Luther Rice (Luke) Littlefield [26213324] and Nancy Artemisia (Artie) Woolverton [26214438]
Husband Luther Rice (Luke) Littlefield [11710] [26213324]
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, TNMarriage: 28 Dec 1849 - Jonesboro, Tippah County, MS [MRIN:3888]
Wife Nancy Artemisia (Artie) Woolverton [11327] [26214438]
Born: 28 Aug 1829 - Knobb Creek, 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 [9630] [14296185] (1797-1878) 1 Mother: Sarah Agatha Williams [11321] [14296293] (1802-1874) 1
Children
1 F Sarah Agatha (Lizzy) Littlefield [11711] [20587581]
AKA: Sarah Ellizabeth Harris, 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, TNSpouse: William Ashley (Billy) Harris [11722] [20587543] (1849-1916) Marr: 18 Oct 1868 - McNairy County, TN [MRIN:3889]
2 F Mary Jane Littlefield [11721]
Born: 10 Sep 1851 - Adamsville, McNairy County, TN Christened: Died: 19 Mar 1932 - Henderson, Chester County, TN Buried: - Morris Chapel Cemetery, Hardin County, TNSpouse: Neil Soules White [12143] (1851-1908) Marr: 3 Aug 1871 [MRIN:3991]Spouse: William H. Newell [12177] ( - ) Marr: [MRIN:4003]
3 F Martha Paralee Littlefield [11712]
Born: 24 Oct 1853 - TN Christened: Died: 30 Jun 1925 Buried:Spouse: W. H. Newell [11920] ( - ) Marr: [MRIN:3933]
4 M James Luther Littlefield [11713]
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, TNSpouse: Elizabeth Jane Bolton [11926] (1857-1930) Marr: Cir 1878 - TN [MRIN:3934]
5 M William Penn Littlefield [39751] [52650698]
Born: 1 Dec 1857 - Adamsville, McNairy County, TN Christened: Died: 29 Apr 1942 - Adamsville, McNairy County, TN Buried: - Adamsville War Memorial Park, Adamsville, McNairy County, TNSpouse: Lucy Jane Harris [40073] (1860-1959) Marr: Cir 1884 - TN [MRIN:13425]
6 M John Monroe Littlefield [39752] [52130541]
Born: 15 Dec 1859 - Adamsville, McNairy County, TN Christened: Died: 29 Apr 1959 - Comanche County, OK Buried: - Fletcher Cemetery, Fletcher, Comanche County, OKSpouse: Ada Lean (Lee Ann) Carothers [12046] (1864-1933) Marr: 22 May 1883 - Adamsville, McNairy County, TN [MRIN:13428]
7 F Rebecca Ann Littlefield [11716]
Born: 31 Mar 1862 - TN Christened: Died: 1936 Buried:Spouse: John W. Shaw [12092] ( - ) Marr: 28 Dec 1898 [MRIN:3981]
8 F America Emily Littlefield [11717]
AKA: America M. Littlefield Born: 1 Sep 1865 - Adamsville, McNairy County, TN Christened: Died: 28 Oct 1938 - Fletcher, Comanche County, OK Buried: - Fletcher Cemetery, Fletcher, Comanche County, OKSpouse: Joe H. Davis [12093] ( - ) Marr: [MRIN:3982]Spouse: Pink A. Blakeley [12098] (1862-1945) Marr: [MRIN:3984]
9 M George Washington Littlefield [11718]
Born: 24 Aug 1867 - Adamsville, McNairy County, TN Christened: Died: 28 Oct 1932 - Tupelo, Lee County, MS Buried:Spouse: Tracy Bartlett [12100] ( - ) Marr: [MRIN:3985]
10 M Thomas Edward (Ed) Littlefield [11719]
Born: 9 Feb 1870 - Adamsville, McNairy County, TN Christened: Died: 22 Jan 1959 - Apache, Caddo County, OK Buried: - Fairview Cemetery, Apache, Caddo County, OKSpouse: Martha Belle Staggs [12110] (1878-1960) Marr: 1 Aug 1897 - Parker County, TX [MRIN:3986]
11 M Clarence Augustus Littlefield [11720]
Born: 27 Aug 1873 - Adamsville, McNairy County, TN Christened: Died: 20 Aug 1910 - Stafford, Fort Bend County, TX Buried: - Adamsville War Memorial Park, Adamsville, McNairy County, TNSpouse: Jennie Magdeline (Maggie) Droke [12120] (1880-1959) Marr: 1895 - TN [MRIN:3987]
General Notes: Husband - Luther Rice (Luke) Littlefield [26213324]
FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF21798
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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)*
America M. Littlefield Blakely (1865 - 1938)*
Thomas Edward Littlefield (1870 - 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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McNAIRY COUNTY, TN - BIOGRAPHIES - Luther R. Littlefield
McNairy County Independent March 21, 1924
LUTHER R. LITTLEFIELD
The subject of this sketch came to McNairy county in 1850, and while he was
not among the very first settlers, yet, he came when the county was still
new, and when it was necessary to clear lands, build homes, and help clear
the way of the dense forests. He was born in Spartanburg, S. C., December
25, 1826. He was a descendant of William Littlefield, who came to America
from England about or near 1700,, and settled in Maryland where he married
Rebecca Lee. He raised four sons, among that number, William, the second
who was the father of this sketch. William the second, coming to South
Carolina and marrying Rebecca Bryant first, and second to Sarah Turner, who
was the mother of L. R. Littlefield. William, the father, raised a son,
Phillip Littlefield, who became a prosperous manufacturer, built a factory
in South Carolina which was burned. He believing it was done by an
incendiary, became discontented, moving to Carroll County, Tennessee, in
1831, with his father, and L. R. Littlefield. But soon after their arrival
he lost his mother, and went on to Alabama, where L. R. Littlefield grew up
to manhood. William Littlefield, being a professional teacher, and a
literary graduate, was now an old man and died in Alabama, leaving the
subject of this sketch on orphan, ten years of age. So in 1845, he came to
Tippah County, Miss., where he married Nancy A. Wolverton, and then moved to
McNairy county in 1850. He settled in the 15th civil district, where he
remained on the same farm during the rest of his life, being reckoned among
the foremost farmers of his community, always raising good crops, and having
something to spare for those less fortunate. He often told that he never
bought as much as one bushel of corn, after he first came.
