1982b LLA - Littell Families of America

Fall 1982
Sec . 2 Vol.3 No . 5
LITTELL'S LIVING AGE.
Sec . 2
Vol. J
No , S
Fall . 1982
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CONTENTS
Job Littell ., • • •••• , ••• . •• 16
Prom 1882 LIVING AGE English Channe l Tunnel. ••• • 2
Tod Littell • •••••••••••• •• 16
Li ttells of the Past
Mrs . Maxwell Littell ••••• • 17
Jane L. Harrison House • ••• • J
Orange , NJ cemetery • • • , • •• • 18
Or. Squier Litte ll . •.• ••••• 4
Will iam Osborn Littell • • •• 20
Nathaniel &: John Littell. , . 5
Grace Littell E. Preeman ••• 21
Judge H• R. Lit tel l. •••• .•• 6
Center, Missouri,cemetery . 2 1
Dani el Littell • .••.• • • , •••• 6
Ernest Butner Littell··· ••• 22
James M. Littell Record ••• • 22
Be njamin F. Littell • ••• •••• 6
Coat- of-Arms ••. • . ••• • • •• • • 24
Clair Francis Littell. ••••• a
Li ttells of the Present
St . Loui s Co. 14arriages ••• • 9
Martha Ann BOston Li tte ll.lO
90 - William Thaw Li ttell.24
Vital Statistics •••• , ••••• 25
Louella Mefford Littel l. •• 10
Richard L. Foree •• ,., •• • , , 26
Bibl e Record Reunions •••••••••••••••••• 27
Samuel Wesley Littell • .• 11
Robert
Eugene Littell1,,,,, 27
Stephen Morehouse Li ttell.ll
Barbara Littell Ne l son .... 27
Lett er - Alonzo L.Li ttell .l2
1982 Membership List • •••• • 28
Will iam Earl Littell • • •••• 15
198) WINTER REUNION.
Date 1 Saturday Jan . 29 , 198') Place • Home of Irene and William
Adams Li ttell , Sr., J Barefoot Lan•• Hypoluxo Island, Lantana,
Florida 3)462 . Plle ase write or telephone )05 - 585-4445 if planning to attend. All Li ttells and Littell descendants welcomed .
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CORRECTIONS
)6th line 1 .l2J.5. and 19)6
Birth of Jrd son• should be John J. i n stead of James J ,
Next to last line 1 Jame s A. Littell was also a son
Last line a should be continued on page ~
LITTELL FAMILIES OF AMERICA, INC .
Board of Directors •
William Adams Littell , Chairman
Fred M. Lit tell , President
Robert B'. Littel l , Vice President
Noble K. Littell , Secretary
James R. Littell , Treasurer
Walter W. Lit tell , Editor LLA
Helen Little Dolenc
William Adams Littell , Jr .
Nelson Littell , Sr .
Elmer Ralph Milhon
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TIMELY ARTICLES FROM LITTELL'S LIVING AGE OP A CENTURY AGO
The idea of a tunnel under the English Channel appeared
again recently in the news. Here is one view of .it one hundred
years ago - in the SPECTATOR, from LITTELL'S LIVIN.G AGE of Mar.
4, 1882. Excerpts •
It is time the public should make up its mind about the
project for a tunnel across the Channel. The recent speech of
Sir Edward Watkin shows that the proposal has become serious,
that it has attracted at least two groups of capitalists, and
that if neither Engla11d nor France interfere as governments,the
attempt to turn England into an outlying peninsula of the European continent will be seriously made. Nor do we see any certainty or overwhelming probability that it will fail. Its cost
cannot be beyond the resources of two rich nations, both penetrated with a kind of mania for grand engineering exploits. The
difficulties of ventilation will, of course, be serious, for
there can be no ventilating-shafts; but electricity already
surmounts some of them, and the remainder will, we doubt not, be
removed by scientific appliances. Air is as tran-s missible a
fluid as water, and a gigantic wind sail involves no necessity
for new discovery. The passenger steamers will be abandoned at
once.
We have long been satisfied, as we stated years ago, that
the tunnel, if completed, would be almost purely mischievous,as
slowly destroying the insularity and separateness of the national character, and we are now convinced that it would involve at least two dangers of the most concrete and unendurable
kind. The first of these is the danger of actual invasion. The
tunnel, if it is to be of any use at all, must be solidly constructed and well ventilated, and would form a road through
wh ic h a small body of troops - t wo thousand would do - could be
carried in one hour to seize the English end, and hold it until a corps d' armee had within twelve hours more arrived with
reinforcements. Grant, however, that our fears are exaggerated,
though they are shared by competent naval and military authorities, and then we are in presence of the second, and perhaps
even greater danger, - recurrent panic. The English people will
not adopt the conscription, even for defence against invasion,
until they are in presence of some imminent danger; and until
they have a conscription, they must rely for their main defence
upon the Channel, for no other can give them time. But with the
Channel crossed by a causeway not in their hands at the other
end, they could never be secure. There would always remain the
chance of an occupation of London, which, if it only lasted
twelve hour8, wN1ld destroy all credit, make all firms bankrupt, and leave traces of its pauperizing effects for half a
century, besides compelling us to devote one-tenth of all the
strength of each successive generation to military purposes.
France, in sanctioning such a project, raises up for herself
a per~nent and a very dangerous enemy: while England risks either mvasion or an immediate and pressing necessity for a conscr~ption on. the Continental plan. And all these risks are to
be 1ncurred 1n order that a few persons shall avoid a few minutes' sea-sickness two or three times in their lives, that Sir
Edward ~atkin shall have a grand reputation, and that a few
capital:sts shall have another mass of stock to manipulate at
dis?retl.on. ~e do not believe that even in this age, with its
man1.a for rap1d and comfortable locomotion, such a project will
~~u;~lerated, either by Parliament or the Assembly, for an
JAN:&. JOHANNAH DUMONg~I~~ff.~ n!~~~::· D.r. John Talbot Harrison and lived in this house on Richmond Avenue in Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York. Born here was their daughter,
Eliza Theodosia, named for the gifted and beautiful llrsoAlston,
wife of Governor "Alston of South Carolina and the only child of
c·o lonel Aaron Burr. The house was built around 1800 by David
Jacques, a weal thy N.ew York merchant, grandson of a French
Huguenot immigrant. He eventually sold it to a Jlr. M.erserean,
and he in turn transferred it to Dr. Harrison about 1852. The
large willow trees in front of the Gothic residence came from
the Island of St. Helena; the boxwood growing along the walk
leading to the front door came from Mount Vernon, Virginia. The
house was considerably enlarged and changed by Dr. Harrison, but
a portion of the original was left standing.
Dr. Harrison, a highly educated man, had as intimate
friends President Van Buren, President Taylor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Col. Aaron Burr, and many other men of eminence. He attended Aaron Burr during his last illness , and stood at his
bedside while the old soldier was dying. Dr. Harrison was a
member of the committee which received General Lafayette when
he visited Staten Island in 1824.
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DR. SQUIER LITTELL
This neighborhood (Butler County, Ohio) was very inadequately supplied with physicians at the beginning ot the century. The pay was small, and must often be taken in tradeJ the
roads were terrible, and many who were really ill went without
a physician because it was ao difficult to call one. Only young
men could stand the fatigues of practice. This county, therefore, had attained a population of at least four thousand before there were any resident physicians. Kerbs and simples were
the common method of treatment, and the experienced women acted
as midwives.
It is bel ieved the first two physicians who settled in the
county were Dr. Squier Littell, of Trenton, and Dr. Sloan, of
Fairfield. They came here about the same ti~e, but only Dr.L.ittell remained for a term of years. He was the son of Captain
Eliakim Littell• of New Jersey, a patriot distinguished for his
services and sac rifices in our Revolutionary struggle, and was
born in Essex County, Dec. 1, 1776 - a year memorable in the
annals of mankind. Having completed his early education, he entered upon the study of medicine, and, after practicing his
profession awhile in his native state, emigrated to the Northwestern Territory the beginning of the present century, and
stopped in the city of Cincinnati. Here he remained for a brief
period, when, following the guidance of circumstances and failing, in common with all others, to penetrate the brilliant futurity which was reserved for a place whose claims to pre-eminence were disputed by the neighboring village of Columbia, he
removed some thirty miles into the interior, and fixed his
abode in Butler County, at Trenton, which was then called
Bloomfield. Before leaving New Jersey, the doctor had married
Mary, one of the daughters of Michael Pearce, who also came out
here.
Dr. Littell practiced in Trenton from his first going there
until a short time bef'ore his death, when weakened by age and
infirmities. He devoted himself to the cultivation of' his farm
and the still more laborious duties of a profession, the calls
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to Dayton on the one hand, and to Cincinnati on the other. As a
medical practitioner he was remarkably successful, being distinguished for his sagacity and observation, qualities which
enabled him, in several important instances, to anticipate the
discoveries and improvements of later times, and secured for
hill a wide range of popularity. Notwithstanding the engrossing
nature of his avocations, he was repeatedly chosen by his fellow citizens to offices of local trust and influence. In 184)
he was appointed surgeon of the First Regiment, Third DetaCh~
ment, of Ohio militia. Colonel James Mills commanded the regirunt which rendezvoused at Dayton. Soon after this, Dr. Littell
resigned, and came home. His personal appearance was very
striking. He was a tall man, perhaps a little over six feet,and
full in figure, even in youth. As his years increased he attained a size truly colossal, with ac companying weight. To accommodate himself, he brought hither a spring-wagon, the first
ever seen in this portion of the country, and used that ever
after, discarding horseback riding, which was the usual method
of traveling for physic ians fifty years ago. Arrived at home,
after a vial t, he would cast himself upon the carpet, prefer•
Joseph-Samuel
ing this posture of perfect repose to the more dignified but
easy arm-chair. This habit became almost a necessi ty.Jiis weight
increased until it reached three hundred and fifty, and he became the largest man in BUtler County. Dr. Littell was of a fiery disposition, and used to domineering . lfe had a piercing
black eye, that seemed to read the very secrets of the soul,and
he was possessed of great weight of character. Whatever he desired he generally accomplished . l£e was a virulent Jackson Democrat, never speaking in public, but using his influence in
private. When fair words would not avail, he used harder ones.
1fe was postmaster at Trenton in 18)7, having been appointed by
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who had petitioned for another person. Ilr'o Littell was also an
associate judge of this county, being chosen in 16)8, and holding for a term of seven years. This was around the time he had
acquired his greatest obesityJ and for the other associate
judge he had Dr. Daniel Millikin, whose weight could not be
less than two hundred and fifty.
Dr . Littell remained in '!'renton until the ravages of age,
aggravated by corpulency, caused him to retire. He went to Winchester, Preble County, where he soon a.fter died, at the close
ot 1849. He had accumulated some means, which he divided among
his nephews, whom he had brought up. Of these there were three,
Dr. Squier Littell, now of Philadelphi&J Eliakim , the oldest,
~~~k:~ga.:a:h~i ~~!i~~ ~~~wife ~~d O:~h~q~i;ra L~~~!i~~e~h~f e~~:;,
survived him. She was a most exc ellent woman, and had great
power over her husband . Even in his greatest tits of rage she
was able to pacify him. The doctor brought up one ot the daugh ters ot the Rev. Stephen Gard , his brother-in- law. This was
lla.ry, who afterwards married Ezra Potter. He also brought up
another niece, Rachel Taylor, who married William Potter.
