Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Ninth Generation

ALBERT PLINY9 MAXFIELD (Adolphus8, William7, James6, William5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Indiana on 3 October 1873 (WWI Draft), a child of Adolphus F. Maxfield and his wife Eliza Ellen Houston.

Albert Pliny Maxfield married NETTIE C. MOSS about 1895/6 (1900, 1910 censuses). Nettie was born at Louisiana on 4 July 1875 (SSDI).

The 1900 census (585:8A) reported Pliny, born at Indiana on October 1873, blacksmith, and his wife Nettie C., born at Louisiana on July 1875, at Vermillion Parish, Louisiana. They had been married four years and had no children.

The 1910 census (514:2A) reported this family at 1115 West Mason Street, New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana:

Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, Albert head M W 37 M1 OH IN OH brick mason, contractor
Maxfield, Nettie wife F W 34 M1 LA LA LA none
Maxfield, Winnie daughter F W 6 S LA OH LA none
Maxfield, Oscar son M W 4 S LA OH LA none
Maxfield, Fenton son M W 8/12 S LA OH LA none
Moss, Ellen C., Mrs. aunt-in-law F W 66 M1/W LA MS SC none

Albert and Nettie had been married fourteen years; she had three children, all living.

When Albert Pliny Maxfield registered for the draft at Lake Charles, Calcasieu Prish, Louisiana, on 12 September 1918, he reported the following (WWI Draft):

Albert Pliny Maxfield, 620 Clarence St., Lake Charles, Calcasieu Co., LA
43 - b. Oct 3, 1874 white, native
bricklayer, self-employed, 620 Clarence St., Lake Charles, Calcasieu Co., LA
rel: Mrs. Nettie Maxfield, 620 Clarence St., Lake Charles, Calc., LA
tall, medium build, gray eyes [illegible] hair
The 1920 census (606:1A) reported that family still at 620 Clarence Street. Albert, 43, born at Indiana, was a house carpenter, wife Nettie E. was 44, daughter Winnie V. 16, son Oscar F. 16, and son Alcee F. 10.

The 1930 census (788:7A) reported the family at the same address. Albert P. Maxfield, age 55, married at age 22, born at Indiana, was a bricklayer. Wife Nettie C., age 54, was married at age 21. Of the children, only Alcee F. remained at home, age 20, a bookkeeper for First National Bank.

Albert Pliny Maxfield died at Lake Charles on 24 October 1947, age 73 (LA D). Nettie C. Maxfield died on 11 May 1974 (Orange Gr Cem; SSDI).

Albert Pliny and Nettie C. Maxfield had the following children:

  1. WINNIE V.10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Louisiana on 4 January 1904 (Rose Hill Cem)
    • d. at Calcasieu Parish on 10 September 1921, age 17 (LA D)
  2. OSCAR FARRINGTON10 MAXFIELD b. at Louisiana on 8 November 1905
  3. ALCEE FENTON10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Louisiana on 9 August 1909 (SSDI)
    • mil. from 25 November 1940 to 2 July 1948 Army (BIRLS)
    • d. at Bibb County, Georgia, on 26 August 1986 (SSDI; GA D)
    • m. on 23 October 1936 MARY CATHERINE FARQUHAR (Alcock)
      • b. on 14 December 1899 (Alcock)
  4. MARTHA LOUISE10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at New Iberia about 1912/3
    • d. at New Iberia on 19 January 1913 (LA D FS)

REFERENCES

Information on this family is found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
Alcock
Alcock, Chas. "Southwest Louisiana." RootsWeb's World Connect Project. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com. 2004
BIRLS
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem Death File, 1850-2010. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com). Accessed 7 November 2011.
GA D
Georgia Deaths, 1919-1998. Ancestry.com. accessed 12 Feb 2006.
LA D
Louisiana Statewide Death Index, 1900-1949. Ancestry.com. Accessed 12 Feb 2006.
LA D FS
Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875; 1894-1954. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 18 May 2011.
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 15 August 2011.
SSDI
Social Security Death Index. http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com.
WWI Draft
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Ancestry.com.
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