of Martin Luther Lowell ; Phelps ancestral lines, Phelps (1520-1941) Foote (1593-1941) St. John-Whiting (1066-1941). Coral Gables: Parker Art Print. Association, 1941. p. 116. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com).
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