(Prom H!ISTORY OP BUTLER COUNTY~ Ohio , 1882, pages 179-180,
contributed by Noble K. Littell.)
NATHANIEL AND JOHN LITTELL
A f~w more words about Nathaniel Littell and his son John,
who s e l~ves are recounted in 2 •1•18, J l:l•l4 and 17 , and J•J•l5,
are found in • His tory of Un ion and Middlesex counties , New Jersey , " 1882, contributed by Noble K. Littell•
Littell, Nathani el , was son of Dav i d, son of Samuel. He
marrie d Mary ~auldwell, daughte r of William Caul dwell, son of
James, who em1grated from Ireland in 17)2. He wa s a justice of
peac e, an elder in the Presbyterian Church of New Providence .
Mary, hi s wife, wa s born 14th February, 1757, and died 8th Jan-
~~~~~r;8~i~c;~e~e~:~yn4~~m~~~~?r~~id;h:o~~d ~~~~d ~~~i~~e~~.ron,
L~ttell. Their second son , Hugh, born Jd September, 1781, mar-
rl.e~ 22d January, 1814, Susan w. Scudder, daughter of Dr. Benjaml.n R. Scudder. ~e was a master-mason in New York , was en-
gaged in the erectl.on of ten bric k houses, when, on th e 9th of
November , 1822, he was a scend ing a ladde r to the upper story of
one of them. lost h is balance , and fell to the curbstone of the
~~~~~;~n~roke in h is skull, and di ed immediate ly . He had no
John Litt;ll! f irs t son of Nathaniel, ma r ried Mary Conklin,
daughter of WJ.lll.am Conklin, Esq . Mr. Littell wa s considerable
of a writer, and many int eres ting incidents are told by the
(continued on page 7)l
IN.QUIRIES
What is the ancestry of J UDGE H. R. LITTELL? The following
is f rom "History of Christian County, Kentucky': 19)0, contributed by Noble K. Littell1
JUdge H. R. Littell - 18)2 -1894 , was born in -Todd County,
the son of Jame s Littell and Ann Carson Littell, having one
sister, Mary J . Littell, who married Joseph T. Smith. He was
deputy county clerk in Elkton and studied law there, locating
for practice of his profession in Hopkinsville, becoming a member of the Hopkinsville' bar, contemporary with Judge Walter
Evans. For a short period he removed to Evansvi lle, I nd ., becoming a member of the firm of Hornbrook & Lit tell , but returned to Hopkinsv ille and became associated with the wellknown firm of Petrie & Lit tell. He held the office of county
attorney and county judge, and auditor and treasurer of the
city of Hopkinsville, and succeeded Lucian Jones, the founder
and firs t president of the City Bank, of which he remained
pre sident until the time of his death .
His marked s incerity, fide lity and practical type of mind
drew a round him through the years of his service in and for
Christian County a host of loyal friends who valued his unselfish devotion to simple honesty in public office and ability as
a lawyer.
Are there any living descendants of DA.NIEL LI..T'fELL, son of
Samuel? Daniel was one of the 16 children of Saauel. From "Pasaaic Valley" we learn that he was born in the early 1700'-s,married a lliss Acorn, and had six children in New Jerseya
(1) James, unmarried, died a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
(2) Abby married Charles Munroe of Wyoming, Pa., and had two·
children, Amos and Sarah. (J) Martha marr i ed Thomas Perry of
SUssex County, N.• J., and had sons Daniel and Joseph. (4) Polly
married Captain Samuel Stanbury and had eight children, some of
whom went to Ohio. One daughter married Daniel Potter. (5) Robert kept the Blue ball Tavern in Washinton Valley, N.J. ,married
Rebecc-a Casad and had 10 children. Daughters and granddaughters
married into R'eed, Chamberlain, Kimbal, Hambel, Beatty, Martin,
Sheldon, Hathaway, Roland, Rose, Johnson, and Leporte families.
('6) Catherine is the only one having living descendants that we
know of - the Littells in Altay and Campbell in upstate New
York - but she married her first cousin once-removed, Benjamin
Litte ll, grandson of Benjamin, son of Samuel.
MR. AND MRS. BENJAMIN P . LITTELL
Few names in this section o f Indiana are better known than
those of the Li ttells and the Collicotts and few famil ies hereabout have exerted a wider or more beneficent influence upon
t~e gener~ l welfare of the community than these two . By the marrage, th~rty-two years ago, of Benjamin Franklin Littell, Jr.,
and Diantha Cal licott there wa s effected a most happy union of
these two honorable and influential families.
Benjam~n Fran~lin Littell , Jr., who died at his pleasant
farm home ~n Wa sh ~n gt on town s hip, this county, on August 7,
1907, at the age of fifty-ei ght years, was the son of the late
Benjamin Frankl in Li tte ll, a well-known pioneer of Decatur
county {se~ 216122). Benjamin Jr. was about fifteen years of
age wh~m h7s parents moved to Greensburg and he completed his
schooll.ng .1n that city. Upon reaching manhood he engaged in t he
grocery business in Greensburg , soon becoming one of the most
popular and one of the most successful merchants in the city.
The close confinement. however, wa s found to be detrimental to
his health and he decided to live in the open and later pur chased the beautiful fa r m on which his family now lives, and
there sp ent the las t twenty years of his life, his death occurring i n 1907; the widow and six chi ldren being le f t to mourn
their i r reparable l oss . The se children , in the order of their
b irth. are • Elsie . who was gradua ted from the Greensburg hi gh
sc hool, live s at homeJ John . who is very successfully manag ing
the home farm . taking great int erest in operat ing the same
along the line s la id down by modern agriculturists! Lena , a
s uc cess ful milliner in Greensburg; Mrs . Charles Davis , of
Gre ensburg , who ha s one c h ild J Anna, a teacher in the public
schools , and Della, who was graduated from the Greensburg high
sc hool with the class of 1915. (Nothing further is known of
t h ese children , or of their descendants , to Littell Families of
America.)
Mrs . Diantha Litte ll, widow of B. P.Littell. Jr., was born
in Ripley county , Ind iana. daughter of t he Rev . John and Ruth
{Williams) Callicott. She has a d elightful home in Washington
township , where, with her children , she is quite comfortably
s ituated . Act ive in all the g ood works of the community and devoted to the care of her children her infl uence is exerted to ward the promotion of all measures designed to further the bes t
intere s ts of the common good and she is held in the highest esteem by all who know h er .
Nobl~~~mL~~~:i~~~ of Decatur County, Indiana." contributed by
NATHAN IEL AND .IOHN LI TTELL. (continued from page 5)
present genera t i on of the o l den time that he had told in years
past of this early settlement . Mr. Littell was a gentleman of
the olden times , l ooked up to by this community . Many acts of
benevolence and kindness are recorded, many admoni tiona to the
err i ng and to the community at large. He wa s re spected and
loved, and i n death lamented.
Excerpts from THE JACKSON FAMILY, by Jes s e C. Cross,l96l,pg . 268 .
Nellie Olive Wh ite , born Kay 10, 1906 , Silver H·ill , w. Va .,
married April 29, 1922 Charle s Rus sell Lit t ell , born Kay l J ,
190) , Littleton, w. Va. Ch ildr en•
Samue l Eu gene, J-12 -192)
Haro ld Albert , 5-6-1926
Joseph Russe ll, ll- 17-.19)1
Samuel Eugene Littell. born Mound s ville , W. Va . , married
Bernice Eileen Hartzel L
Ch ildren•
Charl e s Milt on , 4 - 22 - 1944
Samue l Ray , 9 -12 - 1945
Richard LeRoy, 7 - 9 - 1949
Haro ld Albert Littell . born Uniontown, w. Va. , married 1124 -1946 Elizabath Myrtle Barnar d . Child • Iva Kr i stine . ) - 24 -
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C:LAIR FRANCIS LITTELL
The Rev. Dr. Clair Francis Littell, professor emeritus of
history and political science at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, who taught generations of Cornellians from 1924 to
1954 and who continued to influence Cornell students after his
retirement through the $50,000 Statesmen's Scholarship Fund
which he inspired, died of a heart attack at his home in Sherman, Pennsylvania, Saturday, May 14, 1966.
Dr. Littell (center, above) is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Lena Augusta Hamlin Littell (at his right - 1890 to Dec. lJ,
1970), and by his five childrena Mrs. William R. (Claire)Stout,
Hopewell , Va., and Dr . Franklin Hamlin Littell, a professor of
churc h history and theology at the Chicago Theological Seminary
and president-desi gnate of Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleas-
~~~a (~o~o~~o!~s~~~t~fa~~;!f~o~:: i~~~;e H~nf~~j~;r~) P~~~:~:i~
Neenah , Wis., Wallace William Littell, deputy assistant director of the United States Information Agency for Soviet and East
European Affairs (now Counselor of Embassy for Press and Culture in Koseo'\f), and Mrs . Richard (Eloise) Reinhardt, Media, Pa.
(at right, above) 1 and 15 grandchildren (one of whom, Linda, is
in front of her father in the picture above. She is now Linda
Littell-Armentrout of Hong Kong .) .(Des.of ..Tohn of Ireland 116121)
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He is also survived by two nieces, Mrs. Myrtle .Bantz,Dap,slt , N.Y., and Miss Gladys Evans (now married), Scranton, Pa.;
three nephews, Clair Evans, Bruce Evans and Hilton Evans,all of
Deposit .
Dr . Littell was born in Sherman, N.Y., Oct. 25, 1887, the
son of Franklin .Iohn and Ella Reynolds Littell. He had two sis ters, Mrs . Serena Littell Evans and Mrs . Delia Littell Dickers on . He attended Mansfield Normal and Syracuse University where
he received his A.B. degree (1916) and his A.M •. degree (1918),
a nd Columbia University where he received his Ph.D. (1921). His
doctoral thesis was "The Neutralization of States; a Study in
Diplomatic History and International Law." Before his graduation
f~om Syracuse , he was ordained a Methodist minister. Throughout
1-tJ.s car:er as an. academician he served periodically as a supply
pastor :1n Method1st churches in the Cedar Rapids and Mount Vernon , Iowa , area. He taught at Syracuse for two years and then
was an assistant professor of political science at Allegheny
College, Meadville, Pa., from 1920 until he joined the Cornell
Colleg e faculty four years later . He was a Kason, and a former
member of the National BOard of the American Association of University Professors. Dr. Littell, his wife and three of their
children were elected to Phi Beta Kappa, scholastic honor society. He was a biographee of "Who's Who in America."
After retirement from Cornell, Dr . Littell taught history
and political science on a Whitney Foundation Fellowship at
Hollins College, Roanoke, Va. Later he was a visiting professor at Hampton (Va.) Institute, at Wilmington (Ohio) College
and at Doane College, Crete, N·e b. He was a member of the North
Iowa Conference of the Methodist Church and a former member of
the Wyoming Conference.
A devoted educator, Dr. Littell seldom failed "tO leave a
lasting impression on his students. As a former student, Dr.
