Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Ninth Generation

LINCOLN CORNELIUS9 MAXFIELD (James8, Moses7, James6, Eliphalet5-4-3, Nathaniel2, John1) was born at Payette, Canyon County, Idaho, on 30 October 1894 (WWI Draft; 1900 census; Pierson), a child of James Henri Maxfield and his wife Minta Bowerman.

Lincoln Maxfield married MARY ELSIE HARRISON at Hill City, Camas County, Idaho, on 24 December 1913 (Western M; Pierson). Mary was born at Joplin, Missouri, on 15 January 1896 (SSDI; Pierson), a child of John Baker Harrison and his wife Elizabeth Hendrickson.

Lincoln Maxfield registered for the draft (WWI Draft) at Camas County, Idaho, on 5 June 1917, reporting the following:

Lincoln C. Maxfield, 22
Hill City, ID
b. Oct 30, 1894, Payette, ID
farmer for self
2 children; married
heart trouble
tall, medium build, blue eyes, brown hair
The 1920 census (287:6A) reported Lincoln and Mary Maxfield and three children at 2214 North 14th Street, Boise, Idaho. Lincoln's occupation is obscured by an ink blot. Their ages were Lincoln, 25, Mary, 23, Lorene, 5, Earnest, 3 years and one month, and Harold, 4 months.

The 1930 census reported this family in the Town of Halfway, Baker County, Oregon:

Name Related Sex Race Age MS B FB MB Occupation
Maxfield, Lincoln C. head M W 35 M ID ME IL chauffeur
saw mill truck
Maxfield, Mary E. wife F W 33 M MO KY KY none
Maxfield, Loree daughter F W 15 S ID ID MO none
Maxfield, Ernest son M W 13 S ID ID MO none
Maxfield, Harold son M W 10 S ID ID MO none
Maxfield, Aileen daughter F W 5 S OR ID MO none
Maxfield, Betty J. daughter F W 3 S OR ID MO none

According to this record, Lincoln and Mary married at ages 19 and 17 respectively. The birth places of the children indicate the family moved to Oregon about 1921.

Lincoln C. Maxfield died at Emmett, Gem County, Idaho, on 29 April 1954 (Pierson). His widow Mary Maxfield died there on 24 November 1988 (SSDI; Pierson).

Lincoln and Mary Maxfield had the following children:

  1. LORENE10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Idaho abt 1914 (1920 census)
    • m. ________ CARMICHAEL
  2. ERNEST L.10 MAXFIELD b. at Hill City on 21 December 1916
  3. HAROLD PERSHING10 MAXFIELD b. at Boise on 13 September 1919
  4. LOUISE INEZ10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Halfway, OR, on 15 May 1922
    • d. at Oregon on 25 May 1923 (Or D)
  5. AILEEN10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Oregon abt 1924/5 (1930 census)
    • m. ________ SMALLWOOD
  6. BETTY JO10 MAXFIELD
    • b. at Halfway on 16 January 1927 (Pierson)
    • d. on 12 February 1967 (Pierson)
    • m. ______ KIMBALL (Pierson)

REFERENCES

Information on this family can be 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.
Or D
Oregon Death Index, 1903-1970. ancestry.com.
SSDI
Social Security Death Index. http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com.
Western M
Bake, Blaine R. Western States Historical Marriage Record Index. http://abish.ricks.edu/fhc/gbret.idc.
WWI Draft
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Ancestry.com.

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