Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameOlive WEST
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]
Spouses
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]
Marriage16 Jul 1846, Petersburg, Rensselaer, New York [5566, date only], [5567], [8129]
ChildrenGerrit Smith (1849-1919)
 Philena (Died as Child) (1853-1858)
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