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Eng aby A. H. Ritchie.
James R, Smiley
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of whom lived beyond infancy,-Mary Harkness, born July 5, 1806, married Oct. 9, 1834, to Dea. David Fosdick, died June 25, 1864, and James Robinson, born in Bristol, June 17, 1808.
When about eight years old James R. Smiley moved with his parents to Plymouth, and two years later to Grafton. He gradu- ated in 1826 from Kimball Union Academy, and entered Dartmouth college the same year. In his sophomore year he left college, and began the study of medicine under Dr. Reuben Muzzey, of Hano- ver. His studies were interrupted by ill-health, but he resumed them later with Dr. Robert Lane, of Sutton, and received his degree from the Dartmouth Medical School in 1833.
He practised medicine four years with Dr. Lane, and in 1837 married Elizabeth Lane, daughter of Dr. Lane, and removed to Grafton. Here he lived, with two short interruptions, for nearly thirty years, building up a large and successful practice, which com- manded the whole of Grafton, and portions of Danbury, Spring- field, Canaan, Orange, and Alexandria. He was a thorough medi- cal scholar, a close observer of diseases and their causes, careful and judicious in his treatment of them. He was earnestly devoted to his profession, making himself literally the servant of all if only he might save life or relieve suffering. He received in return, to an unusual degree, the love and confidence of the people whom he served.
Dr. Smiley began at length to suffer from the labors of his pro- fession, and a change became necessary. At the same time the fail- ing health of Dr. Lane required the presence of Mrs. Smiley-his only surviving child. In 1866, therefore, he returned with his fam- ily to Sutton, where he spent the remainder of his life in the prac- tice of his profession, and giving attention also to farming.
In 1828 Dr. Smiley received an appointment to the office of deputy sheriff of Grafton county, and to the horseback riding, which its duties involved in those days, he always attributed his restora- tion to health. He was also about the same time an officer in the old state militia, ranking up from ensign until he held a colonel's commission.
While in actual practice he was a member of the New Hamp- shire Medical Society, and was a justice of the peace over forty years. He was an early member of the Christian church, organ- ized in Grafton in 1855, and for many years was the superintend- ent of public schools in that town. In his later life he helped
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establish a division of the Sons of Temperance, and was one of the charter members of the Sutton Grange.
An old-line Whig and a staunch Republican, he has held intelli- gent and decided views upon all the great public issues which have entered into the history of the country for the last half century. Dr. James R. Smiley died in Sutton, Oct. 15, 1886.
Children of Dr. James R. and Elizabeth (Lane) Smiley, all born in Grafton,-
Adelaide Lane, b. Oct. 10, 1837.
Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 9, 1839; d. Sept. 9, 1856.
Frances Farley, b. July 8, 1841.
Susan Ela, b. Aug. 11, 1843; m. July 30, 1885, Charles L. Pul- sifer, and lived in Lake Village. She died Apr. 4, 1890.
Pamelia Tarbell, b. Jan. 19, 1846 ; m. Aug. 18, 1874, Rev. Ben- jamin O. True. They reside in Rochester, N. Y .; 3 children.
Robert Lane, b. April 10, 1848.
The daughters of Dr. Smiley were all graduates of New London academy, and all became teachers of high and other schools. Miss Addie has been at two different times the lady principal at New London, her last engagement there covering a period of some fifteen or twenty years.
Robert L. Smiley has been a journalist. Present resi- dence at the homestead in North Sutton.