Russell M.. Cooper, now the dean of the College of Liberal Arts
at the University of South Florida, said of Dr. Littell, "The
Judge'" never let us forget that we were in the world to make it
better and he inspired us with the faith that could make our
lives count in the struggle."
Dr . Littell further benefitted Cornell by sending his five
children throug h the college, all of whom have since distinquished themselves in their careers and communi ties. Mrs . Littell also graduated from Cornell in 1953·
A memorial service was held on May 18 in the Methodist
Church, Deposit. Burial was in the Hale Eddy cemetery, Hale
Eddy, N.Y. Dr. Littell and his family have been summer residents of the Deposit and Sherman area for many years.
(The above is a composite . .of -.tjar.e.e- newspaper articles, one
from New York City, and two, contributed by Kary M·. Littell
Jennus, from Deposit, N. Y• The picture was taken in 1956.)
From ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO. MARRIAGE RECORDS to 1978, excerpted
by Noble K. Litte1li
1. Ewell Littell of Overland, over 21 & Katherine J . Henry,
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2. Ewell Littell, Jr., over 21 & Rosemarie Webber, over 18,
m. J/6/1957 by a minister.
). Ewell Jesse Littell, Jr . , of Wellston, over 21 & Rose
Marie Webber, over 18, m. 10/20/1959 by a magistrate.
4. Greg ory Arthur Littell of Clinton, Ill., over 18 & Susan
Alice Breuer of St. Louis County, Mo. by a minister (21,8119)
5· Helen Ruth Littell of Overland, under 18, & Arthur Dool
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6. India M. Littell of Fern Ridge P.O., over 18 &: J.J.
Lyens, over 21, m. 8/22/1890 by a justice of peace. (Unknown)
7. Irma Kay Littell of Overland, over 18 & Thomas William
MacEwan, under 21, m. 5/1)/1972 by a magistrate . (2 1:8119)
8. James Littell of San Francisco, Cal., over 21 & Margaret Duke of St. Johns, llo., over 18, m. 12/26/19)8 by a catholic
priest. (Line unknown)
9· Pamela Jean Littell of Creve Couer, under 18 & Danny Lee
Denson, under 21 of Overland, consent of Lois Ann Uebinger ,
mother of bride, m. 12/24/1971. (Line unknown)
10. Richard G. Littell of Centaur Station, over 21 & Lois
Kirchhoff , under 21 , m. 1/5/1932 by justice of peace. (Probably
(continued on page 2)}
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MARTHA ANN. BOSTON LITTELL
Mrs . Martha Littell or Grandma Littell as her many f'riends
best knew her, died on the evening of the )1st , with the closing hour s of the year , at the country residence ( i n Bible Grove
Ill.) of her daughter, Mrs. John w. Shields, 6! miles northeast
of this city (Louisville, Ill.) . Per several years Grandma Littell had made her home i n this city with the family of her
daughte r , Mrs. John Murvin, but on the evening of the 2Jrd her
niece , Edith Shields, was married and notwithstanding the fact
that Grandma had not been well for several weeks she felt she
must undertake the trip and be present at the ceremony.She went
and witne ssed the pretty marri age , but it proved her last journey on earth, for she contacted addi tiona! co ld, and passed
away within a week.
Martha BOston was born i n Washington C.o., Ind . , March 15,
18)4. She married Hiram Litte l l in 1857, and became the mother
of ten c hildren , six of whom survive her. In 1876 , with her
husband and family , she moved to Clay County (Ill.), which has
since been her home . When a child she joined the Christian
Church and at the time of her deat h held her membership at Bible Grove. The funeral was preached by Elder Thompson of Clay
City, and the interment was on New Year&· - ~y ,in the Hbosier cemetery by the side of the remains of the deceased's husband .
Grandma Littell was of a patient , kindly , s9ciable dispo sition, strongly attached to her children and friends and al ways ready to welcome and enjoy their companyJ and her children
and friends dearly loved her in return . With them both here and
in Indiana her cheerful life will ever remain a precious memory.
(The year of her death is uncertain. Different sources g ive
190J, 1892, and 1907 . Desc . of John Littell of N.• J. See 2a6 al0.
She was the mother of Robert Aquilla LittelL, noted be l ow . )
LOUELLA MEFFORD LITTELL.
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon over t he remains of Mrs . Robert Littell , at the family residence two miles
south of Bard (S . D.). In spite of the muddy roads as the result
of the heavy rains of the night before the attendance was very
large , and a number came a long distance to do hono r to the deceased. The services were conducted by P . L.Oagood, of the
Christian Church , of which the deceased was a meml:ler. The
speaker dealt wi th the neces s ity of watchfulness in order that
we may be continually prepared for whatever may come in life ,
and was appropriate for the reason that Mrs. Littell's death
was the result of a runaway accident (in Mitchell , s . o. , on
August 26 , 1912) . The music for the service was provided by a
quartet from Bard and vicinity and was a helpful part of the
service. The floral offering s were many and of grea t beauty . A
larg e number of friends drove the long distance to Graceland
cemetery in Mitchell to witness the closing services at the
~ave and the choir sang "God Be With You Till We Meet Again,"
~1! a sympathetic manner that l ent impressiveness to the serv l.ces .
Mrs. Li ttell is survived by her husband, Robert Aquilla
Littell and by eight children, the youngest of whom is J years
of a ge , also a sister and a brother, all of whom were present
at ~he fur:teral and who have the sympathy of the entire community ln the~r sorrow . She wa s born in Illinois and became a member of the Methodist church when about 12 years of age. In 189)
(continued on page 19),
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BIBLE RECORDS
Prom the Family Bible of Samuel Wesley Littell, 187)- 194),
of Littleton, West Virginia, contributed 'Oy Jefferson Albert
Littell •
~
Nathan Litt ell, son of William & Nancy Littell was born Feb.
15th AD 1824
Matilda J. Littell was born
Harrison Littell, son of Nathan & Matilda Lit tell was born
April 9th AD 1857
William Litt ell was born May 5th 1858
George w. Lit t ell was born Jan 2nd AD 1861
John R. Littell was born March 24th AD 1862
Martha E. Littell was born April 9th 186)
Rebecca M. Littell was born Sept. 19th AD 1864
llatthew Littell was born Feb. 22 AD 1866
Ira E. Littell was born April 9th AD 1869
Sirrilda A. Littell was born May 20th AD 1871
Samuel w. &: Frances M'o Littell was born April 4th AD 187)
wm. Edward Little, son of Samuel and Amanda Little was born on
March )1 in the year of our Lord 1896
Josephine Little was born on Sept. 4 in the year of our Lord
1897
Albert s. Littell was born May ll, 1899
Russel Little was born May l)th 190)
Deaths
Nathan Litte ll departed this l ~ fe Dec. 12th AD 189)
George w. Littell departed this life April lst AD 1861
John R. Littell departed this life April 22nd AD 1862
Rebecca M_. Lit tell departed this life Nov 29th 1864
Matilda J, Littell departed this life April 24th 187)
Frances M. Littell departed this life Oct 5th AD 187)
Wm. Ed. Little Son of Samuel and Amanda Lit t le died on Augu'st 7
1896
Identification~
Under births,
item 1. William Littell of Littleton, VI. Va., born about 1784
in Maryland. Nothing is known of his origin.
Item 2. Matilda J. Wade Litt ell, bir th date not known .
Items J -12. Children of Nathan and Matilda J. Littell.
Items 1)-16. Children of Samuel Wesley and Amanda (Winte r ) Littell. For more about them see lt2t)O, 115•22, 2 t)• 2J , and
)12t29.
From THE BALDWIN GENEALOGYt
Cornelia A. Baldwin, b. 9-17-1814, m. Stephen M.Littell *and
in 1882 lived in Delaware, Ohio. Childrent
William G., 8-15-18)5 (for his life see 21.21,20)
Sarah Po, 9-2)-18)6
Mary E., 2-26-18)9
Julia, 4-8-1841
Martha, J-4-1844
Eliza A., 7-22-1845
Isaac B.• , 11-4-1847. In 1882 lived in Portland, Ind.
David, 12-29-1852, Portland, Ind. m. Lizzie Hall in 1876. Childrent Carrie and Freddie
From 1880 SCHOOL CENSUS, Wayne Twp. ,Jay Co., Indo (Portland is in·
~:Yd;~:) ~- I~~;te};~ct~!~da:~ 2 • b~~~~o ~~~=ieC~?~~i~~~o
b.
65 ;arrie,
mother, bo H.• J •
Isaac, )2, brother • b. Ohio.
(Contributed by Noble K. Littell.
*Stephen lrtorehouse Littell-Enos-David-David-Samuel)
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OLD LETTERS
ALONZO LUCIUS LITTELL , SR. to Alonzo L . Littell, J:r .
My dear Son
Cleveland, Ohio Nov 1 1876
I c.ommunicate to you the h isto r ica l fa cts conta ined below
that they may not be entirely lost to the coming genera tions , as
1
~~g~~u~i!ln!h;i~~=~; ; o~~PK4 f~~~l~r!~~t=~d a~~r~=~~ ~h~i~r:~ ..
Greeting • - The Eldest of you all, and your only brother, I
address you in a few words of parting, in whic h we each have a
mutua l int eres t . We were all born on the old homestead farm ,
four miles South of Un ion Town, Fayette County, Pa. owned, and
occupied by the Lit tell f a mily for fifty five years.
Th e Litte l ls were Fr ench protestants , an d left Prance in
1680, about th e time of the Catholic Massacre on the Eve of St .
Barth olomew .• . ,, •• • The Li ttells retired first to Scotland , and
then to Long I s land, in the State of New York. John Li tt ell , the
f i rst emigrant , had four Sons, William, James, El iak im and Job.
Our grandfather, Job Littell , was born on Long I s land , New
York , Nov . 27 , 1746 , and died on the far m near Uniontown, Fayette Co Pa. Jan 2), 182), aged 77 years . His wife Eli sabeth
Rob inson , wa s born at South Amboy in the State of Ne w Jersey;
~:~r~?- i~~~· w=~~ ~!~~i:~. U~~~iiorc;:l~6~. ~~d ~~ 5 i7;~e~e:~ved
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from South Amboy to Mo orfield, Hampshire c·o unty Va. , and five
years thereafte r; in 178) , to Fayette County Pa - on a farm of
600 acres , on which they both lived and died, and wer e burryed
on it ; ac co rding to the custom of the times . Th ey had two Sons,
and two daughters who lived to marry; Will iam , a nd Samuel ;
Rhoda, a nd Eli sabeth. Our grandfather was an Educated man , a
s urveyor of land ; an architect; ca rpenter and s hip buil derJ and
he was engaged to build Fairc hance , and Redstone furnaces; at
which th e firs t cast and bar iron , ever manufactured west of
the Al legheny mountains, was made . He built a grist and saw
mill, a s tone dwelling hou se , and other improvements on his
farm , and was a thrifty busine ss man in his day . His t wo Elde s t
brothers, William , and Jame s , were both officers; one a Cap tain, and the other a Lieut . C'o l. in the Revolutionary wan and
were both killed . James , in an Ind i an ambuscade . I seen , and
conversed with a man by the name Thorpe , who stood next to him
when he was s hot dead , and he told me all about it . This Thorp
was a distant relative of the fam ily , and l i ved in Clay township , Faye tte Co . Bu t Job was not in the war , as 1 ever heard
of, in any capaci ty .
