Joseph was born in 1892 in Grant Parish, Louisiana. He was the son of Joseph H. Maxey and Matilda Bradford.
Joseph was living with his parents and brother in Grant, Louisiana in 1900.[1]
In 1910, he was living in the household of his grandfather Albert Claiborne Maxey.[2]
He married Luella Bilbo. In 1930, they were in Selma, Grant, Louisiana living with sons Otho, Joseph, Albert Claiborne, and daughters Helen, Bessie, Georgie, and Ella.[3]
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS5Q-VSS : accessed 25 December 2016), Joseph B Maxey in household of Joseph H Maxey, Wards 4-5, Grant, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet 1A, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,565.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPYM-BXF : accessed 25 December 2016), J B Maxey in household of A E Maxey, Police Jury Ward 5, Grant, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 62, sheet 37B, family 507, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 515; FHL microfilm 1,374,528.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMY6-XVQ : accessed 25 December 2016), Joseph Maxey, Selma, Grant, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 7B, line 82, family 150, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 794; FHL microfilm 2,340,529.
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