Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Ninth Generation

ARTHUR LEMUEL9 MAXFIELD (Lorenzo8, William7, James6, William5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Kansas on 21 February 1880 (CA D; WWI Draft), a child of Lorenzo Lemartin Maxfield and his first wife Sarah Ann Gray. Arthur married MADGE LaBARR at Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, on 14 May 1904 (MO M). Madge was born at Missouri on 12 December 1883 (CA D; SSDI).

The 1910 Census (791:11B) reported the family at Joplin, Missouri:

Line Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
54 Maxfield, Arthur L. head M W 30 M1 KS KS KS policeman, city
55 Maxfield, Madge wife F W 26 M1 MO IL TN none
56 Maxfield, William S. son M W 1 S MO KS MO none

Arthur and Madge had been married six years; Madge had given birth to one child, who was living.

Arthur Maxfield registered for the draft at Jasper County on 12 September 1918 (WWI Draft) and reported the following:

Arthur Lemuel Maxfield, Chitwood, Jasper Co., MO
38 - b. Feb 21, 1880 white native
detective, City of Joplin, Police Dept., Joplin, Jasper Co., MO
relative: Madge Maxfield, Chitwood, Jasper Co., MO
tall, medium build, gray eyes, dark brown hair
The 1920 Census (922:9A) reported the family at 306 North Maple Avenue, Joplin. Arthur Maxfield, 34, was a blacksmith at tin mines, wifer Madge was 36, son Gale W. Maxfield was 11. The 1930 Census (1205:4B) found Arthur and Madge at the same address. He was 50, she 46. He worked as a blacksmith for Keystone Drillers. Son Gayle had moved to Los Angeles, California, where he lived with an aunt and uncle, Ethel and Frank Denton, and worked as a salesman for a retain ice company.

Arthur and Madge Maxfield probably followed their son to California, as both died at Los Angeles County. Arthur died on 20 January 1947 (CA D), Madge on 21 May 1975 (CA D; SSDI).

Arthur Lemuel Maxfield and his wife Madge LaBarr had the following child:

  1. WILLARD GALE10 MAXFIELD b. at Missouri on 28 July 1908.

REFERENCES

Information on this family is found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
CA D
State of California, California Death Index, 1940-1997 (Sacramenta, Ca.: State of California, Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, 19--, Reprint: Provo, Ut.: Ancestry.com, 2000).
MO M
Missouri Marriages, 1805-2002. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com). Accessed 1 April 2008.
SSDI
Social Security Death Index. (http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com).
WWI Draft
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