We now have a copy of the top half of a page# 248 copied for Roger B. Whitney at the City Hall, Chester VT in August 2007. Laura Acenith Whitney was the wife of Charles(8) Mayo Whitney, probable descendent of John1, Thomas2,... Laura's death certificate was recorded #22102 in British Columbia, 12/22/1893. She appears with her family at age 14 in the 1850 Federal Census, Chester, Windsor, Vermont pg. 324, Roll M432_931. There, the mother's name, blank in the copy below, is shown as Laura. Mt transcription of the family births follows: 248 Mary Ann Maxfield daughter of David and (blank) Maxfield Born December 17th 1829 1829 Elizabeth Maxfield their daughter born June 17th 1832 Horace Onion Maxfield their son born Sept. 13th 1834 Laura Acenath Maxfield their daughter born Sept. 16th 1836 Caroline Johnson Maxfield their daughter born Feb. 19th 1839 Julia Maxfield their daughter born Aug. 12th 1841 George Cornelius Maxfield their son born January 13th 1844 Charles Miller Maxfield their son born February 16th 1846 Received and Recorded April 9th 1847 By Amos Heald Town Clerk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~