Maynard was born October 12, 1932, in Bartley Township, Griggs County. His parents are Monroe and Evelyn Messer, who came to North Dakota from Minnesota. Maynard attended Bartley School and has farmed his entire life in Bartley Township. In 1968, he bought a farm three miles west of Walum, known as the Pete Nelson farm and moved there in 1970, when he and Charlene Peckham of Ypsilanti, were married. They have two boys: Jason Keith, born March 11, 1972, currently an 11th grader at Hannaford High School; and Jeremy Lee, born June 18, 1977, who is in the sixth grade at Hannaford School.
Source: Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page 203