Edwin Maxfield married MELISSA ________ some time before 1840. The census record of that year (276:252) reported the Edwin Maxfield family at Chazy, Clinton County, New York, consisting of a male and a female in their 20s and a male under five. Melissa Maxfield died at Clinton County on 6 August 1840, age 25 years (Sciota Cem). I do not know what happened to the male under five.
Edwin L. Maxfield married CYNTHIA ANN CALKINS within two years of the death of his first wife. Cynthia Ann was born at New York on 13 September 1816, a child of Asa Calkins (MI D).
From 1850 through 1880 each federal census reported this family at Tallmadge Township, Ottawa County, Michigan. The 1860 census (557:321) reported the family at Lamont Post Office as follows:
| Name | Age | Sex | Occupation | R.E. | P.E. | Birthplace | Other |
| Edwin Maxfield | 46 | M | farmer | $600 | $300 | VT | |
| Cynthia A. Maxfield | 44 | F | wife | NY | |||
| Esther A. Maxfield | 15 | F | NY | school | |||
| Mary W. Maxfield | 13 | F | MI | school | |||
| Lucinda Maxfield | 9 | F | MI | school | |||
| Ira Maxfield | 5 | M | MI | school |
In 1870 (697:276B) the younger two children were still at home. In 1880 (601:413A) only Ira was still at home, and he was working on the farm.
Edwin L. Maxfield died at Tallmadge Township on 19 November 1894 (Ottawa Co D). The death record reads:
19 Nov 1894, Maxfield, Edwin L. M M 82y d. Tallmadge Twp., b. NY of Obadiah and PollyCynthia Ann continued to live at Tallmadge Township, listed in the 1900 census as living with her son Ira (738:1B), a bachelor farmer. According to that record, Cynthia had six children, four of whom were still living.
Cynthia Ann Maxfield died at Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan on 8 August 1906 (MI D): The death record reported:
MI, Muskegon Co., Muskegon, 62 Catawba
Cynthia Ann Maxfield female white b. Sep 13, 1816 age 89-10-21 widow
b. NY to Asa Calkins; housewife
d. Aug 8, 1906 general exhaustion, buried Coopersville
Edwin L. Maxfield and his first wife Melissa had the following child:
Edwin L. Maxfield and his second wife Cynthia Ann Calkins had the following children:
Maxfield, Cynthia mother white female b. Sep 1817 age 82 Widow b. NY, parents b. NY NY
Coopersville Observer, April 1907
He was born in Lamont in 1853. His home had always been in that little village until last fall, when he secured employment in Muskegon. He suffered a severe attack of la grippe, but was not considered serious until a short time before his death. His remains were brought to his other sister’s home in Coopersville, and from there taken to Lamont for the funeral, and buried by the side of his father and mother in Maplewood Cemetery. He leaves two sisters, S. Hunter, of Coopersville, and Mrs. L. A. Ackerman, of Muskegon.
Obituary from Coopersville Observer Obituaries by Henry and Loekie Boersma.
Transcribed by Joan Van Spronsen
Created: 24 August 2010
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