Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Ninth Generation

EDWIN GODFREY9 MAXFIELD (Leander8, Albert7, James6, William5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Kansas on 11 August 1882, a child of Leander Maxfield and his second wife Lovilla Thomas. His family moved back to Iowa some time between 1887 and 1892. When Edwin was about ten years old his mother died, about three years later his father died. The 1900 Census (461:42A) reported Edd Maxfield, age 17, a farm laborer in the household of John and Rose Lavison of Clayton Township, Taylor County, Iowa.

Edwin Maxfield married JUANITA GRAY at Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa, on 10 October 1906 (O'Dell). Juanita was born at Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa, on 2 May 1888 (SSDI). The 1910 Census (425:2B) reported this young family at Marshall Township, Taylor County, Iowa:

Line Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
51 Maxfield, Edward head M W 26 M1 KS IA IA laborer, bridge work
52 Maxfield, Juanite wife F W 23 M1 IA PA IA none
53 Maxfield, Bernice daughter F W 3 S IA KS IA none

This document also stated that the couple had been married four years, and that Juanita had given birth to two children, one of whom was living.

When Edwin signed up for the draft at Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, on 12 September 1918 (WWI Draft), he reported the following:

Eddie Godfrey Maxfield, 311 So. Gunnison, Burlington, Des Moines Co., IA
36, b. Aug 11, 1882 white, native
helper, blacksmith, CB&A Ry Co. Shops, W. Burlington, Des Moines Co., IA
relative: Nettie J. Maxfield, 311 S. Gunnison, Burlington, Des Moines Co., IA
medium height, slender, blue eyes, light hair
The Edwin Maxfield family did move around. At the birth of their first child in 1907 they were at Conway, Taylor County, Iowa. The 1910 Census reported them at Marshall Township, Taylor County, but children were born in 1910 and 1913 at New London, Henry County. In 1918 both his draft registration and a child's birth were recorded at Burlington, Des Moines County. The next record I have found is the 1930 Census (2346:24B) which located them at 2315 1/2 Chemeriet Street, Houston, Harris County, Texas.

Line Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
89 Maxfield, Edward head M W 49 M MO US US brick mason, construction
90 Maxfield, Juanita wife F W 42 M IA PA IA mender, laundry
91 Maxfield, Maxine daughter F W 19 S IA MO IA none
92 Maxfield, Don son M W 16 S IA MO IA messenger boy, western union
93 Maxfield, Harry son M W 11 S IA MO IA none

Edwin Godfrey Maxfield died at Houston on 14 Jult 1935 (TX D FS). Juanita, often called Nellie, died at Harris Couty, Texas, on 25 March 1980 (TX D A).

Edwin Godfrey Maxfield and his wife Juanita Gray had the following children:

  1. BERNICE MAY10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Conway, Taylor County, Iowa, on 25 March 1907 (IA B)
    • d. at Conway on 9 May 1910 (O'Dell)
  2. MAXINE MILDRED10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at New London, Henry County, Iowa, on 1 February 1910 (IA B)
  3. DON EDWIN10 MAXFIELD b. at New London, Henry County, Iowa, on 25 July 1913
  4. HARRY DALE10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, on 8 May 1918 (IA B)
    • d. at Houston, Texas, on 13 May 1966 (TX D)
    • m. LETTA BELLE MARTIN
      • b. at Texas on 6 November 1900
      • d. at San Antonio, Texas, on 22 April 1966 car accident (TX D)

REFERENCES

Information on this family is found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
IA B
Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 30 April 2011.
O'Dell
O'Dells Abstract of Newspaper Index of Page and Taylor Counties, Iowa. U.S. Gen Web Archives (files.usgwarchives.net).
TX D
Texas State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Texas Death Certificates, 1890-1976. (Texas State Library, through www.footnote.com).
TX D A
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com). Accessed 8 Nov 2007.
TX D FS
Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 15 December 2011.
WWI Draft
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com).
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