Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Sixth Generation

LUCUS G.6 MAXFIELD (Richard5, probably Benjamin4, Joseph3-2 John1) was born in Ohio, perhaps Geuga County, on 9 February 1834 (Ferguson), a child of Richard Maxfield and his wife Elizabeth Coon.

The 1860 census (244:126) reported Lucas J. Maxfield, 26, a day laborer in the household of George B. and Amanda C. Roland, Columbus Post Office, Clay Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana.

Lucus G. Maxfield served in the Union Army throughout the Civil War (Civ War)

Name: Lucas G Maxfield
Residence: Miami County, Indiana
Enlistment Date: 19 Jun. 1861
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 19 Jun. 1861
Enlisted in Company B, 13th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 19 Jun. 1861.
Mustered out Company B, 13th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 01 Jul. 1864.
Lucus Maxfield may have married MARY WILKES at Kent County, Michigan, about 1854/5. History of Kent County states the first marriages in that county were of Allen and Luther Maxfield (His Kent 1351), but there was no Luther Maxfield in the area in that time period. The 1870 census (828:1:231B) reported Lucas G. Maxfield at West Point Post Office, Cuming County, Nebraska. He was a 36 year old farmer born in Ohio. His real estate was valued at $700, and his personal estate at $350. He was living alone.

Lucus G. Maxfield married JENETTE THOMPSON at Cumming County, Nebraska, on 9 February 1871 (Ne M). They had two children, the last born in 1874.

Lucus G. Maxfield married MARIETTA (______) HUNTER at Cumming County on 6 November 1878 (Ne M). She was previously married to a man surnamed WILLIAM HUNTER. She was born in New York about 1831/2 (1880 census; IGI gives the date as 4 August 1839).

William Hunter was born at Pennsylvania, married Marietta at Warsaw Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, about 1849. They had six children. He died in a blizzard at Nebraska on 25 November 1871 (Allen).

It is possible that some of these variant records are for other persons. Some sources refer to him as "Lucus Albert," others as "Luther." But he is Lucus G. or Lucas G. in the 1850, 1870 and 1880 censuses, and the age and state data of these census records point to the same person.

The 1880 census (757:279D) reported Lucas G. Maxfield at LaPorte, Wayne County, Nebraska:

Name Related MS Sex Race Age B Occupation FB MB
Lucas G. Maxfield self M M W 46 OH farmer MA NY
Marietta Maxfield wife M F W 48 NY keeping house NY NY
Gertrude J. Maxfield daughter S F W 7 NE OH NY
Bertha A. Maxfield daughter S F W 5 NE OH NY
Burton H. Hunter step-son S M W 10 MN PA VT

The 1890 Veterans schedule reported (1890 Vet)

NE, Cedar Co., Hartington, P.O. Washington
Lucas G. Maxfield Priv Co. B, 13th IN col. Inf Apr 18, 1861-Jul 2, 1864
chronic diarhea
The 1900 census (932:4B) reported Lucas Maxfield, widower, born February 1834 at Ohio, living at Dowling Township, Knox County, Nebraska. He was a farm laborer. Therefore Marietta died some time before 1910.

The 1910 census (1250:1:204B) reported Lucas G. Maxfield, 76, widower, living at Custer, Custer County, Oklahoma, with his daughter and son-in-law, Bertha and John Rossmiller.

Lucas G. Maxfield and his wife Jenette Thompson had the following children:

  1. GERTRUDE J.7 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Nebraska about 1872/3 (1880 census)
  2. BERTHA A.7 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Nebraska on 6 June 1874 (Ca D)
    • d. at Los Angeles County, California, on 10 September 1955 (Ca D)
    • m (1) bef 1894 ______ HOLST
    • m (2) ?
    • m (3) about 1907/8 JOHN ROSSMILLER (1910 census)
      • b. at Illinois about 1880/1
    • m (4) ______ HARMON

Marietta had the following children by her first husband, William Hunter (Allen):

  1. WALLACE HUNTER
    • b. at Warsaw Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, on 1850
  2. WALTER ALONZO HUNTER
    • b. at Warsaw Township on 1852
  3. JOHN GRANT HUNTER
    • b. at Warsaw Township
    • m. before 1888 Emma Allen
  4. MARY EMELINE HUNTER
    • b. at Illinois on 1860
    • m. on 1876 Miles Standish Allen
  5. CHESTER HUNTER
    • b. at Minnesota on 1867
  6. BURTON HENRY HUNTER
    • b. at Pine Island, Goodhue County, Minnesota on 1870

REFERENCES

Information on this family can be found in:

Other sources referred to above include:
1890 Vet
1890 Veterans Schedules. Ancestry.com.
Allen
Allen, Lennis, to Charles A. Maxfield. E-mail. 23 Feb 2007.
Ca D
California Death Index, 1940-1997. Ancestry.com. Accessed 15 Jun 2005.
Civ War
American Civil War Soldiers. Ancestry.com.
Michigana
Dykema, Shirley A. "Query" Michigana 28:35. Grand Rapids, Mi: Genealogical Society of Western Michigan.
Ferguson
Ferguson, Debbie. The Ferguson & Johnson Family Tree. Rootsweb's World Connect Project. http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.
His Kent
Chapman, Charles C. History of Kent County, Michigan. 1881. books.google.com.
IGI
International Genealogical Index. www.familysearch.org.
NE M
Nebraska Marriages, 1856-1898. Ancestry.com. Accessed 5 Aug 2005

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