Littell Families Of America

JAMES ALLEN LITTELL(1849-1922)(The following article was taken from the Souvenir Edition of the Williamstown Courier, Williamstown, KY, 30May 1901, reprinted 19 September 1981 by the Grant County Kentucky Historical and submitted by Rose Demartino ofSalem, Oregon. James Allen Littell is # 119, p 787, LFH&G)“JAMES A. LITTELL is a son of James M. and Sarah (Sipple) Littell, and was born in Grant County, June 8, 1849.His grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His father was a Missourian, while his mother was a nativeKentuckian. There were eight children in his father’s family, three boys and five girls, four of whom are yet living. Hewas born and reared to manhood on his father’s farm. He went to school in the winter and assisted in the manifold dutiesincumbent on a farmer in the summer. His education was limited to the common schools. For a number of years heowned and operated his distillery a short distance from Williamstown, but later sold out his distilling interests andembarked in the retail liquor business near Williamstown. He was married June 16, 1869, to Miss Barbara Gouge,daughter of the old war horse of Democracy, T. J. Gouge. To this union five children have been born, only two of whomare now living, Zadah, a very handsome young lady, and Told, the handsome and intelligent youngster of ten or twelveyears. In politics Mr. Littell is a Democrat, and has never voted anything else than the Democratic ticket. He is kindhearted and a man of good impulses.”

ELIZABETH JUNE “ELLIE” MOSER(The following is taken from an article appearing in the Louisville Courier Journal, 19 April 1999, and wascontributed by Helen Miller Moser. Ellie is # 1116, page 1220, LFH&G, d/o Randall Lee & Constance Lee (Brock)Moser)“Intermission is usually a time to get out of the spotlight but 17-year-old Ellie Moser of Floyd Knobs was the starattraction during a break in yesterday’s Indiana University Southeast Orchestra Concert at the Paul W. Ogle Culturaland Community Center in New Albany.“During a surprise presentation, the award-winning cellist received a giant-sized 15,000 scholarship check toIndiana University’s School of Music as one of four Indiana high school student winners of the 1999 Thomson STARscholarships for the performing arts."The scholarships are awarded by Thomson Consumer Electronics in Carmel, Ind. In March, at Butler University,applicants were judged on auditions, interviews. academic performance and essays. Deborah Ellman of Thomson saidwinners are an 'elite club' that the company follows through college."Ellie has also received a scholarship from Thomson for her performance in a Side-by-Side, a concert in whichHigh School students performed alongside members of the Indianapolis Symphony.“After yesterday’s lU Southeast concert in which Ellie played, she said the check was ‘a huge surprise.’ She’s stilldeciding whether to go to Indiana University or the Julliard School and said the new scholarship money does shed a newlight’ on the situation. She is still waiting to hear about scholarship offers from Julliard.“She plans to pursue a career in music and would love to be a solo performer. ‘That’s my highest wish,’ she said.“Joanna Goldstein, dean of humanities and a professor of music at lU Southeast, conducted yesterday’s concert andremarked on Ellie’s talents afterward. ‘She’s an extraordinary gifted young woman,‘ Goldstein said.“The scholarship check is the latest honor for Ellie, daughter of Randy and Connie Moser. The home schooledstudent who studies cello with Helga Winold at Indiana University, has been a winner in the Louisville Orchestra’sYoung Artists competition and a featured soloist with the Louisville Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony and the JewishCommunity Center Orchestra.“Ellie takes classes at Indiana University Southeast in addition to her home studies.“She studied several years with Louisville Orchestra cellist Louise Harris and still studies at times with Harris andorchestra cellist Susannah Onwood. She performed recently at the University of Louisville School of Music with hercamber group, the Vegtets.”

