Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameDaniel Horace MAXSON [1428, p 251; middle initial]
Birth8 Jun 1823, Petersburg, Rensselaer, New York [5566], [1054, p 81]
Death5 May 1893, Humboldt, Richardson, Nebraska [5566], [8129, p 3] Age: 69
ResidenceHumboldt City, Richardson County, Nebraska (1890) [5568]
FatherDaniel MAXSON (1787-1858)
MotherSusannah ARMSBURY (1791-1873)
Individual Notes
• He moved from Petersburg to Deerfield, O., 1862. Here he enlisted in Co. F, 115 Ohio Reg’t of Vols., served 3 years. He took a homestead in Richardson Co., Nebraska. In 1866 he moved to Humboldt, Neb., where he d., leaving his 3rd wife. [1054, p 81]
Census
• 1855 NY Census: Petersburg, Rensselaer, New York. Age 31. Head. [8133]
• 1870 Census: Table Rock, Pawnee, Nebraska. Age 46, b NY. Farmer. $1500; $250. [5564]
• 1885 Nebraska Census: Humboldt, Richardson, Nebraska. Age 61, b NY. Listed as D. H. Maxon. [5565]
Military
• Private, H Company, 15th Ohio Infantry Regiment, 13 Aug 1862 – 22 Jun 1865. [5568]
Spouses
Birth23 Feb 1826, Petersburg, Rensselaer, New York [5567]
Death24 Jun 1855, Grafton, Rensselaer, New York [8129], [5566, date only] Age: 29
Individual Notes
• Descended from John Maxson. [1054, p 136]
Census
• 1855 NY Census: Petersburg, Rensselaer, New York. Age 29. [8133]
Marriage16 Jul 1846, Petersburg, Rensselaer, New York [5566, date only], [5567], [8129]
ChildrenGerrit Smith (1849-1919)
 Philena (Died as Child) (1853-1858)
Birth20 Mar 1834, Deerfield, Portage, Ohio [11, p 2], [1398], [8128]
Removal1866, Humboldt, Richardson, Nebraska [8534] Age: 31
Death20 Apr 1907, Mexico City, Mexico [8128], [8534] Age: 73
FatherSanford WILLIAMS (1783-1856)
MotherElizabeth HUDSON (1801-1890)
Individual Notes
• Mrs. Olive A. Maxson, widow of Daniel H. Maxson, died April 20th, at the home of her daughter Mrs. Geo. M. Brown, in Mexico City, Mexico.
The cause of her death was Pneumonia and came very suddenly after a brief illness of only five days.
Mrs. Maxson and her husband were among the early settlers of Humboldt, having taken a homestead there in 1866.
The deceased served as a nurse in Woodward hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio during the civil war and was seventy three years and one month old at the time of her death.
The only near relatives who survive her, are one son, Mr. D. H. Maxon, of 1605 O. St Lincoln, a daughter Mrs. Geo. M. Brown of Mexico City, Mexico and a sister Mrs. M. M. Mills of Marysville, Michigan. [8534]
Census
• 1840 Census: Deerfield, Portage, Ohio. Age 5-10. 00000001/111001 [1612]
• 1850 Census: Deerfield, Portage, Ohio. Age 15, b OH. [1617]
• 1870 Census: Table Rock, Pawnee, Nebraska. Age 35, b OH. [5564]
• 1885 Nebraska Census: Humboldt, Richardson, Nebraska. Age 51, b OH. [5565]
Marriagebef 16 Sep 1861 [1428, p 251]
ChildrenDaniel Horace (1867-)
 Susan Elizabeth (1870-1943)
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