Our father , Samuel Littell, was born in Mo orfield, Hampshire County Va . March J, 1779, and died at Minerva, Stark
CC?unty, Ohi o , Feb 7- 1858 a ged 79 years . He wa s twice married.
H1s first wife had twe lve children, 4 sons, and 8 daughters, J
of whom died i n infancy . Samuel was accid entally killed , at the
a ge of 11 yea rs, Nov 10-18)0 ; and Rhoda died at the age of 14,
Nov 25 , 1828 , of i nflam i tary fever , although always very stout
and heal thy before . Seven are st ill living, and i n u s ual health,
at an average age of f i fty seven year s , and no death has oc-
~~:r~~J~~o~~!t r~~~Y M~i~e~!a~~i!:~~n0 ~;n~!t~~~t a~~ :~~:;· w~:
married near Uniontown Pa July 24, 1808 .
U . Our Mother , Catharine Custer , was born J miles south of
d~ 1 ~n~wn , Fayette County Pa, on the 27th day of June-1790 , and
teh f rch 19. 1827, a ge d )6 years, and wa s buryed on the Lit and h arm by the side of grandfa ther and gr andmother Littell ,
er own thr ee children, Rhoda, Samuel , a nd William • .. .•••• •
lJ
Mother was the daughter of George CUster •••••• He was the son of
Paul Custer., .•••• whose mothers maiden name was Ball •••.•• , .She
had a sister whose name was Mary. • •.•• on the 6th day of March
17)0 .• ,., .Mary Ball, our grandfathers Aunt, was married to Augustine Washington ••• •• • They had six children~ the eldest of
these was the renowned General George Washington ••••• Qur grandfather Custer, was twice married, and had, in all, fifteen
children ••• , •• Our Mother was his ninth child •••• , .She was the
first of them to die, in her )6th year, and on the birth of her
twelfth child.
There is a wonderful contrast between our ancestors on the
fathers and mothers side. Mothers people as a rule were aggricul terists, of the highest type, including the Southern branch,
called Planters, who made use of slave labor; and the Western
pioneers of ample means, and free strong arms of their own,with
which they hewed out an honest fortune •••.•• The Littells in all
their generations have always been, and still are, a family of
thinkers, readers, writers, lawyers, ministers, teachers, poets
arid editors. Engaged in guiding the thought of the age, and in
which many of them have excelled, as for instance, Hon. William
Littell, our fathers only brother, a distinguished lawyer of
Yexington, Kentuckey, whose Digest of its laws, was for many
years the universally accepted legal authority in all the
Courts of that State ••• ••• And also Eliakim Littell, of Bos"tOn,
our fathers cousin, the founder and publisher of "Littells Law
Library" and also of "Littells Living Age," for many years, and
at the present day one of the best, and most popular periodicals of the age. Sixty bound volums of this work, are now in
the public Library of Cleveland1 and so thorough and important
a work is it, that no public Library in the land is complet
without it. I might name Rev. Dr. Luther Littell of the Presbytery of Hudson, N Y. ~ and many other distinguished in 1i terature, science and religion. But strange to say, the Littells,
have never sought, or obtained either poll tical advancement, or
great wealth. I never knew a Littell· who was very rich, or
very poor. And I never knew one, who had married, and taken a
position in life, who worked for wages or who did not command
their own time and carry on their own business, or hold an honorable position in some great firm. And the same is as fully
trUe of our Custer relations. As, in the millions of Israel who
left Egypt, there was not a sickley or feeble person amongst
them all. So with our most extensive relationship, it would be
hard to find a poor one, Such as needed public, or private
charity. I have never known any one, amongst them all who ever
asked, or received such, or who would acc-ept it at the hands of
any one.
I have said our father was twice married. His second wife
was J(rs. Nancy Reece McMasters, a widow lady with five children, two sons and three daughters. She was born, March 18
1?9), and they were married on the 27th of December, 1829 ••••••
'l'he fruit bf this second marriage was two daughters, and a son.
Jul.ia Francis Littell was born Sept 16-18)0. Priscilla Littell
was born Feb 2-18)), and Samuel S. Littell was born May 4-18)6.
In the fall of 16)8 our father sold the farm and mills in Payette county which had been the family homestead for fifty five
years and removed to the C.i ty of Wooster, in the State of Ohio.
The preceeding eleven years, from .the time of mothers death , had
been years of unmixed perplexity and anxiety. With a family of
Sixteen children to keep, ten of his own ~ three, who had come
with his second wife, and three more, born after she came. In
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those years four of the children died in our house, three, were·
born, and seven. were married and left home, leaving, still, on
the day of removal, a family of nine persons; namely • Melinda,
catharine, Sarah, Hannah, Francis, Priscilla and Samuel,and the
two old people, none of whom could earn anything. Father bought
out the Wooster Democrat newspaper, and published it two years.
Soon after their settlement in Wooster, Nancy Littell took sick
and died, and was burried in the Baptist hurrying ground of
that City. She was a member of that communion and very sincere
pious.
Of the twenty yeara. which our father lived in Ohio, two was
in Wooster, 17 in Congress townsh ip , 12 miles north west of
Wooster. He lived in the Villag e, was Post Master, School Director, and had half section of splendid land adjoining the
town, which he rented, - and one year he lived in c·o lumbiana
County near llinerva, where he died, and was buried in A-. D 18.58•
He died at the house of his son-in-law John Deford Esq., and
eight of his own children, and five of his sons-in-law were
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~~~ ~=n~e: It~ i :ei~~~~a~e:: ~: ~; t~;r ~~!t~ : Mc~!!~d:n~e ~~~~k Taylor wi th their husbands, and Samuel S. Littell and my own wife
Ann Littell. Samuel and Rev • Wm. Eaton, who preached the funeral are long since dead. Samuel Hewi t is dead and Me Cleans are
far removed, to IowaJ and I should have said Priscilla Li ttellL
was also present. On this day, our fathers decendents, including his children, grand and great grand children, number one
hundred and fifty Souls. One of his children, Sarah, lives in
Pa. Fayette Co., Six live in Ohio; Alonzo, Matilda, Lydia, Melinda, Francis and Priscilla, and two live in Iowa, Louisa and
Catharine, and their average ages is nearly fifty-seven years.
Ten, of the eleven girls raised in our house were married, and
all of them have children; and Hannah is the only one of them
who has died, while four of them, Lydia, Sarah, Lucinda and Ann
are widows, their husbands having died many years ago.
In religion, all our blood kindred; and our married relations are strictly Protestant. Amongs t all of them there is not
one Infidel; Catholic, Episcopalean, or Unitarian. They are
mostly Presbyterians, Baptists, and Meth odists; Church going
member s , and supporters, in all their generations.
In mental and physical development, I never knew one of all
our people who was born, or who became an idiot; or one permanently insane or mad. There is no one of them who is a dwarf, in
size, or who is deformed in limb, or features by mal-formationr
which is , cer tainly, a wonderful circumstance whe re there are
so many hundreds ; running through several generations.
(The above letter is taken from "A. L. Littell and his
Friend s ," a manuscript consisting of material copied, under the
direction of Fred M. Littell, from the original A. L. Littell
book written in 1876 and a William s. Littell copy of the same
book made in 1885. About a third of the letter is omitted here
for the sake of space economy and and because most of it deals
with the Custer fam ily.
Other parts of •A. L. Littell and his
Friends" were printed in 21"}18, 21414, 21:6114. and 2•7•5·)
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MARY LITTELL WOODRUFF
Isaac Woodruff, Jr., born 1744, died July 2, 1804, married,
1st, Mary Litte ll on Nov.19, 1761. Their child• Jonathan Dayton
Woodruff, born 176J, died .ran. J, 1809. Jfe did not marry. (From
WOODRUFF CHRONICLES, by C. N. Woodruff, 1967, pages 8J, 84, 94,
99• The parents of Mary Littell Woodruff are not known.)
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WILLIAM EARL LI.TTELL
That time worn platitude "in the midst of life we are in
death" finds another extremely sad exemplification in the death·
of w. E. Littell which occurred Tuesday morning at a little
past seven o'clock in his father•·s store room on north sixth
street and which was caused by heart failure.
That morning Will got up as usual, felt in h:is usual health:
and after partaking of breakfast set out for the store to take,
up the labors and business cares of another day. He was the
first to the store and pretty soon began cleaning up for the
day's business·· by mopping the floor. He began this labor in thee
rear end and in the L_part of the room and had gone over a small:_
section of the floor when he was overcome, falling into a swoon
upon the lounge and from which he never wakened. Hlis father had!
just come to the store and was engaged in selling some goods
when he was attracted to the rear part of the sto re~ by this
customer who said something was the matter with Will.Jfe hurried·
back and found his son on the lounge dead, the head leaning on
the arm of the couch and the feet extending on the floor, the
handle of the mop he was using was still in his hand and death
must have been immediate as the countenance indicated a repose:
too peaceful to admit of any final struggle. This depressing
c;;~h:~~t~f· e:at!e!1 :~~n~a~~~~ ~e ~=: t m~~~c~si~e!~~~ c_ommuni ty
The funeral arrangements are made for the afternoon of
Thursday and in the M E Church. The burial will be in the east
side cemetery where reposes the remains of his little son, Rex
W., hi s mother, grandmother and other relatives. Rev. Cole of
the church will officiate.
William Earl Littell was born in Ellsworth township in this;
county in 1870 (March 27, a son of Eugene Rosaloo and Olive E.
Littell, see 2a2tl0) and where he grew up to boyhood when the
family moved to this city and engaged in business . He received
the greater part of his education in the schools of this city
and he assisted in the store of his father and brother Leslie
Grant Littell doing business under the name of E. Ro Littell
and Son. Later he entered -t.a• service of B. C.R. & N. Ry. and
served as agent and operator for some time. When agent for that
company at Hardwick in 1893 he was married to Miss Elma Cross man and to this union two sons were born, the eldest, Rex,dying
June 1st, 190) from the effects of a peri toni tis illness re-
~~~~!~~ ~~~7 ~~!nfb~;~u~~9~~8 r~\:b~~:e~n w~1~ :i~~~~ ~;;:Af~er
leaving the service of the railway he went to Davenport, Wash.
where he remained about a year and then r eturned to Estherville
and took up business with his father, E. R. Littell, and had
been a valuable assistant to· him. He was a large hearted andl
wholesouled fellow, and for his death, premature and sudden,
there is much sorrow felt.
The DEMOCRAT extends its condolence to the household whom
death has thus severely tried and stricken deeply to the heart.
May they be comforted and sustained in this dark and lonely
hour.
(The date of his death was Oct. 16, 1906. This obituary was
obtained by David Fleming from the Emmet County Historical Society (Iowa) who sent it to his aunt, Lucile Fleming Biddick.
Mrs. Riddick copied it in a letter to Jean Michael Littell who
made it available to us. Ed.)
When moving,please send change of address to the Secretary.
