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 York5566,1054, p 81
Death5 May 1893, Humboldt, Richardson, Nebraska5566,8129, 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 Data
• 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 York5567
Death24 Jun 1855, Grafton, Rensselaer, New York8129,5566, date only Age: 29
Individual Notes
• Descended from John Maxson.1054, p 136
Census Data
• 1855 NY Census: Petersburg, Rensselaer, New York. Age 29.8133
Marriage16 Jul 1846, Petersburg, Rensselaer, New York5566, date only,5567,8129
ChildrenGerrit Smith (1849-1919)
 Philena (Died as Child) (1853-1858)
Birth20 Mar 1834, Deerfield, Portage, Ohio11, p 2,1398,8128
Removal1866, Humboldt, Richardson, Nebraska8534 Age: 31
Death20 Apr 1907, Mexico City, Mexico8128,8534 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 Data
• 1840 Census: Deerfield, Portage, Ohio. Age 5-10. 00000001/1110011612
• 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 18611428, p 251
ChildrenDaniel Horace (1867-)
 Susan Elizabeth (1870-1943)
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