Son of Waldo Littlefield and Sarah Mary Higgins
Married Adeline Amarilla Hamblin, 31 Jan 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Married Louisa Young, 1 Jan 1851, New York
Married Olive Martha Andrews, 16 March 1840, Liberty, Adams, Illinos, Separated about 1846.
Children - Mariah LIttlefield, Edward Lytton Littlefield, Donna Isora Littlefield, Hyrum O. Littlefield
Married Amanda Melvina Gee. She died 1858 at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa
Lyman was an early Mormon missionary.
Alabama
April 1843–1843
Age Called: 23
Called: 10 April 1843
End Date: 1843
Mission type: Proselytizing
Marital Status: Married
Priesthood office: Elder
Priesthood: Elder
Notes: (JH of Aprll 10, 1843)
Clinton County, Illinois
July 1843–1843
Age Called: 23
Called: 3 July 1843
Departed From Field: 1843
Mission type: Proselytizing
Marital Status: Married
Priesthood office: Seventy
Priesthood: Seventy
Notes: Was called on a short mission to Clinton County, Illinois.
Lyman Omer Littlefield was a mere boy, between thirteen and fourteen years old when he fist met the Prophet Jospeh Smith. He first beheld Joseph as a tall, well proportioned man, busily mingling with the member of Zion's Camp, shaking hands with them, meeting them with friendly greetings and carefully seeing to their comforts.
Littlefield, who participated in Zion’s Camp, became a printer in Missouri, working as an apprentice for the Upper Missouri Enquirer. After the Saints were expelled from Missouri, Littlefield moved to Illinois and briefly worked in Rushville, Illinois for a newspaper called the Illinois Republican.
Early in 1841, Littlefield moved to Nauvoo and began working for the Church’s newspaper, the Times and Seasons, and by June 15th, the poem The Latter Day Saints was published in a 16 page pamphlet. Littlefield went on to serve a mission in England in 1847 and 1848, where he worked for the Millennial Star, and then worked in Iowa for the Council Bluffs Bugle and Crescent City Oracle for ten years before immigrating to Utah in 1860. He found work in Utah at a series of newspapers, including the Deseret News and Salt Lake Daily Telegraph, before moving to Smithfield, Utah (near Logan), where he passed away in 1893.
Obituary - The Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake City, Utah 9-5-1893:
A DESERVED TRIBUTE.
Death of a Well Known and Respected Citizen and Writer.
THE HERALD cheerfully gives place to the following brief tribute to the worth of an old and esteemed journalist, printer, pioneer and gentleman, whose kindly disposition and varied abilities won for him the respect and affection of all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance.
To the Editor of THE HERALD:
Many of your readers were greatly pained on reading the brief announcement in your Sunday issue recording the death of L. O. Littlefield. His sickness had been brief, and while he was quite aged, being close to 80 years old, his death will be keenly felt by all who knew him.
Lyman Omer Littlefield was a native of New York state, and passed through innumerable vicissitudes incident to the building up of the western states. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when a boy and was a member of the famous body of men known as Zion's Camp, participating in its memorable march. He was at Independence, Nauvoo, and other places settled by his co-religionists, and came to Utah at an early day.
He labored successively on the Cresson City ORACLE, Council Bluffs BUGLE, DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE HERALD, NORTHERN LIGHT, Bear Lake INDEPENDENT and Logan JOURNAL, and never failed to make many friends by his kindly manner and steadfast devotion to upright principles. He leaves many writings to perpetuate his memory, among which is his celebrated correspondence with Joseph Smith, president of the Reorganized church.
A full history of his life, with its many triumphs and tribulations, would read like a romance. His wife, a daughter of the late Joseph Young, and an only daughter, Mrs. Charles C. Graham, of Maryville, Mo., survive him.
Hoping you will pardon the intrusion of this brief tribute to his memory from one who knew him long and well. Respectfully, E.T. HYDE.
Married Adeline Amarilla Hamblin, 31 Jan 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Married Louisa Young, 1 Jan 1851, New York
Married Olive Martha Andrews, 16 March 1840, Liberty, Adams, Illinos, Separated about 1846.
Children - Mariah LIttlefield, Edward Lytton Littlefield, Donna Isora Littlefield, Hyrum O. Littlefield
Married Amanda Melvina Gee. She died 1858 at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa
Lyman was an early Mormon missionary.
Alabama
April 1843–1843
Age Called: 23
Called: 10 April 1843
End Date: 1843
Mission type: Proselytizing
Marital Status: Married
Priesthood office: Elder
Priesthood: Elder
Notes: (JH of Aprll 10, 1843)
Clinton County, Illinois
July 1843–1843
Age Called: 23
Called: 3 July 1843
Departed From Field: 1843
Mission type: Proselytizing
Marital Status: Married
Priesthood office: Seventy
Priesthood: Seventy
Notes: Was called on a short mission to Clinton County, Illinois.
Lyman Omer Littlefield was a mere boy, between thirteen and fourteen years old when he fist met the Prophet Jospeh Smith. He first beheld Joseph as a tall, well proportioned man, busily mingling with the member of Zion's Camp, shaking hands with them, meeting them with friendly greetings and carefully seeing to their comforts.
