Added by ccourtierwrites on 2 Jan 2008 (i.e., posted to my ancestry.com account - Fred)
George Taylor Maxey m. Clara Ezabeth Burnaugh, daughter of Charles Wesely Burnaugh and Mary Jane Stevenson. George and Clara were m. 24 Dec 1873 in Galesburg, Knox Co., Il and moved from IL to KS between 1886 and 1889. They had ten children, as shown in these census records: 1880 Census Place: Orange, Knox, Illinois Source: FHL Film 1254220 National Archives Film T9-0220 Page 300C Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace George F. MAXEY Self M M W 28 IL Occ: Farmer Fa: VA Mo: IN Clara E. MAXEY Wife F M W 21 IL Occ: Keeps House Fa: OH Mo: OH Rosa P. MAXEY Dau F S W 6 IL Fa: IL Mo: IL Lura R. MAXEY Dau F S W 5 IL Fa: IL Mo: IL Charles R. MAXEY Son M S W 3 IL Fa: IL Mo: IL Lydia J. MAXEY Dau F S W 2M IL Fa: IL Mo: IL (His mother, Lydia and sister Mary B. live next door) 1900 Census for Kinsley Township, Edwards Coutny, Kansas. Dwelling #3, Family #3: George T. Maxey, b. Aug 1852, married 28 years, b IL, VA, IN, farmer, reads/writes/speaks English, rents farm Clare E., wife, b Oct 1858, 9 children/9 living, b. IL, PA/PA, reads/writes/speaks English Elizabeth C., dau, b. Aug 1884, b. IL, IL/IL George, son, b. May 1886, IL Harry F., son, b. Sept 1889, b. KS Oscar E., son, b. Jan 1891, b. KS Jessie A., dau, b. Aug1893, b. KS 1910, KS, Edwards, Brown Clare E Maxey 51, widowed, 9 children/9 living, b. IL, OH/OH, farmer Thomas G 22 Henry F 21 Oscar A 20 Jessie Alice 16 Clara remarried after George's death in 1909 to Jacob Rapp. Both George and Clara are buried in Hillside Cemetery, Kinsley, Edwards, KS