BITS GARNERED FROM THE INTERNETLet us face reality. The Internet is now an integral facet of World Society and it is only natural that we use thepages of our magazine to pass on bits and pieces of pertinent Littell information gathered from that source. Such data isnot normally considered a primary source but a reporting of what others have encountered in their research. It provides aspringboard to additional information.James Littell (1832-1903) (This excerpt is taken from e-mail correspondence involving Sue Johnpeter and EdPowell and reports data from a family Bible though ownership of the Bible is not clear. The connection with knownLittell lines is not determined at this time.“James Littell, b. 7 March 1831 near Plainfield, Union County, NJ; ft 12 September 1903 at home in Fairview,Illinois. Married Katherine ‘Kate’ Van Duyne 3 April 1852, Reformed Parsonage, Millstone, NJ. She was born 7 March1870; died 4 December 1920, Fairview, IL. They had 9 children, 4 died young and are buried in the Foster Cemetery,Fairview. The remaining five were:“John Henry Littell, b. 19 January 1853, NJ, d. 4 September 1880. Lived in Monmouth, Illinois.“Mrs. Margaret Dreyer, (Margaret Van Duyne Littell), lived in Clinton, Iowa.“Charles B. H. Littell, b. 25 January 1859, lived in Clinton, Iowa.“Mrs. Anna Kate Frayer, b. 18 September 1864; d. 13 July 1942, lived in St. Louis, Missouri.“Mrs. Maria Carlysle“Those deceased were: William Edgar Littell, b. 8 June 1862; d. 13 August 1863. Jennie Littell, b. 27 March 1867;d. 24 September 1869. Hattie Littell, b. 15 December 1872; d. 9 February 1879. Nettle Littell, b. 6 June 1876.“John Henry Littell married Louise Johnson, she was born 20 May 1880. They were parents of Hattie Littell, b. 23January 1862 and Edith Littell, b. 4 November 1885, Fairview, IL; d. 14 February 1968, Dallas, Texas.”Monte Littell is found in several Internet items on the occasion of his appointment as superintendent of schools inEverett, Washington. We have not been able to connect him with any known Littell line. Here follows some facts fromThe Seattle Times via the internet.Age 60 in 1998 he grew up in Montana and Idaho and spent his career at two districts in Nevada and Arizona. Hereceived an undergraduate degree from the University of Montana and a master’s degree from Northern ArizonaUniversity. From 1964 through 1992, he held a variety of positions in the Clark County School District in Las Vegas,including teacher and research and staff development specialist. He earned a doctorate in educational leadership fromBrigham Young University in 1984. In 1992, he joined the Tucson School district as an associate superintendent ofteaching and learning overseeing 106 schools and earning 120,500 annually.There was no other personal data given in the article.Julia Littell, Assistant Professor of Social Work and Social Research was the subject of another Internet article,she has not been identified. She was given a grant from the Smith Richardson Foundation to study intensive in-homeservices in child welfare. Part of a rigorous national evaluation of family preservation services, the study involves thecollection and analysis of longitudinal data on 500 families in the Philadelphia public child welfare system according tothe article dated May 16, 1997. No personal information was included.Katherine M. Littell, listed as “of Harvard University”, was the subject of an article reprinted from an itemappearing in the John Muir News/oiler in the Spring of 1992. It in turn was a digest of a short essay about earlyYosemite artists. She is referred to as “Professor Littell” and is undoubtedly # 856, page 827, LFH&G, daughter of thelate Norman Mather Littell.Our files also contain a newsy 2 page Christmas and New Year’s letter for 1999 from Katherine. Part of her travelsinvolved a flight to Washington, DC to search for her maternal great-grandfather, Dr. Mathew Maher, among theConfederate records at the National Archives. Her odyssey was extended to include participation in a tour to Richmond,Appomattox, Charleston, Savannah, Mobile and New Orleans. Her extensive research travels included Ohio research

into her father’s family, a trip to Sutro Library in San Francisco and the Latter Day Saints Library in Salt Lake City. Shelives in Twain Harte, California.MORE FROM THE INTERNETCero Norris Littell. (# 199, p. 520, LFH&G) “My great grandfather, Cero Norris Littell, was a railroad engineer inMissouri and designed the standard coupler still in use [ locomotive engineers of that era had to be mechanicalengineers]. His son, Charles Cero Littell, Sr., hitched rides enough that all the crews knew him, and later he was proudto have been inducted as an “Honorary Hobo”, a serious and somber ceremony. He moved to design boilers andcarriages for the Barney and Smith car works, until that company was bankrupted by the enormous flood of 1913. WhenI grew up in the 1960’s, a rail spur ran through the woods adjacent to my property, and I befriended the crew; theywould pick me up every day and let me hop off and pick up their hamburgers for lunch at a neighborhood diner,sometimes letting me drive and even drop off coal cars in the area—my grandfather was pleased.” (From Charles CeroLittell, III, chasIitteIl@ameritech.netThe following related data was from another source: “Grandpa Cero Norris Littell wasn’t a RR engineer, he was afreight yard superintendent at St. Jo Mo., then same for ANHEUSER-BUSCH; Co-inventor of the modern automatic carcoupler. I’ve just uncovered the LITTELL’S LIVING AGE for 1990; page 7 has an abstract of the St. Louis CityDirectory for 1920, including — ‘LITTELL, Cena (CERO11) N. (Norris, Supt. Refrigerated Car Co., h. 3450 S. Grand’The Busch’s wanted to keep beer cold shipping through Texas so started that plant making refrigerator cars and putG’Pa in charge. When his (2nd) wife died the whole plant shut down to attend the funeral for Mary; Mom said she waskilling g/pa with her fine pies and cakes! He had divorced his first wife, Dora Schmidt, mother of CCL, Sr. Mary’slast name was MEEDER.“Pawpaw no doubt hitched rides on locomotives but he was a paying passenger, as usual, traveling as a power planttrouble shooter for the BROWNELL COMPANY as a combustion Engineer Designer for 35 years when he met theKing of the Hoboes riding free who gave dad his honorary membership card which I have. Pawpaw came to Daytonwith Mom in 1910 (married 1907, I have their certificate)