Littlefield, who participated in Zion’s Camp, became a printer in Missouri, working as an apprentice for the Upper Missouri Enquirer. After the Saints were expelled from Missouri, Littlefield moved to Illinois and briefly worked in Rushville, Illinois for a newspaper called the Illinois Republican.
Early in 1841, Littlefield moved to Nauvoo and began working for the Church’s newspaper, the Times and Seasons, and by June 15th, the poem The Latter Day Saints was published in a 16 page pamphlet. Littlefield went on to serve a mission in England in 1847 and 1848, where he worked for the Millennial Star, and then worked in Iowa for the Council Bluffs Bugle and Crescent City Oracle for ten years before immigrating to Utah in 1860. He found work in Utah at a series of newspapers, including the Deseret News and Salt Lake Daily Telegraph, before moving to Smithfield, Utah (near Logan), where he passed away in 1893.
Obituary - The Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake City, Utah 9-5-1893:
A DESERVED TRIBUTE.
Death of a Well Known and Respected Citizen and Writer.
THE HERALD cheerfully gives place to the following brief tribute to the worth of an old and esteemed journalist, printer, pioneer and gentleman, whose kindly disposition and varied abilities won for him the respect and affection of all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance.
To the Editor of THE HERALD:
Many of your readers were greatly pained on reading the brief announcement in your Sunday issue recording the death of L. O. Littlefield. His sickness had been brief, and while he was quite aged, being close to 80 years old, his death will be keenly felt by all who knew him.
Lyman Omer Littlefield was a native of New York state, and passed through innumerable vicissitudes incident to the building up of the western states. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when a boy and was a member of the famous body of men known as Zion's Camp, participating in its memorable march. He was at Independence, Nauvoo, and other places settled by his co-religionists, and came to Utah at an early day.
He labored successively on the Cresson City ORACLE, Council Bluffs BUGLE, DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE HERALD, NORTHERN LIGHT, Bear Lake INDEPENDENT and Logan JOURNAL, and never failed to make many friends by his kindly manner and steadfast devotion to upright principles. He leaves many writings to perpetuate his memory, among which is his celebrated correspondence with Joseph Smith, president of the Reorganized church.
A full history of his life, with its many triumphs and tribulations, would read like a romance. His wife, a daughter of the late Joseph Young, and an only daughter, Mrs. Charles C. Graham, of Maryville, Mo., survive him.
Hoping you will pardon the intrusion of this brief tribute to his memory from one who knew him long and well. Respectfully, E.T. HYDE.
Son of Waldo Littlefield and Sarah Mary Higgins
Married Adeline Amarilla Hamblin, 31 Jan 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Married Louisa Young, 1 Jan 1851, New York
Married Olive Martha Andrews, 16 March 1840, Liberty, Adams, Illinos, Separated about 1846.
Children - Mariah LIttlefield, Edward Lytton Littlefield, Donna Isora Littlefield, Hyrum O. Littlefield
Married Amanda Melvina Gee. She died 1858 at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa
Lyman was an early Mormon missionary.
Alabama
April 1843–1843
Age Called: 23
Called: 10 April 1843
End Date: 1843
Mission type: Proselytizing
Marital Status: Married
Priesthood office: Elder
Priesthood: Elder
Notes: (JH of Aprll 10, 1843)
Clinton County, Illinois
July 1843–1843
Age Called: 23
Called: 3 July 1843
Departed From Field: 1843
Mission type: Proselytizing
Marital Status: Married
Priesthood office: Seventy
Priesthood: Seventy
Notes: Was called on a short mission to Clinton County, Illinois.
Lyman Omer Littlefield was a mere boy, between thirteen and fourteen years old when he fist met the Prophet Jospeh Smith. He first beheld Joseph as a tall, well proportioned man, busily mingling with the member of Zion's Camp, shaking hands with them, meeting them with friendly greetings and carefully seeing to their comforts.
Littlefield, who participated in Zion’s Camp, became a printer in Missouri, working as an apprentice for the Upper Missouri Enquirer. After the Saints were expelled from Missouri, Littlefield moved to Illinois and briefly worked in Rushville, Illinois for a newspaper called the Illinois Republican.
Early in 1841, Littlefield moved to Nauvoo and began working for the Church’s newspaper, the Times and Seasons, and by June 15th, the poem The Latter Day Saints was published in a 16 page pamphlet. Littlefield went on to serve a mission in England in 1847 and 1848, where he worked for the Millennial Star, and then worked in Iowa for the Council Bluffs Bugle and Crescent City Oracle for ten years before immigrating to Utah in 1860. He found work in Utah at a series of newspapers, including the Deseret News and Salt Lake Daily Telegraph, before moving to Smithfield, Utah (near Logan), where he passed away in 1893.
Obituary - The Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake City, Utah 9-5-1893:
A DESERVED TRIBUTE.
Death of a Well Known and Respected Citizen and Writer.
THE HERALD cheerfully gives place to the following brief tribute to the worth of an old and esteemed journalist, printer, pioneer and gentleman, whose kindly disposition and varied abilities won for him the respect and affection of all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance.
