When John Ellis Maxfield Jr. was born on 15 November 1841, in Wilmot, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada, his father, John Ellison Maxfield, was 40 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Baker, was 30. He married Wilhelmina Marcussen Jensen on 14 March 1865, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 6 July 1874, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
English: habitational name from Macclesfield in Cheshire. The placename derives from an Old English personal name Maccel (genitive Macceles) + Old English feld ‘open country’.
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