William Cornell LittleWilliam Cornell Little. “Sir: I am a descendant of William Little, the youngest son of William Cornell Littell (#96, p. 366, LFH&G) of Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio. In the information I received from people at “family treemaker”they had William, b. November 2, 1835, as having married Mary Ann Osborn in 1853. I have William’s family Bibleand on the marriage page it says that he and Elizabeth Worley of Danville, Vermillion Co., Ill. Were married in MarshaMarshall Co., Iowa on November 23, 1865. I am a g-grandson of his. Do you have any information on what happened toMary Ann Osborn? Birth date, date of death, family? Also if you wish the lineage of William down to the current date Iwill be very happy to send it to you. I am impressed by the amount of information that I received that came from yourbooks, “The Littell Family History and Genealogy”. I thank you for all the information that you have uncovered on thisbranch descending from Phillip Stokely Littell.   Sincerely, William E. Little chuklitl@cci29palms.comOur reply - . . . There were several intermarriages between the Littell/Little and the Osborn/Osborne families. Mynotes are now stored in our Littell Library on the Littell Horse Farm near Aliquipp, PA so I can’t give you an immediatereply to details of any marriage of William (b. 1835) and Mary Ann Osborne. You pointed out that family treemakerrecords indicate they were married in 1853. Checking our publication, Littell Families History & Genealogy, Idiscovered what I think is a typographical error, if not a mistake in fact. The book shows their marriage was 5 Oct 1843in Warren Co, OH NOT LOGICAL as William was born in 1835 At the time of publication of our family book wehad no descendants of William & Mary Ann (Osborn) and we would be happy to add the information you have on thisline to our files. . . . There is a mention of other Worley connections in LFH&G but I doubt any close connection as thismarriage took place between Benjamin Alan Worley and Mary Ann White 10 July 1964 in West Virginia. She is adescendant of Anthony Littell”(William’s reply) — “Noble: This is what I have on our family since 1865. . . John & lnez are buried where theirparents are buried, Akron, CO. Drew & Amy Grace are buried in Fort Collins, CO. . . of the THIRD GENERATIONonly Evelyn Little Foster is still alive. . . In the FOURTH GENERATION James, John, Jr., and I are all doing familyresearch and I have given both Jim and John all the information I have gathered from www.familvtreemaker.com,www.genforum.com and others who have corresponded with me about various family ancestors. As for Holly Buskirk(#13 12, p. 643, LFH&G), I have known her since before her two boys were born. I first met her when we were both inthe Maine Corps here at 29 Palms, where I retired from the Corps in 1982. Since 1985 I have been a Minister in thePresbyterian Church, USA,“FIRST GENERATION — 1. William Little (#272, p. 366, LFH&G) b. November 2, 1835, Lebanon, Warren Ca, Ohio.S William Cornell & Darcus (Dorcus) Liggeti Little . . .He told his grandchildren (my fathers generation) that he hadserved in an Illinois Regiment as a drummer boy during the Civil War (unconfirmed yet by military records). OnNovember 23, 1865 he married Elizabeth Worley, b. 1842 at Danville, II!. They were married by Rev. John A. Long,witnessed by John Custer & Mattie Cranson . . William Little d. April 1914, Akron, CO, his wife Elizabeth, d. October12, 1910, Akron . . .Mr. Little was an active member of the Masonic organization . . . He was a charter member ofAkron Lodge #74, F&AM, The York Rite Bodies in Akron, and of El Jabel Shrine in Denver, Co.The following 12 pages were provided by William E. Little and pasted here from an original print in the same formas Littell Families History & Genealogy, based on the format in the Roots 3 program.WILLIAM LITTELL/LITTLE LINE(Contributed by William E. Little)FIRST GENERATION1.         William1 Littell, son of William Cornell Littell and Dorcas Liggett. Born, 2 Nov 1835, in Warren OH.He married Elizabeth Worley, 5 Oct 1843, in Warren Co, OH. Born, 1842, in Danville, IL. Children:2          i.           Harriet2 Littell. Born, 16 Mar 1867, in Marshall Co, IA. Died, 12 Jul 1874, in Butler Cc, NE.