He raised a large family of five daughters and six sons to manhood,
doing his best to educate them and place them on the world self sustainingly.
While he did not have the advantages of a first-class education, as did
his father before him, yet as a farmer he was a success, offering much
advice to his boys along needed lines of life. One particular thing he
advised them, was that if it ever became necessary that they should buy
farm products from other farmers, they should not stop to advise the other
fellow, since it was ill-advised to offer advice to the farmer who had such
articles for sale.
He came to the county when there were few school and church edifices built,
and was a leader in his neighborhood along with such men as W. A. Mills,
Hugh and John L. Fariss, Alex Whiteside and other men who lived on Lick Creek
at that time They had to rebuild all over after the Civil war period,
and they joined together and worked as one man, built what was known as
the Whiteside schoolhouse and hired Prof. M. R. Abernathy, who had drifted
into that particular community, to teach their children. He remained there
until he be came most thoroughly established as one of the best and foremost
educators of the county.
When the Civil war came on Mr. Littlefield took the side of the union,
believing that it was best not to dissolve former relations with the
government, which belief he maintained to his death. While he never took
active stock in the Civil war, he was allied with the causes of the union
of states. While not very active in politics, he was always active for
his church preference, that of a Baptist, as he firmly believed his position
tenable and right, hence firm in that belief.
His oldest son, Jas. L. Littlefield, is too well known to make further
mention, that the fact, hat he was one of the first men ever elected from
the 15th civil district, a fact that he felt duly proud of and he held his
place for three terms, each time being elected by an increased majority over
his former term. He then became one of the leading merchants of Adamsville,
where he remained in that line 33d years without missing a day, when he
sold out to his sons, who are still conducting the same line of work. He
was twice elected to State offices by a joint session of the Tennessee
Legislature, once as a member of the first Primary Election Board in 1909,
and in 1921, as a member of the State Tax Equalization Board. Each of the
above named positions were given him without his solicitation in the
slightest, hence making him doubly proud of the compliment.
William P., the next older son, became a merchant at Adamsville many year
ago, but finally moved to Shiloh Battlefield, and there in 1909, was a
victim of a cyclone, which destroyed all, and where he lost his two oldest
sons, they being killed, and all his belongs blown away. His health was
broken, yet he felt that he must educate his remaining children, which he
has done admirably.
John, the third son, moved early to Texas, and now resides in Oklahoma,
where he has also raised a large family, all of whom are making good.
George W., the fourth son, moved to Mississippi and engaged in the
jewelers trade, and has made that line a success.
Edward, the fifth son, moved west many years ago, where he became a real
success farming and has become a stable character there.
C. A., the youngest son, was accidently killed in a railroad accident when
he was just in the prime of live.
Mrs. L. R. Littlefield is still living, having been a resident of
McNairy county since 1850, rearing to womanhood and manhood 11 children,
of whom 10 are still alive. She is reckoned among the very oldest citizens
of the county. While born in Maury County, Tennessee, she has resided here
for 74 years, having last August, ten living children, sixty-nine living
grandchildren, 151 great-grandchildren and 20 great-great-grandchildren,
making an unusual showing for the many living descendants. If she lives to
August of this year will round out her 95th birthday. She is till healthy
and promises to live many more years, to counsel her children, of which her
oldest is now 75 years
Old Resident.
General Notes: Wife - Nancy Artemisia (Artie) Woolverton [26214438]
FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF21413
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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)*
America M. Littlefield Blakely (1865 - 1938)*
Thomas Edward Littlefield (1870 - 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
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Birth: Aug. 28, 1826
Death: Jan. 24, 1926
Burial:
Adamsville War Memorial Park
Adamsville
McNairy County
Tennessee, USA
Created by: Rita & Lee Gordon
Record added: Mar 04, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 34445632
Notes: Marriage
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MARR: RIN MH:FF6257
from Glenn Gohr
from David Macdonald: has date as 1848 instead of 1849
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