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JOB, LITTELL
JOB' LITTLE, farmer, Sparta Township, was born in the same,
March 20, 1828. His parents, Elias and Rebecca (Mulford) Little, were both natives of Ohio, and migrated from thence to
Dearborn County (Indiana) in a very early day, settling on the_
same farm on which our subject now lives. They were among the
early pioneers bf this county, and at the time the settlement
was made the county was almost an unbroken wilderness. The father died in 1869, his wife having died in 1829. He was afterward married to Mrs. Naricy Hubbard, who died about 184), and he
then married Betsy Shedd, who still survives. He was the father
of twenty-one children, namely• Mulford, Ephraim, William,Archibald, Julia, Phebe, Mary, Martha, Esther and Job, by his first
wifeJ Jackson, Rebecca, Myer, Sarah, Amos, Elias and David by
second wife, and George, John, Ann and Elizabeth by third wife.
Our subject purchased the old homestead after his father's
death, wh~re he has always resided. He was married in Sparta
Township, in 1850, to Elizabeth Lindsay, by whom he had born to
him two children, viz.• Elias W. and Esther J .• , the latter deceased. Mrs. Little died in 18_54, and in the same year he married Harriet Lindsay, a sister of the first wife, by whom he
has had nine children, viz. a James F., Sarah F., Archibald, Ebben B., George H., William A., Charles s., Oscar E. and Fladilla Mo
(Desc. of Anthony..:.John of N·oJo . 2t4a27 Contributed by Noble
K. Littell.
From HISTORY OF DEARBORN AND OHIO COUNTIES (Indiana), published 1885.)
TOPANGA CANYON;, CAL
"You "11 have to leave," the deputy
sheriff told 70-year-old Tod Littell. "The fire will be through
here in a few minutes. Take what you can, but get out and make
it snappy."
"Ain't go in','" said Littell.
"That's an order, mister," said the deputy. "It comes from
the fire department. They don't want anyone hurt. You got to
scram. "Mister, I don't want any trouble with you.•
Littell, who with his wife Ruth has lived in t)'le Glenview
section of Topanga Canyon for 27 years and has seen four fires
come and go, drew himself up to his full 6 feet, one inch.
"Sonny boy," he said, "I been living here more years than
you've been living. And not you, and not any other wet-behindthe ears whipper-snapper is going to tell me how to behave in a
fire."
The deputy looked him up and down, shrugged and drove away
to warn other Glenview residents of the approaching danger. No
one else stayed. Inside the house, Mrs. Littel l , 67, snapped
the electric light switch without response.
"Mr. Littell," she said, "I think that fire is getting
cl,ose."
Her husband looke d up from the garden hose he was connecting.
"Would you like to leave, Mrs. Littell?" he asked.
"Mr. Littell, don't you be an old fool."
The flames passed by, driven by high winds. And after they
were gone, the Lit t ells' home stood without a scorch.
Littell looked a t the front wall and scratched his chin •
.. Rocks in that wal l from every state in the union, .. he
mused. '"Remember when we built it, Mrs. Littell?"
"Mr. Lit t el l ," his wife said. " Mr. Littell - I love you."
(continued on page 2))
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LOUISA SMITH' BELLOWS (MRS. MAXWELL) LITTELL
At the home of her son O.B. Littell in Seattle, Washington
on October 8, 1902, our dear mother, Mrs. Louisa Littell fell
asleep in death, entering into that sweet surcease from all the
sorrows of earth life aged BJ years, 8 mos. and 9 days. llother
Littel l was born in Mew London, C:onnecticut, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B:ellows. · Early in life she removed
with her parents to southern Indiana. On August 19 , 184) she
was marrie d t•· Maxwell Littel l , who was the son of Elder John
John T. Littell , • a pioneer preacher of large labors among the
disciples of Indiana.
Their home from the first was distinctively Christian, and
its hospitality was enjoyed by many of t&e earlier ministers in
the Restoration. But few of the disciples at present personally
know more of their earlier Jfistory than she. Her husband a nd
two children preceeded her into the fullness of Eternal life.
In 1899 she removed with her son from New Albany, Indiana
to Seattle, Washington, and tho' aged she continued to enjoy
active service in the church, and gained many new friends in
her new home, who loved her dearly for her works sake.Her children o.:a., Thomas T., Lydia, and Margaret of Seattle, Mrs. Mary
Burns of Los Angeles, California, Mrs. Emma McMullen of N.ew Albany, Indiana mourn her departure, but not as those who have no
hope. Funeral services were conducted by her Pastor , H.B·. Lingfel ter assisted by A.L. Crim of Everett, Washington.
•Blessed
are those who die in the Lord from henceforth; yea, saith the
Spirit, that they rest from their labors, for their work follows them."'
'l'he children.
The record of the parents and eight children ia found in
the Maxwell Littell Bible which is in the possession of Evelyn
Iflizard Sheets and Doris Blizard Whitaker, daughters of Laura
McMullen Blizard. The latter was the daughter of Emma, the
first child below1
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Maxwell Littell was born January 28, 181?
Louisa ·smith Bellows was born January 29, 1819
Elruna Adaline Littell the 1st daughter of Maxwell & Louisa S.
Littell was born July 18, 1844
James Theodore Littell was born Sun. July 12, 1846
Mary Lois L-ittell was born Friday, September 29, 1848
Orlando Bellows Littel l was born Thursday, October Jl, 1850
allen Littell was born Wednesday, February 16, 185)
Lydia Maybe! Litte ll was born Friday, May 4, 1855
Margaret Carlile Littel l was born Thursday July J, 185?
Thomas Tompson Littell was born Saturday Nov. 2, 1861
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Maxwell Littell and Louisa s. Bellows was married August l?th
184)
Mary L. Littell, second daughter of Maxwell & Louisa s.Littell,
was married to Wm. Burns Oct. 18, 1866
Emma A. Littell, first dau. of Maxwell & Loui sa s. Littell , was
married to Daniel H-. McMullen September 19, 186?
Orlando B'. Lit tell and Matilda T. Duncan were married Jany 21,
1875
( continued on page 2))
*Descendant of John of Elizabethtown,· New Jersey.
1161 )2
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OLD LITTELL RESTING PLACES
List of Littell burials. Rosedale cemetery, Orange, New J"ersey .
Compiled by Mrs. Anne Pause!, J a nuary, 19?4.
~
Refer to
AM Marital Residence
status
1aJdoL
Plot 17, Lot 2
Elias
Mar~f ;~f:a
7- 5-1850
62
1-8-18)6
1-15-80
82
Lydia
Charles
Mary E. wife 4 -12 -1868
of Charles
Elias
Diane
9-2? - 04
12-18-20
Charles
9 -12 - 84
George w.
9 - 9- 85
Julia M. (W) 9 - 1 - 87
William B·. 1-25-36
Plot 17, Lot 25
Jane
Plot 26 , Lot 6
Aaron P.
5- 28 -1897
Frances
8- 10-88
Hiram E.
12-18-14
Ellen Ho
12- 15-43
Married Orange. N.J ..
Widow
JO N.Jefferson
St ., Orange
19 Single Newark, N. J.
16 s
Newark
6 mo .
Harrison, N.•J.
Essex Ave., Orange
59 s
91
W
68
M
59
M
90
w
62
76
Mary
1- 11- 53
63
Raymond Eo 8-15-1879
Plot 18, Lot 15
H~ram B.
11-?-1889
Mary
5- 22 -1882
Theodore
9- 4-14
Grenville P.J- 29-79
Ho ward P.
12 -12 - )8
Josephine
11- 6- 71
) 14118
) 14 11 8
54
1- 2 -70
Marjorie
9- 6- 58
Plot 18 , Lot 16
Elias B'o
? - 29-1892
Mariah Ho
1 - 9-05
John No
5- 15-16
M
M
M
91
77
w
w
4 mo .
74
66
W
M
82
W
1
70
S
98
~;~~e~I~k Lot l§ - 16- 54
80
M
Etta MoHo
79
w
J -18 - 59
Montclair, N.J.
75
Robert G.
J(,
Widow
25
Plot 40 . Lot 20
Berry Lot
Robert Bal'!"" 15-25 - 59
86 W
lantine
Montclair
Newark
Schenectady,N. y .
67 Che s ter Ave. ,
Newark
50) Riv erwood P.k .
Pt.P1ea s ant, N..J,.
25 Montclair Ave.
Nutley, N•.J .
Ditto
Montclair
Montclair
Un ion St . , Nor walk. Conn.
Newark
218112
2 18 11)
2 1811)
2 11119
2 11119
2 11119
21 1119
2• 1• 5
2 11126
2 11126
2 11119
Montclair
Montclair
Montclair
2 111 5
Montclair
) 14t7
17 Chestnut St., Jt4 17
East Orange
2J7 Washington Av.J 14 17
Bridgeport, Corm.
405 Washington
St., Orange
N. J .Masonic Home,
Burlington, N. J •
46 Prospect St . ,
Summit, N.J.
2 11116
19
Janet B'o
J-2-38
J-4-61
:a.
4-lJ-69
Mabel :s.
Plot 46, :;;;ot 212
Bloomfl.eld
5-8-Jl
Anne
66
M
46 Prospect St.,
Summit, N.• J.
8)
Ditto
89
Ditto
78
M 614 Springdale Ave.,
2alal6
2a.liJ.6
2L81:1)
East Orange, NoJ.
Old Cemetery. Lot 16 Hilsdon Lot
Elnma
6-9-86
JJ
M B'loomfield, N.J .
Old Cemetery. Lot 924
10-29-188 41
Mary Morehouse 11- J- )4 - 89
Henry M. interred 10-27-1870
James H.
New York
W 189 Union St., Montclair
age 2 mo.
Newark, N.J.
Editor's notes a
The names on Mrs. Fausel's ori g inal list are in alphabetical order.we grouped the names here by plot and lot number so
that families can be more easily recognized. We also added a
column for reference to articles in LITTELL'S LIVING AGE in
order to identify individuals. Below are notes mainly about
those not so id.entified.
Plot 17, Lot 2 Elias Littell was a merchant who died in
Bloomfield, N.J. He married, 1st, in 1811, Mary C<'llins, and,
2nd, Lydia Doremus, a widow. Charles Littell was born in Bloomfield and was a carriage trimmer. His wife Mary E. ltadison was
born Aug. 14, 18)9. His brother Elias N.• Littell, a carpenter,
married Diane Madison, probably a sister of Mary. The last four
in Lot 2 are unidentifiedJ they may be children of Elias N.Littell.
~i~i ~~; ~~
gs J~~~eN;w~~~d~~i~;~~d;arried
Mary J. Fleming
who was born Aug. J, 1840.
Plot 18, Lot 15 Hiram B. Lit t ell, flour merchant, was born
11-19-1615. He was a brother of Aaron P. and Elias B. Littell.
He married, 1st, on 4-11-18)8 Phehe Mills who died March 6,
18)9, 5 days after having twins John Meeker Littell (died Aug.
J, 18)9) and Mary Esther Littell (died Apr. 4, 1840). Hiram B.
Littell married, 2nd, on Apr. 29, 1840, Mary Mills who is 2nd
on this lot list.
Plot 2?, Lot 2 Frederick and Etta H.l•l . - un i dentified.
