Joseph Ervin Maxey was born in Shannon County, Missouri, the son of Daniel Wesley Maxey and Anna C. McDougal.
Joseph married Dell Childs on October 22, 1908.
Della "Dell" Childs was born in Louisiana in 1888, the daughter of Richard T. and Jennie Childs. Richard Childs, a farmer and Georgia native, moved to Texas, then Louisiana, and eventually settled in Pike City, Pike County, Arkansas.
Dell was a sister to Lula Childs Stinnett, who has previously been featured on this site, and whose tombstone is next to Joseph Ervin Maxey's.
Joseph and Dell Maxey had two children: John Ervin Maxey and Mary Norine Maxey.
Lula Childs was the daughter of Richard T. and Jennie Childs. Richard Childs, a farmer and Georgia native, moved to Texas, then Louisiana, and eventually settled in Pike City, Pike County, Arkansas.
Lula was born in Texas but was living in Pike City, Arkansas when she married Rufus Calvin Stinnett from Kirby, Arkansas. When they married on August 12, 1908, Lula was 26, and Rufus was 49. Rufus was the son of Mason and Cyrena Jones Stinnett. Mason Stinnett had been a commanding officer in the 4th Arkansas Cavalry for the Union Army during the Civil War.
Before he married Lula Childs, Rufus Stinnett had been married to Martha E. Williams, who died in 1906. Rufus had four children with Martha, and he and Lula had two children, John Mack Stinnett and an unnamed infant.
