Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties, Iowa
Captain W. M. Littell, a real-estate and loan agent, residing at Corydon, was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in 1835, a son of William and Cynthia Littell, the mother dying in 1853, and the father one year later. Our subject is of Irish descent, his grandfather have been born in County Armagh, Ireland, but coming to America before the Revolutionary war, and taking part in the struggle for Independence. The father served as a solder in the war of 1812. Captain Littell is the only member of his father's family who settled in Wayne County, Iowa, his first resident of this county since 1857 with the exception of two years spent in Kansas. July 26, 1862, he enlisted at Corydon, in Company D. Twenty-third Iowa Infantry, and in August, 1863, was promoted to First Lieutenant of his company. He was made Captain January 14, 1864, and had command of the company from that time till the close of the war. During his three years' service he was never absent from his company for any length of time, participating in all the company's marches and battles in which his regiment took part, including the battles of Port Gibson, Champlain Hills, Black River (where his regiment led the charge), Milliken's Ben (where is regiment lost heavily), and siege of Vicksburg. After the battle of Vicksburg his regiment was in the Gulf department till the close of the war. Of the six sons of his parents five served in the Union army during the late war one of whom died in the service. Another, John S., was severely wounded, and subsequently became a Brigadier-General, and another son, Henry Clay Littell, died of disease contracted in the service. On the close of the war Captain Littell returned to Wayne County, Iowa, and in the fall of 1865 was elected sheriff of the county, which office he held four years, after which he engaged in the photographer's business for seven years. In 1882 he was elected county clerk, holding his position one term. For his wife he married Nancy A. Glasgow, a daughter of James Glasgow, who came to Wayne County in 1856 from Adams County, Ohio. Mr. Glasgow had six sons who served in the army, all of whom served in Iowa regiments, one attaining the rank of Brigadier-General. Of the five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Littell four are living--Minnie M., Wilbert W., Chester C. and Otto O. A Son, Lawrence, died at the age of fifteen years.
***Capt. William M. Littell (Memorial #73775353). In the body of the text, it should more accurately read ". . . the battles of Port Gibson, Champion's Hill, Black River (where the 21st and 23rd Iowa infantries led the charge), Milliken's Bend (where his regiment lost heavily). . . ."
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Captain W. M. Littell, a real-estate and loan agent, residing at Corydon, was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in 1835, a son of William and Cynthia Littell, the mother dying in 1853, and the father one year later. Our subject is of Irish descent, his grandfather have been born in County Armagh, Ireland, but coming to America before the Revolutionary war, and taking part in the struggle for Independence. The father served as a solder in the war of 1812. Captain Littell is the only member of his father's family who settled in Wayne County, Iowa, his first resident of this county since 1857 with the exception of two years spent in Kansas. July 26, 1862, he enlisted at Corydon, in Company D. Twenty-third Iowa Infantry, and in August, 1863, was promoted to First Lieutenant of his company. He was made Captain January 14, 1864, and had command of the company from that time till the close of the war. During his three years' service he was never absent from his company for any length of time, participating in all the company's marches and battles in which his regiment took part, including the battles of Port Gibson, Champlain Hills, Black River (where his regiment led the charge), Milliken's Ben (where is regiment lost heavily), and siege of Vicksburg. After the battle of Vicksburg his regiment was in the Gulf department till the close of the war. Of the six sons of his parents five served in the Union army during the late war one of whom died in the service. Another, John S., was severely wounded, and subsequently became a Brigadier-General, and another son, Henry Clay Littell, died of disease contracted in the service. On the close of the war Captain Littell returned to Wayne County, Iowa, and in the fall of 1865 was elected sheriff of the county, which office he held four years, after which he engaged in the photographer's business for seven years. In 1882 he was elected county clerk, holding his position one term. For his wife he married Nancy A. Glasgow, a daughter of James Glasgow, who came to Wayne County in 1856 from Adams County, Ohio. Mr. Glasgow had six sons who served in the army, all of whom served in Iowa regiments, one attaining the rank of Brigadier-General. Of the five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Littell four are living--Minnie M., Wilbert W., Chester C. and Otto O. A Son, Lawrence, died at the age of fifteen years.
***Capt. William M. Littell (Memorial #73775353). In the body of the text, it should more accurately read ". . . the battles of Port Gibson, Champion's Hill, Black River (where the 21st and 23rd Iowa infantries led the charge), Milliken's Bend (where his regiment lost heavily). . . ."
