Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Ninth Generation

CLYDE ELLIS9 MAXFIELD (Dayon8, William7, David6, possibly Isaac5, David4, Eliphalet3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Giltner, Hamilton County, Nebraska, on 24 July 1891 (WWI Draft; Pine Bluffs Cem), a child of Dayon Maxfield and his wife Mabel Devolt. In 1900 (census) he was living with his parents at Hamilton, Hamilton County, Nebraska. According to the 1910 census, his parents had moved to York County, Nebraska, but Clyde and his brother Bert remained at Hamilton, where they lived with their bachelor uncle John Devolt, and all worked as carpenters.

Clyde Ellis Maxfield married FLORENCE BERTHA BURK at Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, on 7 September 1913 (IA M). Florence had been born at Effingham County, Illinois, on 4 September 1895 (SSDI; Pine Bluff Cem) to Hugh Burk and May Orr.

Clyde Maxfield signed up for the draft at Hamilton County on 22 June 1917 (WWI Draft) and reported the following:

Clyde Ellis Maxfield, Aurora, NE
b. Jul 24, 1892, Giltner, NE
farm laborer, Ganet Bros., Hamilton
wife, married,
caucasian, medium height, medium build, blue eyes, light hair
The 1920 Census (995:6B) reported the Clyde Maxfield family at Bushnell, Kimball County, Nebraska, immediately after Dayon and Mabel Maxfield:

Line Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
74 Maxfield, Clyde head M W 28 M NE WI WI farmer, general farm
75 Maxfield, Florence wife F W 24 M IL IL IL none
76 Maxfield, Esther daughter F W 5 S NE NE IL none
77 Maxfield, Glenda daughter F W 4 2/12 S NE NE IL none

They moved to Wyoming within a year of that census. The 1930 Census (2623:6B) found this growing family at Pine Bluffs, Laramie County, Wyoming:

Line Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
84 Maxfield, Clyde head M W 38 M NE NE NE mail carrier, United States
85 Maxfield, Florence wife F W 34 M IL IL IL none
86 Maxfield, Esther daughter F W 16 S NE NE IL none
87 Maxfield, Darlene G. daughter F W 14 S NE NE IL none
88 Maxfield, Roy C. son M W 9 S WY NE IL none
89 Maxfield, Marie F. daughter F W 7 S MY NE IL none

The household also included three boarders.

Clyde Ellis Maxfield died on 6 February 1977 (SSDI; Pine Bluffs Cem). His last residence was Pine Bluffs, Wyoming. Florence Maxfield died on 6 August 1977 (SSDI; Pine Bluffs Cem). Her last benefit was sent to her at San Jose, California.

Clyde Ellis Maxfield and his wife Florence Burk had the following children (census records):

  1. ESTHER10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Nebraska about 1914
  2. DARLENE GLENDA10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Nebraska about October 1915
    • m. at Santa Clara County, California, on 31 July 1970 RAYMOND H. HUGHES (CA M)
      • b. about 1911/2
  3. ROY C.10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Wyoming about 1920/1
    • mil. enlisted at Wyoming on 26 November 1941 (WWII Enl)
        Roy C. Maxfield b. 1920, white, WY of Laramie Co., WY
        enlisted 26 Nov 1941 Fort Francis, E. Warren, WY
        4 yrs High School, single, no dependents, 71" 130#
  4. MARIE F.10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Wyoming about 1922/3

REFERENCES

Information on this family is found in:

Other sources abbreviated above include:
CA M
California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com). Accessed 28 Aug 2007.
IA M
Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992. Family Search (familysearch.org). Accessed 6 May 2011.
Pine Bluffs Cem
Pine Bluffs Cemetery, Pine Bluffs, Laramie County, WY. Find a grave (findagrave.com).
SSDI
Social Security Death Index. (http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com).
WWI Draft
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com).
WWII Enl
U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records 1938-1946. Ancestry (www.ancestry.com). Accessed 1 Jun 2007.
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