ALEXANDER W. LITTLE died Sat. morning at two o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Francis Shriver, on York street, from heart trouble aged 82 years, 2 months and 19 days.
Mr. Little was a saddle-maker by trade and was well known. He was a grandson of the founder of Littlestown. For the past six years he had been living with Mrs. Schriver.
He served two enlistments of nine months each in the Civil War, the first with the 165th Pennsylvania, and had two honorable discharges. He was a member of Corporal Skelly Post.
Surviving are these children, John and Walter Little, of Harrisburg; Mrs. Grant Frock, of Midway; Mrs. Samuel Rebert, of Hanover; and Mrs. Frank Schriver, of Gettysburg. He also leaves one brother and one sister, James Little, of near town; and Mrs. Florence Longsdorff, of Mechanicsburg.
Funeral Monday afternoon at 1:30 from the house conducted by Rev. Charles Gardner. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Little was a saddle-maker by trade and was well known. He was a grandson of the founder of Littlestown. For the past six years he had been living with Mrs. Schriver.
He served two enlistments of nine months each in the Civil War, the first with the 165th Pennsylvania, and had two honorable discharges. He was a member of Corporal Skelly Post.
Surviving are these children, John and Walter Little, of Harrisburg; Mrs. Grant Frock, of Midway; Mrs. Samuel Rebert, of Hanover; and Mrs. Frank Schriver, of Gettysburg. He also leaves one brother and one sister, James Little, of near town; and Mrs. Florence Longsdorff, of Mechanicsburg.
Funeral Monday afternoon at 1:30 from the house conducted by Rev. Charles Gardner. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
ALEXANDER W. LITTLE died Sat. morning at two o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Francis Shriver, on York street, from heart trouble aged 82 years, 2 months and 19 days.
Mr. Little was a saddle-maker by trade and was well known. He was a grandson of the founder of Littlestown. For the past six years he had been living with Mrs. Schriver.
He served two enlistments of nine months each in the Civil War, the first with the 165th Pennsylvania, and had two honorable discharges. He was a member of Corporal Skelly Post.
Surviving are these children, John and Walter Little, of Harrisburg; Mrs. Grant Frock, of Midway; Mrs. Samuel Rebert, of Hanover; and Mrs. Frank Schriver, of Gettysburg. He also leaves one brother and one sister, James Little, of near town; and Mrs. Florence Longsdorff, of Mechanicsburg.
Funeral Monday afternoon at 1:30 from the house conducted by Rev. Charles Gardner. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Little was a saddle-maker by trade and was well known. He was a grandson of the founder of Littlestown. For the past six years he had been living with Mrs. Schriver.
He served two enlistments of nine months each in the Civil War, the first with the 165th Pennsylvania, and had two honorable discharges. He was a member of Corporal Skelly Post.
Surviving are these children, John and Walter Little, of Harrisburg; Mrs. Grant Frock, of Midway; Mrs. Samuel Rebert, of Hanover; and Mrs. Frank Schriver, of Gettysburg. He also leaves one brother and one sister, James Little, of near town; and Mrs. Florence Longsdorff, of Mechanicsburg.
Funeral Monday afternoon at 1:30 from the house conducted by Rev. Charles Gardner. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
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Enlisted September 1864 as a Pvt. with Co. I 205th Pa. Infantry, left service June 1865.
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