Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Ninth Generation

WILLIAM WALLACE9 MAXFIELD (Adolphus8, William7, James6, William5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Wisconsin on 22 August 1869 (Orange Gr Cem), a child of Adolphus F. Maxfield and his wife Eliza Ellen Houston. William grew up with his family in Indiana and probably moved with them to Louisiana between 1876 and 1880.

William Wallace Maxfield married STELLA DEE MOSS about 1894 (1900, 1910 censuses). Stella was born at Opelousas, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana, on 2 April 1872 (Rose Hill Cem), a child of W. O. Moss and Elizabeth Lewis.

The 1900 census (585:4A) reported this family at Abbeville, Vermillion Parish, Louisiana:

Name Related Race Sex Born MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, William head W M Aug 1868 M WI IL OH blacksmith
Maxfield, Stella D. wife W F Apr 1872 M LA LA LA
Maxfield, William W. son W M May 1897 S LA WI LA
Maxfield, Nettiemay daughter W F Apr 1900 S LA WO LA

William and Stella had been married five years; Stella had three children, two living.

By 1910 the family had grow to full size and was living at 1222 Cimmion Street, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (511:3B):

Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, Willie M W 40 M1 IL OH OH engineer, saw mill
Maxfield, Stella wife F W 33 M1 LA LA LA none
Maxfield, Wallace son M W 13 S LA IL LA none
Maxfield, Nettie M. daughter F W 10 S LA IL LA none
Maxfield, Mabel daughter F W 7 S LA IL LA none
Maxfield, Thelma daughter F W 5 S LA IL LA none

Willie and Stella had been married 16 years; Stella had four children, all living.

William and Stella probably divorced before 1920. In that census, William was reported as divorced, and after one intervening household, Stella was reported as widowed. William Maxfield was reported (606:11B) at 1010 East Street, Lake Charles, in the household of Julie Barbee:

Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, William roomer M W 51 D US US US carpenter, ship

Stella Maxfield and family were reported (606:11B) at 1017 Pithorn Street:

Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, Stella D. head F W 40 Wd LA LA LA none
Maxfield, William W. son M W 22 [?] LA IN LA mechanic, automobile
Brown, Nettie May daughter F W 19 M LA IN LA none
Brown, Paul son-in-law M W 26 M LA GA GA carpenter, house
Maxfield, Thelma daughter F W 15 S LA IN LA none

The household also included two unrelated roomers. The census elsewhere reported son William with his family at Jefferson Davis Parish.

Stella Maxfield died at Lake Charles on 27 August 1921, age 49 (LA D; Rose Hill Cem). William Wallace Maxfield died at Calcasieu Parish on 15 June 1928 (LA D; Orange Gr Cem).

Orange Grove Cemetery, Lake Charles, Louisiana
findagrave.com
Rose Hill Cemetery, New Iberia, Louisiana
findagrave.com

William Wallace Maxfield and his wife Stella Dee Moss had the following children:

  1. WILLIAM WALLACE10 MAXFIELD b. at Abbeville, Louisiana on 17 May 18976
  2. NETTIE MAY10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Abbeville on 8 April 1900 (Rose Hill Cem)
    • d. at New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, on 5 December 1921, age 21 (New Orleans D; Rose Hill Cem)
    • m. before 1900 PAUL BROWN
      • b. at Louisiana about 1893 (1920 census)
  3. MABEL EVA10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Abbeville on 27 April 1902 (TX D)
    • d. at Houston, Texas, on 28 June 1946 (TX D)
    • m. S. M. SMALLEY
  4. THELMA IRENE10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Vermillion Parish on 20 April 1905 (Green)
    • d. at Shelby County, Tennessee, on 17 July 1977 (Green)
    • m. on 19 July 1921 WILLIAM EDGAR GREEN (Green)
      • b. at Prentiss County, Mississippi, on 27 October 1899 (Green)
      • d. at Shelby County, Tennessee, on 14 November 1975 (Green)

REFERENCES

Information on this family is found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
LA D
Louisiana Statewide Death Index, 1900-1949. ancestry.com.
New Orleans D
New Orleans, Louisiana, Death Records Index, 1804-1949. ancestry.com.
Orange Gr Cem
Orange Grove Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, LA. Find a grave (findagrave.com). Accessed 13 March 2011.
Rose Hill Cem
Rose Hill Cemetery , New Iberia, Iberia Parish, LA. Find a grave (findagrave.com). Accessed 10 October 2011.
TX D
Texas State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Texas Death Certificates, 1890-1976. (Texas State Library, through www.footnote.com).
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