Plot 40. Lot 20 Janet Berry Lit t ell was the wife of Robert
Ballantine Littell.
Old c-e metery, Lot 36 Emma Littell - uni dentified.
Old Ceme t ery, Lot 924 Jame s Higg ins Lit tell (-Aaron Condit Enos Dav1.d--Dav1.d Samuel) married between 1 86 7 and 18 70
Mary E. Morehouse. Their son was Henry M. Littell, born June
14, 1870, died Aug , 24, 1870.
LOUELLA MEFFORD LITTELL ( continued f r om page 10)
she was bapt i zed a nd bec a me a member of t he church of Chri s t.
She was 42 years,4 months, 15 days old at the time of her dca:th.
(See 11:21 3)
Th i s obituary, and th e one of Mar t ha Ann Easton Littell, were contributed by Warren Le e Lit te l l.)
LETTERS (continue d from page 21)
As ever, Dorothy P. Litt e ll, Bea t ri c e , Ne br.
{Arti c les about some of the s e de s c endants of Amo s Litt e l l ,
Sr., may be found in 114a28, 2171 10 , 15- l? , and 21 8 110. )
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WILLIAM OSBORN! LITTELL and Ohildren
William Osborn Littell, son of J'ohn Gilmore Littell aRd Hannah BUrns his wife , was born Jan. 18, 1855 · Wm . Osborn was born
in c.l a rk County, Ind. He lived with hi s parents until 1880 , He
was then married to Margaret M. Myers, a daughter of William
Fulbright Myers . They moved on a farm in Bbgard Township near
his father's in a two room log house. They afterwards built a
four ro om house. There Maude, Mamie and Lillie May were born.
He ran a store in Epsom for his brother Tom for a few years.
Most of the time he rode a bicycle from the farm to town and
back . He moved to Epsom two winters and ran the store. He moved
t hen to Plainville and ran a store with his brother T. E. Littell. There Edgar and Roy were born. Ke built the hou se we s t of
the old Foust house. He bought the store from his brother in
1894 . He was in the store business until Oct. 22 , 1905 . After
t he Christian Chureh was organized in 1888 he was made one of
the fi rst Elders, and was an Elder until he moved to West
Point, Miss ., with all hi s family . He bought a forty acre farm
whic h jo i ned 1 60 acres of timber land he had owned for some
t ime. He and Georg e Hyatt of Washington, Ind . bought a saw mill
and ran it for several years. He sold 80 acres of the timber
land to George Hyatt. He ran a farm and a mill until his death
Dee . 28, 1917. Margar et M. Myers his wife was born April 8,1862 .
Her mother was Christina Seifert. They raised their own children , and then taken Clara Marguerite Hildreth , a daughter of
Claud e Hildreth and Maud McCann his wife, to raise . She was
born May 18, 1900 •
Margaret M. Littell died Oct. 20 , 1953, age 91 years.
William o. Littell at the death was 62 years, 11 months , 10
days .
Margaret tt. Littell at death was 91 years , 5 months , 12
days old.
MAUDE LITTELL (daughter of Wm. Osborn Littell!) was born
Feb . 1, 1882. She married Louis F. Rey of St. Louis, Mo ., Dec.
26, 1909 . To this union were born two children - Christina
Le~?la Rey, born April 24, 1911 , and Laurence Edgar Rey , born
March 6, 191) . Loui s P. Rey left his wife four months before
Laurence Sdgar was born, and after 4 years she got a divorce
and married Charles Kehl July 7 , 1917 o To this union were born
the follo wing chil dren~ Mildred Josephine Kehl, born May 24,
1918. Prances Maude Kehl, born Nov . 22, 1919 . Charles Wendeline
Kehl, March 5, 1922 . James Harley Kehl, b o Jan . 7, 1924; d . Nov .
1924 . Thelma Margaret Kehl , b , June 20, 1925. Hazel Virginia
Kehl, b . Oct. )0 , 1927 .
MAMIE LITTELL (daughter of Wm. Osborn Litte ll) was born
Sept. J , 188) . She married James Edward Johnson Jan. 1, l908 . To
t hem were born Coila May Adell, Luvenia and Will Ed. James Edw~rd Jo hnson d ied Jan. 5, 1912 . Mamie then united in marriage
w1.th Henry 0 . Maxon, Sept . 191J . T• them were born P.ichard Henry
and a twin who died, Charle s Thomas. and two li ttle girls who
d ied in infancy . Mamie ha s been living in· or close to Wes t
r:;~~: • Miss ., since her married life Up to the present time,
LILLIE MA't LITTELL (daughter of Wm . Osborn Littell) was
born March JO , 1885. She married Nathan V. Maxon . a brother of
her siste r Mamie • s second husband. After their marriage they
moved on a farm clos e to West Po int , Mis s . for several years .
'l'o them were born twins October 5 , 1908 , Nathan Earl and Lillian
Merle . Lenard was born Feb. 5 , 1910. Lillian Merle di ed Dec.l7.
(continued on page 2))
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GRACE LITTELL ENSIGN FREEMAN
Grace Littell Ensign , daughter of George Henry and Lucy
C'o rnelia (Littell) Ensign, was born Sept . 17, 1878. in Hume,
Oh io; married April 1) , 1900 , in Kirwin, Kans ., Charles Edmund ,
son of Christopher C.olumbus and Fannie (Morgan) Freeman; born
Jul y 24, 1874 in Ludlow, Ill. She was educated in the Kirwin,
Kansas, schoo ls and at the Kansas We s leyan University at Salina , Kans as . (Her birth date is also given as Sept. 17 , 18BO,and
at Bryan , Ohio . ) She had three children a
1. Frances Freeman, born Jan. 1 ) , 19 01, in Kirwin , Kansas;
married June 11, 1927 in Kirwin, Kans . , Rollin James Smith who
was born March ), 1900. Frances was graduated from Kir win High
School in 1919 , obta i ned a business education in Topeka , Kans.,
and was stenographer in the State Highway Commis s ion, Topeka,
for three years. They adopted a child , Susan Smith, born Sept .
26 , l9JJ .
2 . Ruth Freeman , married June 6, 1931 , Harley Doak who was
born March 26, 1896 in Oakley , Kans . Ruth graduated from the
Kirw in High School in 1920 . and took coll ege work at t he Kansas
State Teachers College , Emporia, in the summer terms of 1920
and 19211 at the Port Hays Normal at Hays in the summer of
1922, and in the winter t erm of 1925- 1926 at the Kansas State
College at Manhattan. She taught for ten years at various
places .
3 · George Columbus Freeman , born Dec . 2 , 1908 i n Kirwim
graduated from Phillipsburg High School in June , 1926;
attended Agricultural College of Manhattan , Kansas .
Grace Littell Ensign Fre eman had two bro th ers. One married
a Miss Ventle who was born March 13, 1880 in Chetopa, Kansas .
The other was Paul Frederick Ensign, born Oct . 30 , 1893 in Kirwin , Kans . I married Nov . 9 , 1917 in Topeka , Kans ., J ulia Hamm.
Newell of Oakland, Kans . He graduated from the Topeka High
School and attended Teachers Norma l at Emporia, Kans . He taugh t
five years in Topeka and one year i n Moberly, Mo . He received
his Ph . G degree from Bowen Institute of Pharmacy, and worked as
a pharmaci s t in greater Kansas C'i ty for n i ne years and as cer eal chemist eight years in Kansas City , Mo . , and Oakland . He
enl i sted in the army, World War I; was promoted from private to
Top Sergeant, Medical c·o rps, and was stationed at Jefferson
Barracks, St . Louis, Mo., Fort Sne lling, Minnesota, and Fort
Br ooks, Omaha, Neb. Discharged . There was one childl ·P ol l yanna
Ensign , born1 July 7, 1925.
uteip~;m n:~ !ei~h ~~~=~~~f"' " pages )16 , 320 , and 32 1. contr ib-
1
1
LETTERS
Recently, my son, Gerald , was in Center , Mis souri, and he
noti~:~s a 1I~~:i1 c~~4~~8K J wz ~~m~~e~~ . ~~=~u~A:~~j~~~Anthony-
John. He die d 7-19 -1917)
Sarah K. Littell 5- 2- 1850 to 9- 13-1932 (Wife o f Amos)
William F . Litte ll ll-17 - 1869 to 1 - 25 - 1929 (son of Amos,Jr~
Mary J. Li tte ll 8- 27-1868 to 4 - 29 - 1946 (wife of William F. )
John A. Littell 1876- 1 951 (son of Amos, Jr . )
Ma t tie M. Li ttell 1879-1964 (wife of John A. Lit te ll )
Rolla D. Li ttell 1898-1973 (son of John A. Littell)
Ely M. Lit te ll 1901(wife of Rolla D. Litte ll)
Freda - Daughte r of" R. D. 1: Ely Lit t ell 11- 29 - 1925
Francis s . Littell 6- 25 - 18)7 to 4 - 20-1896 (son of Amos.sr .)
(continued on page 19)
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ERNEST BUTNER LITTELL, 6 mos old, weight 17 lbs is written
in the portrait folder. The photographer was Butler, Lexington,
~:!~c~!~e;h:i ~~~:~1 ~)e~~~~~ii.
1!1ih!em~~~=r~fL~;~!:t~~~~~tell
is that he was born in 1912 and was living .in Lexington, urunarried, in 1969. He ha.d .a sister, Mary . Lee- Littell, · who.- married a
Jtr • . Anderson.
The picture was purchased by Mrs. Jean A. Vogelius of Orlando, Florida, for one dollar in a "flea market" near Orlando.
She placed an advertisement in the "Genealogical Helper,"' offering it to an interested family member.
JAMES MOFFITT LITTELL BIBLE RECORD
The marriage section was inadvertently omitted from the Bible Record in )14151
James Littell to Milcah Stanford on September 6th, 1786 in
Bourbon Co., Ky.
James M. Littell, son of James and llilcah, his wife, was
married to Sarah Sipple, daughter of John Sipple and Amelia,his
wife, November 19th, 18)).
George N. Webb was married to I sa bela Littell, daughter of
James M. Littell and Sarah his wife, May 26th, 1853·
William Littell, son of James M. Littell and Sarah, his
wife, was marrie d to llary Ann Clark on February 18th. 1858.
RI CHARD L. FOREE (continued from page 26)
Foree was born in Williamstown, Kentucky, a son of Rose D.
Webster and the late Julian Foree,and a grandson of Lillie Littell (Mrs. William Pack) Webster (J a415) • He is marr ied to the
former Patsy Sauder and they have a daughter, Risha Ann who is
attending George Mason University in Virginia.
(Contributed by Mrs. w. H. W<>1den through Mrs. Naomi ~tt.s)
*-Ernest-William-James rtoffi tt-James-James of Ireland
2J
ST. LOUIS COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS (continued from page 9)
brot~~~ ~fc~;~d
G. Littell of Overland, over 21 & Mollie Frame,
over 18, m. )/10/1956 by a minister of the gospel. (Probably
son of #10)
TOPANGA CANYON• (continued from page 16)
(Desc. of Anthony-John of N.J. 1•)•27 and 211122
News-
paper article , about 1950-1960, contributed by Mrs. E. M. Littell of Sioux City, Iowa.)
