The Woolverton Family

Ancestors of



Luther Rice (Luke) Littlefield and Nancy Artemisia (Artie) Woolverton

Husband Luther Rice (Luke) Littlefield 

            AKA: Luke Littlefield
           Born: 25 Dec 1826 - Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Mar 1903 - Adamsville, McNairy County, TN
         Buried:  - Adamsville War Memorial Park, Adamsville, McNairy County, TN

       Marriage: 28 Dec 1849

Wife Nancy Artemisia (Artie) Woolverton 

           Born: 28 Aug 1829 - Maury County TN
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Jan 1926 - Adamsville, McNairy County, TN
         Buried:  - Adamsville War Memorial Park, Adamsville, McNairy County, TN


         Father: James Matthew Woolverton (1797-1878)
         Mother: Sarah Agatha Williams (1802-1874)


Children
1 F Sarah Agatha (Lizzy) Littlefield 

            AKA: Lizzy Littlefield
           Born: 28 Oct 1849 - Tippah County, MS
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Feb 1940 - Leapwood, McNairy County, TN
         Buried:  - Mars Hill Cemetery, Adamsville, McNairy County, TN

         Spouse: William Ashley (Billy) Harris (1849-1916)






2  F  Mary Jane Littlefield





           Born: 10 Sep 1851 - Adamsville, McNairy County, TN
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Mar 1932 - Henderson, Chester County, TN
         Buried:  - Morris Chapel Cemetery, Hardin County, TN



         Spouse: Neil Soules White (1851-1908)



         Spouse: William H. Newell (      -      )








3  M  James Luther Littlefield





           Born: 2 Feb 1856 - Adamsville, McNairy County, TN
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 May 1932 - Adamsville, McNairy County, TN
         Buried:  - Adamsville War Memorial Park, Adamsville, McNairy County, TN



         Spouse: Elizabeth John Bolton (1857-1930)








4  M  William Penn Littlefield





           Born: 1 Dec 1857 - Adamsville, McNairy County, TN
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Apr 1942 - McNairy County, TN
         Buried:  - Adamsville War Memorial Park, Adamsville, McNairy County, TN



         Spouse: Lucy Jane Harris (1860-1959)








5  M  John Monroe Littlefield





           Born: 15 Dec 1859 - TN
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Apr 1959
         Buried:  - Fletcher Cemetery, Fletcher, Comanche County, OK



         Spouse: Ada Lean (Lee Ann) Carothers (1864-1933)
           Marr: 22 May 1883 - Adamsville, McNairy County, TN








6  F  Martha Paralee Littlefield





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         Spouse: W. H. Newell (      -      )








7  F  Rebecca Ann Littlefield





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         Spouse: John W. Shaw (      -      )








8  F  America Emily Littlefield





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         Spouse: Joe H. Davis (      -      )



         Spouse: Pink A. Blakeley (      -      )








9  M  George Washington Littlefield





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         Spouse: Tracy Bartlett (      -      )








10  M  Thomas Edward Littlefield





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         Spouse: Martha Belle Staggs (      -      )








11  M  Clarence Augustus Littlefield





           Born: 27 Aug 1873 - McNairy County, TN
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Aug 1910 - Stafford, Fort Bend County, TX
         Buried:  - Adamsville War Memorial Park, Adamsville, McNairy County, TN



         Spouse: Jennie Magdeline (Maggie) Droke (1880-1959)
           Marr: 1895











General Notes: Husband - Luther Rice (Luke) Littlefield



FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF21798

nickname from Gary Woolverton

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Birth: 	Dec. 25, 1826
Spartanburg
Spartanburg County
South Carolina, USA
Death: 	Mar. 25, 1903
Adamsville
McNairy County
Tennessee, USA

The angel came at 3:30 o'clock, March 25, 1903, and claimed for its victim a husband, father and friend. Luther Rice Littlefield, of Adamsville, Tenn. He was born December 25, 1826, -- at the good old age of 76 years and three months he died.

He Married Miss Nancy A. Wolverton of Tippah Co., Miss., December 28, 1849, at the age of 22, and for fifty four years they walked side by side in the road of life. His wife, now feeble and blind is left sitting by his empty chair waiting for the angel to return and take her home to her faithful friend.

The year he married he professed faith in Christ, and thus begun his married responsibilities in the cause of Christ. In 1849, Eld. Levin Savage, of happy memory, baptized him in Tippah Co., Miss., and for nearly fifty-four years brother Littlefield lived a conscieacious land mark Baptist, devoted to the cause of truth and righteousness. He reared a family of eleven children, some of whom have filled places of public trust, and his family is one of the most honored on the county. He moved to Tennessee in 1850 where by labor and economy he succeeded in earning a splendid living and leaves considerable property to his children, all of whom are married and have families.