ROBERT LANE ELA
was eldest son of George W. and Adelaide Lane Ela, and was born at Concord April 17, 1838. When he was five years old his mother died, and he in consequence spent, in part, his childhood with his grandfather, Dr. Lane, in Sut- ton, and a portion of the time lived with his father in Con- cord. He was educated at New London, Pembroke, and Meriden academies. On completing his studies at these schools he was employed on his father's extensive farm in Allenstown, and subsequently engaged in the manufacture of shoes in Stoneham, Mass., in which he continued till 1861. At the breaking out of the war he returned to Con-
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cord, and recruited a company for the Sixth N. H. Regi- ment. He was commissioned captain, and was mustered into service Nov. 30, 1861, and served till he was mustered out with his regiment July 17, 1865. In the second battle of Bull Run he was severely wounded in the right arm, and was sent home, where he remained a few months. Partially recovering the use of his arm, he rejoined his regiment, and went with it to Vicksburg, where he was present during the siege and at the surrender. When the regiment, return- ing to Kentucky, was stationed at Frankfort, Captain Ela acted as provost-marshal. On the reorganization of the army under General Grant he went with his regiment to Virginia, and participated in the Wilderness battles of May 5 and 6; the battles of Spottsylvania, May 12 and 18; North Anna River, May 29 ; of Cold Harbor, June 3 and 4; then moving across the James river to the front of Petersburg, and engaging in the battles of June 17 and 18, and being under fire every day till the explosion of the mine on July 30. Captain Ela was in command of the regiment at this time, and the Sixth N. H. being one of those selected to charge the enemy after the blowing up of the mine, he led it into the crater, and in the fight which followed was wounded by the explosion of a spherical case- shot in front of him. Both legs were partially paralyzed, causing injuries from which he has never fully recovered. He was afterwards detailed for duty as acting adjutant quartermaster at Concord. He returned to his regiment and was promoted to the rank of major before the close of the war. He was popular with the men under his com- mand, being thoughtful for their comfort and watchful for their interests. As an officer he was prompt and faithful in the discharge of duty, and performed well his part in the war for the Union. After his return from the army he studied medicine and surgery with Dr. Crosby of Concord, and at Dartmouth Medical School, and at Bellevue hospital, New York, taking degrees from both schools. He removed to California some fifteen years ago.
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CAPTAIN RICHARD ELA
was the second son of George W. and Adelaide (Lane) Ela, and was born at Concord, Feb. 12, 1840. The death of his mother when he was three years old was the cause of his spending part of his childhood with his grandfather, Dr. Lane, in Sutton, the rest being spent with his father. He attended the public schools, and, later, the academies at Franklin, Pembroke, New London, and Meriden. Having graduated from the latter in 1858, he at once commenced the study of law in the office of George & Foster, in Con- cord, attending lectures at the Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the Merrimack county bar.
The war broke out, and he entered the service as first lieutenant of Company E, Third Regiment, N. H. Vols., being mustered in Aug. 22, 1861. While at Camp Sher- man, at Long Island, he was appointed judge-advocate of the Regiment. The Third Regiment was with General Sherman at Hilton Head, and during their stay of several months sickness visited them, and this, with some being detailed for duty elsewhere, so reduced the number of offi- cers that for six months, with few exceptions, he was the only officer with his company.
In April, 1862, he was promoted to a captaincy. In July following he was assigned to the command of the forces on Pinckney island. He returned in September to Hilton Head, where sickness prevailed to such a degree that, for a. time, but one captain besides himself was on duty. His own health suffered severely, and he was given leave of absence for twenty days.
In March, 1863, he was assigned to duty as second in command of provost guard at Hilton Head. He was with the first expedition against Charlestown, and participated in the fighting on Morris island in July 1863.
In April, 1864, the regiment was sent to Virginia to join in the operations against Richmond. Captain Ela's last letter to his father was dated at Gloucester Point, Va.,
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Apr. 30, 1864. Thirteen days later he fell in the charge which captured the first of the outer defences of Richmond. In the desperate charge at Drury's Bluff he led his men to within twenty paces of the enemy's breastworks and died.
The adjutant-general's report says,-" The fighting lasted but twenty minutes, but in that time more than two hun- dred of New Hampshire's best and bravest fell dead or wounded. Among the foremost fell the gallant Captain Richard Ela, while in advance of his men, leading them to the charge. He was shot through the brain, and expired almost instantly." His body was buried on the field of battle.