LOUISA SMITH BELLOWS LITTELL (continued from page 17}
DEATHS
Ellen Litte ll departed this life Peb. 7th 1854, aged 11 months,
21 days
James Theodore Littell departed this life Apr. 29, 1878.His age
was )1 years, 9 months, 17 days
Maxwell Littell died April 2, 1890 at New Albany, Ind., aged 73
years, 2 months, 5 days having been a member of the
Church over 50 years
Louisa Bellows Littell died October 8th (Wednesday) 1902 at Seattle, Wash., aged 8) years, 9 months, 2 days
Emma A. Littell McMullen died April 24, 1921
Lydia Maybell Littell died Feb. 7, 1845 at Seattle, Wash., age
89-9-9 days
Thomas Tompson Littell died June 19, 1946 at age 55y ?m 17 days
at Seattle, Wash.
Louisa s. Bellows Littell, wife of Maxwell Littell, died in Seattle, Wash. October 8, 1902 (Wed.) having been a member of the Church of Christ for more than 50 years
Emma Adaline Littell McMullen died April 24, 1921 at Fullerton ,
Calif., age 76 yrs, 9 months, 6 days, widow of D.H. McMullen
Margaret Carlile Littell died Nov. 17th 1922
Mary Lois Littell Burns died Oct. 29, 19)1, aged B)y, and 1
month
Orlando Bellows Littell died Sept. 2, 19)4
Helen Dale Littell died Nov. 11, 19)1. Second wife of Orlando
Bellows Littell
WiLLIAM. OSBORN. LITTELL and Children (continUed from page 20)
1924. The other children were Roy and Joy twins, born Mar. 15,
1912, Ralph Allan Sept. J, 1914, Dorothy Maude Aug. lJ, 1916,
George Allison Aug.21,1918, Elmer Albert Dec.19,1920 , Raymond
Philip May 17, 192) . Lillie was married to N.V.Maxon Jan.J..l908.
WILLIAM EDGAR LITTELL was born at Plainville, Ind., Febo 4,
1887 . He died July 15, 1905, unmarried.
ROYAL BENSON LITTELL was born in Plainville Septoll 1 1888.He
lived with his parents until he was 21 years old and then he
learned the barber trade and spent about 7 years at that trade
in Indiana and Mississippi. He married Iva ~y DeMoss Apr.4,
1915 at Odon, Ind. by Revo Charles Buchanan . Their marriage was
a double one, with another couple. To them was born one son
Gerald who lived just a few hours, on Febo7,1916. A short time
after the baby ' s death they moved to a farm a short distance
from Plainville, Ind., and have lived there to the present
1929. They are both members of the Plainville Christian Church
and Roy is a Deacon there. Iva is a teacher of the Sunday
School and Superinten,ent.
(Taken from a LITTELL HISTORY, by Royal Benson Littell,
written in 1929. Roy died on June 22, 1958. See 2•Br4)
NONAGENAR I ANS
WILLIAM THAW LITTELL
observed his 9lst birth day on Sept . )rd . He was
born on Sept . )rd, 1891, in
Wash ington, D. C., to Wil liam John and Matilda
Roome Littell . He wrotethe story of his remarkable mother (211110) . He
married, lst, on Aug . 15 ,
l916 , Mary Cl ark , and , 2nd ,
on Sept . 25 , 1969 Eleanor
Collins . Bill a nd " Peggy"
live at 25046 Hiillmer Dr .
Hemet,CA 9234). Bill has
two children - Isabel
(Mrs.Charles B'.) Henderson and Mary {Mrs . Richard
L. ) Glaser, and grandchildren Albert Henderson
and Virginia Lee Hender-
Miss Doreen H.Litt ell sent
this copy of the coat - of-arms
which was noted in the article
in 2 1617 . She found it in a
large volume ent itl ed "American Families Genea logical and
Heraldic , " by Wm . R. Cutter ,
published by the American
Historical Society , New York.
It is one of three Littell
coats- of-arms to be found in
the literature .
'
Accompanying this illustration is the follow.ing (ex cerpts) 1
The Littell family
is also prominent in t he same
section of the State, and be fore its establishment in
Ameri ca held a prominent position in England. It is also
of great antiquity. The name
was origi nally der ived from a
nickname. and is of the same
class of patronymics as Ri gg ,
Smal l , Long , Etc. The name is
found with great frequency in
early colonial records , and
is found under several different orthographies . ( Wit wonder about some of this . Ed . )
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VITAL STATISTICS SINCE JAN 1, 1972
Beginning with this issue, for each person the name of his
immigrant ancestor and an appropriate reference to an item in a
back issue are given . Thus, the first birth below has a reference to Wol.2, No.8, page 9 of LITTELL'S LIVING AGE.
B'IRTHS
Elizabeth Van Rensselaer Ullmann, May 7, 1974, Palm Beach,
FL, to Lucy Van Rensselaer Littell and Henry Johnson Ullmann.
(-Emlen Trenchard III-Emlen Trenchard II
Desc. of Samuel
21819)
Scott Alan Patterson, Aug. 6, 1976, Apple Valley , CA, to
Carole Louise Rayle and Terry L. Patterson (-Homer Prank Rayle
Wi~f::n ~ ~~ ~~le-Delia Seward Ansley Ray!. Desc. of Squire
2
B'onnie Ann Ross, Feb. 11, 1980, Ada, Okla., to John G. Ross
Jr. and Sharon o. Ross (-John G. Ross, Sr.
Desc. of Samuel
2aJal4)
Britta Halberg, Feb. 16, 1981, Jeterboro, N.H., to Nancy
Ross and William Halberg (-John G. Ross, Sr. See above.)
Sarah· Jane Littell, Feb. 9, 1982, St. Petersburg, FL, to'
David Clair and Donna Jane Vincent Littell (Desc. of John of
Ireland
:3•1•26)
Abigail Rei Gibson, Mar. 25, 1982, B~yan, Texas, to Gregory
Littell and Kacy Doig Gibson (-Raymond Samuel Gibson-Maude
Mere! Littell Gibson-George Washington-Malcolm Leech-JohnSquire William)
Katherine Veronica Kren, July 8 , 1982, Blairstown, N. J., to
~~j~~t
Littell and Robert Alfred Kren (Desc. of Samuel
si;r
Leah Ann Brennan,at right,
Apr. 28, 1982, Salt Lake City,
Utah, to Sandra Ann Solliday
and Mark Brennan (Desc. of
John of Elizabethtown, N.J. J•
1•25)
Lisa Elizabeth Hasel, July
29 , 1982, Phoenix, Ar izona, to
Cynthia B'etts and Philip Les..,;
ter Hasel (Desc. of James Littell of Ireland J•2a21)
an~~~;~~~~
George BUrford Rayle
Geraldine Cunningham, 'July
22, 1972 (-Hermon Lee Rayle-see under births)
Carole Louise Rayle and Terry L. Patterson, March 24, 1974,
Las Vegas, Nevada (See under births)
Karen Claire Ross and Fahmy Shawky Mechael, Novo 21, 1981,
Toms River, N.J. (-Sandford A. Ross -Ph ilip Ayres Ross-Aaron
Smith Ross, Jr.
Desc. of Samuel 2 •2 •17)
Burn=~~cL 1 ~t~h a~~jiharles ~~~~;e~f ~~a~' 15~;.~7)Catherine
Grov!:c~~J ~tag{n~!~:e~i ~~~u=lberi 1 ~;i8~i~ 9 ) Sept.
J, 1982 , Cedar
IN MEMORIAM
Rollie Estill Littell, Sept. 12, 1900 to ft'!arch 2, 1982 ,Kure
Beach, N. C.
(-Thomas C.lark - William
Desc . of James of Ireland
Ja4 • 5
See article below)
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Anita Blaine Damrosch (Mrs. Robert) Littell. 190)/4 to June
17, 1982, Tyringham, Mass.
(Saauel. 117115 See article below)
Geraldine Edith Fra~er (Mrs. Morris Leonard) Littell, 1916
to July 16. 1982, Holly Hill, FL (-Cecil Handy
Desc. of
John of Elizabethtown, N.J.
)ala4
See article below)
Kure Beach, N.C.
Rollie E. Littell, 81, died March 2 at
the New Hanover Memorial Hbspi tal. He was born in Williamstown,
Kentucky in 1900 and was the son of the late Thomas Clark and
Edna Hightower Littell. He was a past mayor for the town of
Kure BeachJ founder and past president of Southern Silver, Inc.
Charlotte, N.C. ; co-founder and president of Clene Towne Coin
Launderies, Inc. both of Carolina Beach and Wilmington; and
past president of the Lions Club of Carolina B'e ach. Survivors
are his wife, Mrs. Hilda Kress Littell; two sisters, Miss Edith
Littell and Miss Eleanor Littell, Williamstowm and several
brothers, sisters, nieces -and nephews-in-law.
(Contributed by Mrs. Mabel H. Walden.)
Hiii;.
...
(j;;;y). E:.
Hol ly
Fi~:
a;;~idi~;.
i.itt~ii:. 66, 1207
Leon Lane, a former employee of J, M.• Fields, died Friday, .• .July
16 at the Daytona Beach General Hospital. A native of Newell:,
w. Va., , Mrs. Littell came here in 1957 from Colorado Springs,
~~!~h. s~~~!o~sm~~~~~d~fh!~e wi~:w!~~i~~~~lsp(~~sH 9 ~' d~~~~~~.
Miss Joan Phillips, Orlando; two brothers, Joseph Frazer and
Grover Frazer; a sister Irene CardianeJ and two grandchildren.
A funeral service was held with the Rev. Raymond Scru~s, Jr.,
pastor of the First Baptist Church of Holly Hill offic~ating_.
···········································
Tyringham, Mass.
Anita :&laine Damrosch Littell, the last
surviving daughter of Walter Damrosch, died yesterday (June 17)
at her summer home after a long illness. She was 78 years old
and lived in BOston, Mass. Mrs. Littell, the youngest of the
late composer-conductor's four daughters, was an actress i n
supporting roles on Broadway and on tour during the 1920's. She
was a partner in the BUrden-Littell Enterta inment Bureau in
Manhattan from the 1930's to 1950, when she went to live in
Paris with her husband, Robert, an editor for the READER'S DIGEST. After his death in 196), she returned to Manhattan and
lived there until 1980, when she moved to BOston. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Alisa Storrow of Stonington, Conn;
three sons , Blaine of Cambridge, Mass., Walter Damrosch of New
Haven, Conn., and Philip of Lenox, Mass.; and nine grandchil dren - Philip Littell, Peter Littell, Anita Littell Repp, Ellakim Littell , Jeffrey Chester Brown, Anthony Brown, Fanny Lit- ·
tell, Matthew Littell, and Andrew Littell. The funeral was at
the Union Church in Tyringham and interment at Tyringham cemetery.
(Contributed by Nelson Littell, Wesley Prio·e, and Jean Littell Winslow.)
RICHARD L. FOREE, an assistant inspector at Secret Service
headquarters in Wa shington , D.C. has been named special agent
in charge of the agency's field office in Tampa, Florida. He is
a 1959 graduate of the University of Kentucky,•. He will super:vise the investigative and protective activities of the serv~ce
in a 10-county area. He joined the service in 1965 and received
the Treasur¥ Department 's "superior performance a ward" in 1968.