3          ii.          Frank B. Littell. Born, 9 Oct 1868, in Marshall Co, IA. Died, 29 May 1878, in Butler Cc, NE.4          iii.         Netta M. Littell. Born, 17 Feb 1872, in Saunders Cc, NE. Died, 4 Jul 1874, 6 in Dutler Co, NE.           5          iv.         John Howard Littell.           6          v.         Harry Drew Littell.7          vi.         Bessie Littell. Born, 13 Aug 1884, in Butler Co, NE. Died, 9 Sep 1884, in Butler Co, NE.SECOND GENERATION5.         John Howard2 Littell (William, 1) . Born, 19 Aug 1875, in Butler Co, NE. Died, 27 Aug 1944, in Del Norte, Co.He married Inez Ailene Garfield, daughter of Maurice Emory Garfield and Ella Eleanaor Wyman. Born, 1879, inChautauqua Co, NY. Died, 1907, in Washington Co, CO. Children:          8          i.         Amy Grace3 Littell.         9          ii.         William Garfield Littell.          10        iii.         Inez Ailene Littell.6.         Harry Drew2 Littell (William, 1). Born, 19 Mar 1879, in Butler Co, NE. Died, 4 Jul l962,.in Fort Collins, CO.He married Amy Grace Garfield, daughter of Maurice Emory Garfield and Ella Eleanaor Wyman, 1 May 1901.Children:           11        i.          William Maurice3 Littell.           12        ii.         John Russell Littell.13        iii.         Eugene Littell.           14        iv.         Harry Drew Littell Jr.15         v.         Evelyn Littell. Born, 1913, in Akron, CO. She married Ray Foster.THIRD GENERATION8.         Amy Grace3 Littell (John Howard, 5) . Born, 1900, in Akron, CO. Died, circa 1960, in Sun City, AZ.She married Elmer Kinderdick, 1921. Children:16         i.         Betty Jean I Born, 1923. Died, 1937.9.         William Garfield3 Littell (John Howard, 5) Born, 3 Jul 1902, in Akron, CO. Died, 2 Oct 1995, in Del Norte, Co.He married lone Belle Dougherty. Born, 30 Nov 1904, in Medora, KS. Died, 14 Oct 1996, in Del Norte, CO.Children:           17        i.          William Eugene Littell.18        ii.         John Everett Littell. Born, 7 Mar 1929, in Brawley, CA.10.         Inez Ailene3 Littell (John Howard, 5) . Born,1904, in Akron, Co. Died, 1967, in Portland, OR.She married Edward Thompson in Fort Collins, CO.Children:19        i.          Howard Thompson. Born, 1927. Died, 1990.20        ii.         Lawrence Thompson. Born, 1928. Died, 1987.21        iii.        Raymond Thompson. Born, 1929. Died, 1992.22        iv.         Robert Thompson. Born, 1930. Died, 1987.23        v.         Theodore Thompson. Born, 1933.24        vi.         Carole Thompson. Born, 1935.

11            William Maurice3 Littell (Harry Drew, 6) . Porn, 1902, in Akron, CO. Died, 1987, in Goodland, KS.He married Zella Elsie Guy. Porn, 1902. Died, 20 1991, in Hoxie, KS. Children:           25        i.          James Drew4 Littell.           26        ii.         Janetta Jo Littell.12.         John Russell3 Littell (Harry Drew, 6) . Born, 1904, in Akron, CO. Died, 1987, in Boulder, CO.He married Alberta Powell. Born, 1906. Died, 1997.Children:           27        i.         John Russell4 Littell Jr.28        ii.         Richard Littell. Born, 1935. Died, 1935.           29        iii.        Shirley Jean Littell.13.         Eugene3 Littell (Harry Drew, 6) . Born, 1907, in Akron, CO. Died, 1988, in Wellington, CO.He married Helen Drake. Children:30        i.         Mary Ann4 Littell.31        ii.        Tom Littell. He married Janet {?}.14.   

2170 Route 18, Aliquippa, PA 15001 Jack Littell Nowling, 136A Daleview Dr., Vincennes, IN 47591 . “Genevieve Dalrymple displayed a memory book which had been compiled by Octa Sladek. It contained pictures . Author is #46, page 153 LFH&G) 661-9 FAMILY RECORDS, OR GENEALOGIES OF THE