Henry Adheimer Maxfield

Brief Life History of Henry Adheimer

When Henry Adheimer Maxfield was born on 1 September 1851, in Hamsfork, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States, his father, John Ellison Maxfield, was 50 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Baker, was 40. He married Sarah Ellen Morrell on 2 February 1874, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1869. He died on 17 July 1907, in Fremont, Piute, Utah, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Fremont, Piute, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Adheimer Maxfield
1851–1907
Sarah Ellen Morrell
1856–1912
Marriage: 2 February 1874
Henry Dillworth Maxfield
1875–1959
Sarah Elizabeth Maxfield
1876–1915
William Arthur Maxfield
1878–1953
John Albert Maxfield
1880–1962
Jessie Maxfield
1882–1882
Millie Frances Maxfield
1883–1974
Lillian Maxfield
1886–1886
Ella Dean Maxfield
1887–1962
Edna Lavern Maxfield
1889–1902
Olive Luella Maxfield
1891–1977
Silas Adheimer Maxfield
1894–1906
Lillith Maxfield
1896–1896
Prudence Iva Maxfield
1897–1902
Floretta Maxfield
1900–1901

Sources (28)

  • Henry Maxfield in household of John Maxfield, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Henry Adheimer Maxfield, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Henry A Maxfield, "United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

Historical Boundaries: 1865: Piute, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Piute, Utah, United States

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Macclesfield in Cheshire. The placename derives from an Old English personal name Maccel (genitive Macceles) + Old English feld ‘open country’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Story Highlight

*Maxfield Miracles

About 1818, John and several siblings set sail from England bound for Australia. They shipwrecked and were rescued by a freighter ship that took them to Prince Edward Island, Canada. Here John met Sar …

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