To the Editor of THE HERALD:
Many of your readers were greatly pained on reading the brief announcement in your Sunday issue recording the death of L. O. Littlefield. His sickness had been brief, and while he was quite aged, being close to 80 years old, his death will be keenly felt by all who knew him.
Lyman Omer Littlefield was a native of New York state, and passed through innumerable vicissitudes incident to the building up of the western states. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when a boy and was a member of the famous body of men known as Zion's Camp, participating in its memorable march. He was at Independence, Nauvoo, and other places settled by his co-religionists, and came to Utah at an early day.
He labored successively on the Cresson City ORACLE, Council Bluffs BUGLE, DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE HERALD, NORTHERN LIGHT, Bear Lake INDEPENDENT and Logan JOURNAL, and never failed to make many friends by his kindly manner and steadfast devotion to upright principles. He leaves many writings to perpetuate his memory, among which is his celebrated correspondence with Joseph Smith, president of the Reorganized church.
A full history of his life, with its many triumphs and tribulations, would read like a romance. His wife, a daughter of the late Joseph Young, and an only daughter, Mrs. Charles C. Graham, of Maryville, Mo., survive him.
Hoping you will pardon the intrusion of this brief tribute to his memory from one who knew him long and well. Respectfully, E.T. HYDE.
Married Adeline Amarilla Hamblin, 31 Jan 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Married Louisa Young, 1 Jan 1851, New York
Married Olive Martha Andrews, 16 March 1840, Liberty, Adams, Illinos, Separated about 1846.
Children - Mariah LIttlefield, Edward Lytton Littlefield, Donna Isora Littlefield, Hyrum O. Littlefield
Married Amanda Melvina Gee. She died 1858 at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa
Lyman was an early Mormon missionary.
Alabama
April 1843–1843
Age Called: 23
Called: 10 April 1843
End Date: 1843
Mission type: Proselytizing
Marital Status: Married
Priesthood office: Elder
Priesthood: Elder
Notes: (JH of Aprll 10, 1843)
Clinton County, Illinois
July 1843–1843
Age Called: 23
Called: 3 July 1843
Departed From Field: 1843
Mission type: Proselytizing
Marital Status: Married
Priesthood office: Seventy
Priesthood: Seventy
Notes: Was called on a short mission to Clinton County, Illinois.
Lyman Omer Littlefield was a mere boy, between thirteen and fourteen years old when he fist met the Prophet Jospeh Smith. He first beheld Joseph as a tall, well proportioned man, busily mingling with the member of Zion's Camp, shaking hands with them, meeting them with friendly greetings and carefully seeing to their comforts.
Littlefield, who participated in Zion’s Camp, became a printer in Missouri, working as an apprentice for the Upper Missouri Enquirer. After the Saints were expelled from Missouri, Littlefield moved to Illinois and briefly worked in Rushville, Illinois for a newspaper called the Illinois Republican.
Early in 1841, Littlefield moved to Nauvoo and began working for the Church’s newspaper, the Times and Seasons, and by June 15th, the poem The Latter Day Saints was published in a 16 page pamphlet. Littlefield went on to serve a mission in England in 1847 and 1848, where he worked for the Millennial Star, and then worked in Iowa for the Council Bluffs Bugle and Crescent City Oracle for ten years before immigrating to Utah in 1860. He found work in Utah at a series of newspapers, including the Deseret News and Salt Lake Daily Telegraph, before moving to Smithfield, Utah (near Logan), where he passed away in 1893.
Obituary - The Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake City, Utah 9-5-1893:
A DESERVED TRIBUTE.
Death of a Well Known and Respected Citizen and Writer.
THE HERALD cheerfully gives place to the following brief tribute to the worth of an old and esteemed journalist, printer, pioneer and gentleman, whose kindly disposition and varied abilities won for him the respect and affection of all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance.
To the Editor of THE HERALD:
Many of your readers were greatly pained on reading the brief announcement in your Sunday issue recording the death of L. O. Littlefield. His sickness had been brief, and while he was quite aged, being close to 80 years old, his death will be keenly felt by all who knew him.
Lyman Omer Littlefield was a native of New York state, and passed through innumerable vicissitudes incident to the building up of the western states. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when a boy and was a member of the famous body of men known as Zion's Camp, participating in its memorable march. He was at Independence, Nauvoo, and other places settled by his co-religionists, and came to Utah at an early day.
He labored successively on the Cresson City ORACLE, Council Bluffs BUGLE, DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE HERALD, NORTHERN LIGHT, Bear Lake INDEPENDENT and Logan JOURNAL, and never failed to make many friends by his kindly manner and steadfast devotion to upright principles. He leaves many writings to perpetuate his memory, among which is his celebrated correspondence with Joseph Smith, president of the Reorganized church.
A full history of his life, with its many triumphs and tribulations, would read like a romance. His wife, a daughter of the late Joseph Young, and an only daughter, Mrs. Charles C. Graham, of Maryville, Mo., survive him.
Hoping you will pardon the intrusion of this brief tribute to his memory from one who knew him long and well. Respectfully, E.T. HYDE.
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