Captain Ela was a brave and faithful officer. From the time of entering active service the complement of officers was never full. He was always on duty, and the work of absent ones fell on him. Officers and men alike bore testi- mony to his ability, his faithfulness, and kindly thoughtful- ness of others. He was never marked off duty, and at the end of two and one half years of service he was the only one of the original officers who had not been home. Regard for duty was the key-note of his character. Had he lived it would have made him a useful and honored citizen ; dying as he did, it made him a hero.
LEWIS.
Timothy B. Lewis, b. Aug. 9, 1841; m. Aug. 23, 1862, Mary Jane Fellows. She was b. July 22, 1837. Child,- I. Willie A., b. July 28, 1865. 51
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LITTLE.
George Little, the founder of the Newbury, Mass., family of this name, came to this country according to a long cur- rent and probably reliable tradition, from Unicorn street, near London bridge, England, in 1640 or soon after, and married Alice Poor, and sailed from Southampton, Eng., in 1638, together with her two brothers, Samuel and Daniel, in the party of Mr. Stephen Dummer. She is believed to have been a native of Wiltshire, b. 1620, d. Dec. 1, 1680. Her husband m., 2d, the widow of Thomas Barnard, of Amesbury, Mass .; 5 children, all of Ist wife, of whom Joseph, 2d child, b. Sept. 22, 1653; d. Sept. 6, 1740 : m. Oct. 31, 1677, Mary, dau. of Tristram and Judith Somerby Greenleaf Coffin, who was b. Nov. 12, 1657; d. Nov. 28, 1725. Resided in Newbury, Mass. They had 9 children, of whom George, 3d child, was b. Jan. 12, 1682 ; d. July 2, 1760 : m. Feb. 22, 1711, Edna, dau. of Capt. Thomas and Sarah (Northend) Hale, of Newbury, b. Nov. 21, 1684; d. Oct. 15, 1732: m., 2d, widow Mehitabel Clement, of Haverhill, who d. Nov. 3, 1754. He was a lieutenant in the militia. His name occurs among the proprietors of Boscawen. He removed to Haverhill, and later to Plais- tow ; 8 children, of whom Thomas, 1st child, b. Oct. 27, 1711; d. Nov. 8, 1766 : m. Jan. 12, 1737-8, Mary Bond, of Haverhill, Mass .; b. Oct. 1, 1721; d. June 29, 1801. Thomas Little early removed from Newbury to Haverhill. In 1746 he and his brother Joseph were appointed by Gov. Wentworth to make a plan of Timberlane, now Hampstead. He was a tanner and farmer. His descendants have as a whole been noted for their size of body and physical strength, especially those in the line of his son Bond. In his will, dated Nov. 5, 1766, he makes bequests to all his surviving children. In this will there occurs this particu- lar paragraph : " I give to my well beloved wife my servant- boy, Lot." This Lot Little was a mulatto. He accompa- nied Bond Little to Deering and to Sutton, and settled in
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Sutton, and his family is found on our town records. He engaged in farming while living here. Like all other colored persons who were born slaves at that date he was called by his master's name, but it is probable that on reaching maturity he was set free, as was not uncommon in New England, for the good reason that slavery could not be made profitable here. Cases like this of Lot Little, however, were not infrequent, in which the slave, though no longer considered such, still clung affec- tionately to the family in which he had been kindly reared, and the old feeling of dependence, the natural outgrowth of the peculiar relation of master and slave, made him ready to attach himself to the fortunes of some one mem- ber of it. Lot Little m. Susanna Thomas, a white woman. Children, as found on Sutton records,-
Anna, b. Aug. 2, 1790.
William, b. April 15, 1794.
James, b. Nov. 27, 1795.
Sarah, b. Jan. 18, 1799.
John, b. Oct. 29, 1802.
Lyman, b. Nov. 19, 1806.