How seeming sad it is to say goodbye, yet in the evening shadows of life, when pain and sorrows crown our brow, the good hand of Him who loves us, reaches down and takes us away to the Temple where the lights burn forever. Peace to the bereaved and praise to the King who conquered death, and set life's banner over the solemn tomb.
(MCNAIRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT, March 1903)

Family links:
 Parents:
  William Littlefield (1756 - 1836)
  Sarah Turner Littlefield (1789 - 1832)

 Spouse:
  Nancy Artimesia Woolverton Littlefield (1829 - 1926)

 Children:
  Sarah Agatha Littlefield Harris (1849 - 1940)*
  Mary Jane Littlefield White (1851 - 1932)*
  James Luther Littlefield (1856 - 1932)*
  William Penn Littlefield (1857 - 1942)*
  John Monroe Littlefield (1859 - 1959)*
  Clarence Augustus Littlefield (1873 - 1910)*

 Siblings:
  Philip Bryant Littlefield (1778 - 1867)**
  Jehu Littlefield (1789 - 1863)**
  Mary Jane Littlefield Burgess (1795 - 1860)**
  Hannah Littlefield Gilbert (1796 - ____)**
  Rhoda Littlefield Gilbert (1799 - 1852)**
  Rebecca Littlefield Burgess (1824 - ____)*
  Luther Rice Littlefield (1826 - 1903)

*Calculated relationship
**Half-sibling

Burial:
Adamsville War Memorial Park
Adamsville
McNairy County
Tennessee, USA

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Record added: Apr 22, 2008
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General Notes: Wife - Nancy Artemisia (Artie) Woolverton



FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF21413

nickname from Gary Woolverton

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Birth: 	Aug. 28, 1829
Maury County
Tennessee, USA
Death: 	Jan. 24, 1926
Adamsville
McNairy County
Tennessee, USA

Mrs. Nancy Littlefield, who was 96 years old on August 28, 1925, died Sunday, (January 24, 1926) at the home of her son, James L. Littlefield, in Adamsville, and was laid to rest in the Adamsville Cemetery Monday afternoon (January 25, 1926). Rev. Overton conducted the funeral service which was attended by one of the largest crowds ever present on a funeral occasion in Adamsville.

Mrs. Littlefield was the widow of Luke R. Littlefield, who died several years ago. They came to this county about 1850 from Maury County and settled in the Lick Creek neighborhood, a few miles northwest of Adamsville. In the same neighborhood there lived such sturdy Pioneers as Anderson Cox, Uncle Billy Mills, Alex Whitesides, the Farrisses, Stanleys, and Carnells and others.

She left surviving her the following children: daughters, Mrs. Agatha Harris-Leapwood, Mrs. Mary White-Morris Chapel, Mrs. Rebecca Shaw and America Blakeley of Adamsville; sons, James L. and W. P. Littlefield of Adamsville, John and Edgar Littlefield of Oklahoma, George of Greenwood, Miss. Two other children died a few years ago, Mrs. Paralee Newell, and a son, Babe Littlefield.

She left surviving her 274 descendants, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. She is probably the oldest person in the County, and represented five living generations.

We join her friends and loved ones in paying tribute to the memory of her long life, which reached back to the early years of our Statehood, and ....[the rest was torn off]

Obituary from The McNairy County Independent, Friday, January 29, 1926
(Note with copy that the obituary was from original paper on file and was certified by McNairy Co. Clerk of Court, Mrs. Merle Kennedy, on 27 Aug 1971)

Family links:
 Parents:
  James Matthew Woolverton (1797 - 1878)
  Agatha Williams Woolverton (1802 - 1874)

 Spouse:
  Luther Rice Littlefield (1826 - 1903)*

 Children:
  Sarah Agatha Littlefield Harris (1849 - 1940)*
  Mary Jane Littlefield White (1851 - 1932)*
  James Luther Littlefield (1856 - 1932)*
  William Penn Littlefield (1857 - 1942)*
  John Monroe Littlefield (1859 - 1959)*
  Clarence Augustus Littlefield (1873 - 1910)*

 Siblings:
  William Louis Woolverton (1822 - 1894)*
  Robert Houston Woolverton (1823 - 1875)*
  Nancy Artimesia Woolverton Littlefield (1829 - 1926)
  John Thomas Woolverton (1843 - 1881)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Adamsville War Memorial Park
Adamsville
McNairy County
Tennessee, USA

Created by: Family Finder
Record added: Apr 22, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 26214438



Notes: Marriage



FTM
MARR: RIN MH:FF6257

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