\Con t inued on pag e 22)
Z7
REUNIONS
DESCENDANTS OF JONATHAN AND SUSANNA STEINBACH LITTELL
Four generations of the Ross f~m~ly met for the ~nnual pic nic at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Phlllp s. Ross on Wh1te Oak
Ridge Road, Short Hills , N. J., on July 24th. About 75 persons,
many of them descendants of Jonathan and Susan Littell, attended. Included we re mambers of the Dr ew, Swain, Denman, Townley ,
and Parsil fa milies, some corning from as far as Florida and
J.ou isiana . The older members attended the church service the
next day at the White Oak Ridge Chapel nearby where many went
to Sunday School in their earlier lives and where their ances tors taught and built the building in !865, and previously met
in the schooa. house where the Sunday Scho ol Association was incorporated in 182) .
The Ross property wa s originally a l and grant in 1695 and
reached from the Pas saic River to the crest of Parsonage Hill
Road in Short Hills, and was first purchased by the Baldwin
family and then Denman and Parsil property wa s included in the
Newark Purchase in 1760 of the Horseneck Tract which included
the Littell, Baldwin, Parsil, a nd Drew cemeteries nearby. Five
of the descendant families still reside on the land .
(Contributed by William A. Ross . Se e 2 • ) •14)
ROBERT EUGENE LITTELL, the only Littell we know of who
serves today in a state le gislat ive body, this year introduced
two interesting bills i n the New Jersey Assembly. Two newspaper
clippings sent by Mrs . Anne Pausel informed us of them . One
bill would allow a licensed charitable organization to sell
chances away from the premises once a month. This came out of
an incident in Lit te ll ' s county of Sussex where a fire depart ment sold cha nces door-to-door to raise mQney for new fire
equipment. They were charged with breaking the law because the
chances were sold outside the firehouse . The bill passed the
As sembly and was expected to be passed by the Senate .
The other bill dea..ls "'ith " lt ig government" - the fast
growth of government activities that results in an unba l anced
sta te budget or driving up taxe s unreasonably. The bill would
conso lidate functions whi c h are scattered over a number of departments by a combination of abolishing and merging departments.
MISS BARBARA NOEL LITTELL was married to Lieut . Landy
Thomas Eugene Nelson Feb. 2nd, 196), in Trinity Episcopal
Church in Staunton, wa. The bride is the daughter of Col . and
Mrs . Isaac William Littell of Staunton ,(2 •7•26) . The bridegroom
is the son of c·ol . and Mr s . Harold E. Nelson. Mrs. Isaac W. Littell. sister - in-law of the bride, was matron of honor. The
Misses Lynne Nelson and Julie Nelson , sisters of the bridegroom , were bridesmaids. Richard Marcus served as best man . The
ushers were Isaac w. Littell IV and Robert Bullen.
Mrs . Nelson is a graduate of Roanoke Memorial Hospital
School of Nursing, and is on the nursing staff of Kings Daughters Hospital , Staunton . Lieut . Nelson is a graduate of Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School and The Citadel . He is
currently enrolled in the Parachute School , Port Henning, Ga .
After a reception, the couple left for a wedding trip to Ber •
muda . They wil l make their home at Fort Lee, Va.
(hoej 'tWa IROOKLYJi, . N. ..Y., SPECTATOR, Feb. 15, 196) . )
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f!r:r!ii!:rlda ma Littell , Sr., Lantana, PL
2 . Robert Bur gan Littell, Bl ai r stown , )1.1
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6 . Jl lehaal Kl.ath Li ttell , Sabrlng , Pl.
1 · ltd-rd Wit tich Litte ll, Skokie , IL
8 , Willla•J . .aat.ittell , Pa ri<Ridga , IL
10. J a a n ! . Lit te ll, Nortllv1l h , KI
11. l!ardin l!e thLl.tt d l , T\lc ao n, A<!:
12 . Wil liaa Adaa s 1.ittell , Jr . ,Jiedford, NY
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16 . Blh a be th Lit ttll Chlld a , Sewickley, PA
18 . Gladya Lit tallBoyer , Kirkland , WA
20 .KaryJune Dodd0a JIIpeey , Bade n , PA
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2!), llar ga r etCe c lh Littell , Marsllf hld , ItA
26, t:. ry Robin Tatinl , Taylor,
27. Lucille Lit tell Da ni aon , Can t on , 01!
28 . Crete he n Wa y Bie karatarr , Coraopolh, PA
29. Ja nlc a llaeLlttall , Ne w York ,M Y
)O . !dllundRicha r dLittell ,W inne tk a , I L
)l . JackLi ttell l'l<>wling,V l n eennes,l N
)2, Alta Mar iellaa hearaN earaye r , Ne wton , IA
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)6. Al onl.o Lit tall lloporood, lil , Olppia ,WA
)7 · Julian Dallu Wil\ s lo w, Jr . , Willlingttm , DE
) 8 . 1"Grrea tRayLlttell , CIIicagG Halghta , I L
)9 • Ru uelll\lgh Downey , J r.,Sanl"r a nc l.ac o , CA
Littell , Da)'tona !leach , PL
4 , 0onaldl!liasLittall , Tl.!caon, A2
8 . Pl orence !.Long, Strou daburg , PA
9 . JuliaClarkDay , TollsRiver,NJ
\O . Ka r dinH .Littell , III , Plt tsford ,lfY
16 . Ethel J>ay Yort , J>ahtetto . PL
20 . Helen!thelLittleOolenc , Palaer, AK
22 . 1'rank WillisllCi a rk , Dun elle n , NJ
)2 . Dorothy A. Littell , Fra nkl1n,N.J
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70 . Oo r othyXlhabeth Taflni , Lisbon , OH
7l . Jeru s lla LittallDillo n , llonrovla , !M
72 , Robe~t Elwood Littell, Ne w Port Riehe y , I"L
79. Kd garP.L i t tell, SeainGle, PL
81), !lhab<!lth L . oa v u.u, Hilton Head !al . , sc
82 .!"loy!.Littall, .,.rtins ville_, IN
64 , SanohE ,LittallRaitio,C h icagG , IL
8!) , JkryAl.traLittell ,lfaahington, !If
87 . lda BellePlower ,Oown ey , CA
9) • Robe~t Ja111ee Littell,Jr. Phasant Valley , NY
112 , Karquita Jo Littell , Bloo11ington, IN
ll) , lU.blaCharlotteKetring,Bra denton,!"L
122 , CatherineL ittell Hejl , Dallas , 'I'X
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1)7.W illlaii. Gar dLittell , Wae hing ton, IN
1t19 , Wallaca WilllaaLittell , Moscow, Au ui:a
1!)0 , Jacqueline ltay L .Sh ielde ,lla~ tlnsvUle , IIf
151. Chere lUeth Littell 'l'onay , Brown abu r g,UI
152. Ja•n Duncan Littell , Laguna Hi lle , CA
155 • Ruth Slli th lfillialle , RU Nki n, !"L
17). EarlJe frrey Litt e ll,Ven tura,CA
188 . Plorenee Lit tell Gray,Aliqui ppa ,PA
189 . Pear1Lucilla$avage , 8aardstown, I t.
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26 l.J>ann ieClark Jiite hell. Dun ellen , tiJ
26? . - Elda Litte ll Ov e rho lt , WGodatoeii: , Ontario
2? 2 , Juan ita Ni choll !"ete r aon, Hanni bool, IJil
27) . Ed - r d W• • Littell , Pl aaaantVallay , ICY
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202 , Mary Loui se Lit taU Lyc•to ,Pit tsburgh , PA
2 GS . Ho-rd Wil liam Lit t e ll, Boulde r Creek , CA
218 . Al le nK.McCl ean, NewOrlaans ,l.\
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2 78 . J eaSI Donald HU bba rd, lnd i anapoU a , liiJ
279 • J . . . . Lyle Li ttell , East Lln r)XIOl , OH
280 .WandaLittallSehu ssler , ! . Liverpoo1 , 0 H
281 . Glenn Lyle Littell , Eaet Live r)XIol , OH
284 , WUlia• Paul Littell, Sr., Danvill e , IL
28!). Nonu Littell Davio , ll ilan , I L
286 . Wil lie• IJD.rnn Littell, Weahington , IN
298. Dcl.vid Ed•und Littd l , £lethal Pa r t , PA
299 . Glenda LittaU lloell.,. , Youngstown , OH
)00.-4atha~ine Little Pf iester , Mo sc ow , ID
)01 . Granville Ke nt Ha•ilton, Denver, CO
04, David c. LittaU , . St.h.t.ua~c , aaac h~Pt.
0?, Barbara Littell Heid el , Milton, PA
)lO.E:IaaJiaa L. Elliott ,llerrillviila, IM
)11 . Pra ntlinllalll.lln Littell, Phila d elphia , PA
) 1) , llary 8oagni Anding Ald iga ,Mew Orh a n a , LA
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) 19. Harry c. Lit tell , 111, San Pranc iaco , Co\
)2:2, Sada W, Littell, Wa shington, IM
)2:4. Octa Lor e n e Llttdl Sladek , RefUgi o , 'I'X
J2:7 . Viola Well ing,Alton, I t.
)2:8 . EdithLlttall Abralla ii ,W&klfield , IU.
))O,JeanllichaelLi t ta ll,GrandRapid a , JII
J)2,Pa tricia LittellKillion ,Was h lf1.8tOn , IN
))7 . LucUla l'le11ing Biddiet , llias ion, 'I'X
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222 . Anna D· Yowoana huse l, Gl en Ridge , MJ
227. n .... !la y Li ttell . Donipha n, 1m
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)41. Lu la Mille r , Pete~abunu ~
)ti) ,Ph ylliaLiv ingetonSchofield ,New 'torl<, NY
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)ti8, MaxEl lis t.ittell,Saat tla , WA
)49 .Clarence 0 s carLit tell , Oak Harbor,WA
)~ 1 . Ruth Elliott Bu s kirk, Kartinnvilleo IN
)52 • Brian Littell Ha•U tGn, Denver , CO
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)S4 .Charlea W. Wagner ,Jr., Baaver , PA
)9 0. Helln T . RG n , tolland, CT
)9 l . KathrynA . Littell ,Ha abrouckH eigtl t a", NJ
)92 . Gr egory L. Hopwood , Pt. Lauder dale , Pl.
)97 . Dannie Dwi ght Littell , Mebane , MC
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447 , JuliKay Sh ielda , llartinsvllle ,lN
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b!)O , Mildred E. Littell Spencer , Frank lin , PA
t151 . Elil.abeth Jacobus Drl aeG ll , Sh~ e wa bury , ltA
452 .Ru byBe ll .W1lacnCau dle ,Webster Cl ty,IA
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45!) . LowellDCI.nf ordS•ith , Sallersburg, t N
tl5(> , El eanor Lit tell Youngblood , New Al bany , I ll
ti57 . Jean Cav e , Oeeans ide , CA
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461. Ca role L. Rayle Patter so n, Monrovia , CA
~2. Mabel Crofoot, Le wi ston , ID
( The-Hat will be continued in the l'lllxt is&U<J)