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)
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)
Inscription
[Masonic emblem] / OUR DEAR FATHER / L. R. LITTLEFIELD / BORN / DEC. 25, 1826. / DIED / MAR. 25, 1903. / AGED / 76 YRS. & 3 MS. / May he rest in peace
Family Members
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Sarah Agatha "Lizzy" Littlefield Harris
1849–1940
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Mary Jane Littlefield White
1851–1932
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Martha Paralee Littlefield Newell
1853–1925
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James Luther Littlefield
1856–1932
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William Penn Littlefield
1857–1942
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John Monroe Littlefield
1859–1959
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Rebecca Ann Littlefield Shaw
1862–1942
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America Emily "Em" Littlefield Davis Blakely
1865–1938
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George Washington Littlefield
1867–1932
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Thomas Edward "Ed" Littlefield
1870–1959
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Clarence Augustus Littlefield
1873–1910
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