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Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties, Iowa
Captain W. M. Littell, a real-estate and loan agent, residing at Corydon, was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in 1835, a son of William and Cynthia Littell, the mother dying in 1853, and the father one year later. Our subject is of Irish descent, his grandfather have been born in County Armagh, Ireland, but coming to America before the Revolutionary war, and taking part in the struggle for Independence. The father served as a solder in the war of 1812. Captain Littell is the only member of his father's family who settled in Wayne County, Iowa, his first resident of this county since 1857 with the exception of two years spent in Kansas. July 26, 1862, he enlisted at Corydon, in Company D. Twenty-third Iowa Infantry, and in August, 1863, was promoted to First Lieutenant of his company. He was made Captain January 14, 1864, and had command of the company from that time till the close of the war. During his three years' service he was never absent from his company for any length of time, participating in all the company's marches and battles in which his regiment took part, including the battles of Port Gibson, Champlain Hills, Black River (where his regiment led the charge), Milliken's Ben (where is regiment lost heavily), and siege of Vicksburg. After the battle of Vicksburg his regiment was in the Gulf department till the close of the war. Of the six sons of his parents five served in the Union army during the late war one of whom died in the service. Another, John S., was severely wounded, and subsequently became a Brigadier-General, and another son, Henry Clay Littell, died of disease contracted in the service. On the close of the war Captain Littell returned to Wayne County, Iowa, and in the fall of 1865 was elected sheriff of the county, which office he held four years, after which he engaged in the photographer's business for seven years. In 1882 he was elected county clerk, holding his position one term. For his wife he married Nancy A. Glasgow, a daughter of James Glasgow, who came to Wayne County in 1856 from Adams County, Ohio. Mr. Glasgow had six sons who served in the army, all of whom served in Iowa regiments, one attaining the rank of Brigadier-General. Of the five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Littell four are living--Minnie M., Wilbert W., Chester C. and Otto O. A Son, Lawrence, died at the age of fifteen years.
***Capt. William M. Littell (Memorial #73775353). In the body of the text, it should more accurately read ". . . the battles of Port Gibson, Champion's Hill, Black River (where the 21st and 23rd Iowa infantries led the charge), Milliken's Bend (where his regiment lost heavily). . . ."
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Captain W. M. Littell, a real-estate and loan agent, residing at Corydon, was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in 1835, a son of William and Cynthia Littell, the mother dying in 1853, and the father one year later. Our subject is of Irish descent, his grandfather have been born in County Armagh, Ireland, but coming to America before the Revolutionary war, and taking part in the struggle for Independence. The father served as a solder in the war of 1812. Captain Littell is the only member of his father's family who settled in Wayne County, Iowa, his first resident of this county since 1857 with the exception of two years spent in Kansas. July 26, 1862, he enlisted at Corydon, in Company D. Twenty-third Iowa Infantry, and in August, 1863, was promoted to First Lieutenant of his company. He was made Captain January 14, 1864, and had command of the company from that time till the close of the war. During his three years' service he was never absent from his company for any length of time, participating in all the company's marches and battles in which his regiment took part, including the battles of Port Gibson, Champlain Hills, Black River (where his regiment led the charge), Milliken's Ben (where is regiment lost heavily), and siege of Vicksburg. After the battle of Vicksburg his regiment was in the Gulf department till the close of the war. Of the six sons of his parents five served in the Union army during the late war one of whom died in the service. Another, John S., was severely wounded, and subsequently became a Brigadier-General, and another son, Henry Clay Littell, died of disease contracted in the service. On the close of the war Captain Littell returned to Wayne County, Iowa, and in the fall of 1865 was elected sheriff of the county, which office he held four years, after which he engaged in the photographer's business for seven years. In 1882 he was elected county clerk, holding his position one term. For his wife he married Nancy A. Glasgow, a daughter of James Glasgow, who came to Wayne County in 1856 from Adams County, Ohio. Mr. Glasgow had six sons who served in the army, all of whom served in Iowa regiments, one attaining the rank of Brigadier-General. Of the five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Littell four are living--Minnie M., Wilbert W., Chester C. and Otto O. A Son, Lawrence, died at the age of fifteen years.
***Capt. William M. Littell (Memorial #73775353). In the body of the text, it should more accurately read ". . . the battles of Port Gibson, Champion's Hill, Black River (where the 21st and 23rd Iowa infantries led the charge), Milliken's Bend (where his regiment lost heavily). . . ."
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