Person:John Maynard (28)

According to family stories he was born in England in 1833. Original ly he was supposed to go to South Africa but went to New Orleans instead w ith his wife. They went up the Mississippi to St. Louis where his wife di ed in an epidemic. He then married Margaret Warren, who may be part India n. They moved to Iowa where he was a blacksmith? and farmer?

Researcher Sue Hebbeler located two "John Maynard" index cards for New Orl eans immigrants, but they are very hard to read. The first states that Ma ynard, JNO? from England, a gardener?, embarked at Liverpool and arriv ed in New Orleans on Dec 12, 18?4 on the S/S John Powell. The second stat es that Maynard, John, from England, a farmer, embarked at Liverpool and a rrived in New Orleans on April 2, 1855 on the S/S/ Sandusky. Based on t he 1920 census, he immigrated in 1855, so the latter entry matches. The s hip passenger records show that John arrived with his wife, but her fir st name is not given.

Although there are no family stories stating that he was a Civil War veter an, it is possible. Civil War muster rolls show a John W. Maynard, age 29, enlisted in an Io wa regiment. Ancestry.com Military Service Data Base shows John W. Maynard, claimed res idence in Howard County, Iowa, enlisted 9 Aug 1862, Rk Pvt, enlisted at a ge 29, promoted to full corporal on 19 Aug 1964, served Iowa, transferr ed F Co 34th Inf Reg IA, mustered out on 15 Aug 1865. Source: Roster a nd Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion. F Co. 34th Inf Reg IA was organized 15 Oct 1862, mustered out 15 Aug 186 5. Battles fought: Fort Morgan, AL; Arkansas Post, Ark, 11 Jan 1863; Vic ksburg, Miss, 21 June 1863, 1 Jul, 4 Jul; Atchafalaya, LA 29 Sept 1863; M organza, LA 29 Sept 1863; Sterling Plantation, LA 29, Sep 1863; Morganz a, LA 29 Oct 1863; Fort Gaines, AL 6 Aug 1864; Ft. Blakely, AL 6 & 9 A pr 1865. The 1910 census does not list him as a Civil War vet but that census tak er did not seem to check that column for others who would have been of app ropriate age. However the website of freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~coov erfamily/38_i.html states as follows: "Maynard, John W., Age 29, resid ence Howard County, nativity New York, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862; promoted Sev enth Corporal Aug. 19, 1864; transferred to Company F, Thirty-fourth and T hirty-eighth Consolidated." Thus it appears that this soldier may n ot be our ancestor. His age is correct but his birthplace is wrong.

Census data: So far I have been unable to located him in the 1860 census. They were ma rried at the end of 1859. If they were traveling up river to Iowa at t he time of the 1860 census, they may have been missed.

1870 Iowa Census Index shows John Maynard, Marshall County, Washington Tow nship, page 545.

1880 US Census, Iowa, Marshall County, Washington Twp, E.D. 299, p. 19, st ates that John Maynard was a white male, age 48, married, farmer, pla ce of birth England.

1900 US Census, Iowa, Marshal County, Washington Twp, Vol. 51, E.D. 128, S heet 7, Line 82, shows John Maynard, White male, born April 1832 in Englan d, age 68, living with wife Margaret, born March 1840 in Illinois, age 6 0; son Charles E. born Sep 1880 in Iowa, age 19; son James A, born Mar 18 84 in Iowa, age 16; son Fred L, born Feb 1887 in Iowa, age 13.

1920 US Census Iowa, Marshall County, State Center, Vol. 53, E.D. 171, She et 16, line 94 states that John Maynard was a white male, age 86, he ad of household who owned his own home (free), birthplace England, immigra ted to US in 1855, became naturalized in 1866, and could read and write En glish.

Obituary from State Center newspaper "Pioneer Resident died Thursday" "John Maynard, one of the pioneer residents of Marshall county, and o ne of the oldest, if not the oldest, residents of this community, passed a way at his home in this city last Thursday morning at about 5:45 o'cloc k. He was 92 years, 8 months, and 15 days old at the time of his death wh ich was due to the infirmities of age. "John Maynard was born at Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, England on April 16, 18 33. In 1854 he came to America and five years later, on December 31, 185 9, he was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Warren at Evansville, Indian a. Mrs. Maynard preceded him in death on May 3[?], 1923. "Mrs. and Mrs. Maynard came to Marshall county Iowa in November 1869 and l ocated on a farm two miles east of State Center where they lived for 33 ye ars, moving to State Center in November 1902. They made their home in th is city. "Mr and Mrs. Maynard were the parents of twelve children, nine of whom a re living. They are Thomas W. of Wakeeny, Kansas, Geo. R of Osceola, S D, Frank S of Centralia, WA, Albert M. of Boone, Iowa, James G of Des Moi nes, IA, Chas E. Fred L and Mrs. F. E. Torrence of Marshalltown, Iowa a nd John of State Center. Two daughters died in infancy and a son, Willia m, died in June 1898. "Mr. Maynard leaves in addition to the nine children, 36 grandchildren, a nd 19 great-grandchildren. Since early manhood he had been a member of t he Episcopalian church. "The funeral services were held from the Methodist church of this ci ty on Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. Rev. Bert S. Bailey conducti ng the services. Interment was in Hillside cemetery." .

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941. (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005).
   Online publication - Ancestry.com. Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data -
2. Works Progress Administration, comp. Index to Marriage Records Indiana: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940.
3. Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research, comp. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Indiana. Many of these records are on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah..
4. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census. (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006).

   Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: <a href="http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/">NARA</a>.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910.T624, 1,178 rolls. State Center, Marshall, Iowa, ED , roll T624_413, part , page .

5. ↑ State of Iowa Certificate of Death; Connie Lyall, State Center Iowa, State Center Cemetary book.
6. ↑ State of Iowa Death Certificate; Connie Lyall, State Center Iowa, State Center Cemetary book.