Thomas and Mary (Bond) Little had the following chil- dren,-
I. Bond, b. June 25, 1739 ; d. Oct. 23, 1740.
II. Bond, b. Nov. 11, 1741 ; d. July 10, 1811.
III. Elizabeth, b. March 1, 1744 ; d. May 4, 1800.
IV. Alice, b. March 18, 1746 ; d. Oct. 7, 1816.
V. Thomas, b. April 11, 1749; d. Oct. 30, 1814.
VI. Mary, b. Feb. 6, 1752.
VII. Sarah, b. March 23, 1755; d. May 15, 1760.
II. Bond Little m. March 16, 1762, Ruth Atwood, b. May 20, 1742; d. May 14, 1814. He served under Capt. John Hazen in the expedition against Crown Point in 1758, and not long after settled in Weare. In 1775 he removed to the adjacent town of Deering, where he held several town offices, and cleared a large tract of land. In 1786 he went to Fishersfield, where he had made exten- sive purchases of land. He was a prominent citizen there, served as selectman, was justice of the peace, and, as the records of Sutton
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show, performed many marriages. At the beginning of the present century he removed with several of his children to Hatley, Stan- stead Co., Canada, where he died July 10, 1811. He was a man of much energy, and noted for his great wit and mirthfulness. His wife, of a sedate disposition, was a pious and excellent woman. The town and other records show that he did much work as a justice of the peace in Sutton, and it is thought that he at times had his resi- dence in this town. Children,-
1. Samuel, b. Jan. 20, 1763 ; m. Sept. 28, 1789, Susanna Russell, and d. without issue.
2. Sarah, b. March, 4, 1764; d. young.
3. Thomas, b. Sept. 16, 1768 ; d. Aug. 11, 1803, at Fishersfield.
4. Ruth, m. June 14, 1795, James Gillingham, of Fishersfield (New- bury). She d. about 1800.
5. Alice, b. May 2, 1773 ; m. Aug. 30, 1793, Ephraim Wadleigh. They removed in 1801 to Hatley, Can., where she d. Feb. 21, 1852, and he d. Jan. 20, 1852. They had 8 children, for whom see Wadleigh.
6. Taylor, b. 1776; m. Pamelia Marsh, who d. Feb. 15, 1838, aged 56. He m., 2d, Sally White, b. July 1, 1792; d. Sept. 4, 1872. He d. without issue Feb. 5, 1854, in Canada. He was the first of the Little family to go to Canada.
7. Abijah, b. March 15, 1780; d. Dec. 19, 1860 : m. May 8, 1800, Elizabeth Bean, of Sutton, who d. Jan. 30, 1866, aged 85 years. They removed to Canada in 1800; 10 children.
8. Ezekiel, b. Nov. 18, 1781; d. March 6, 1847. (Dea. Little, of Sutton).
9. Bond, b. 1783; d. Feb. 23, 1859 : m. Mary Bean, of Sutton, who d. Aug. 17, 1861, aged 75 or 76. He was a farmer and lived in Hatley, P. Q .; 10 children.
Thomas Little, 3d child of Bond and Ruth Atwood, m. March 26, 1795, Jennie McMasters, of Fishersfield. He was a farmer and lieutenant in the militia. His widow d. July 18, 1858, aged 81 years. Children,-
I. Sally, b. Nov. 15, 1795 ; d. June 21, 1796.
II. Ruth A., b. Sept. 24, 1797 ; m. Dec. 22, 1819, Dr. Lothrop Shurtleff, of Hatley.
III. Jane, b. May 24, 1799; m. May 23, 1835, John St. John, of Cayuga Co., N. Y.
IV. Thomas, b. Dec. 7, 1801; m. May 14, 1845, Jane E., dau. of Jesse and Lucy (Turner) Wadleigh, b. July 17, 1817, in Hatley, P. Q. Resides in Weedsport, N. Y.
V. William, b. Dec. 5, 1803; d. Feb. 19, 1840 : m. Eveline, dau. of Stephen and Ruth Kinsman, b. at Landaff, June 1, 1808; d. at Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 1, 1866. Children,-
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C. De. Le ittle.
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1. Hiram Kinsman, b. May 27, 1830; d. July 4, 1864.
2. Cyrus Baldwin, b. Dec. 21, 1831 ; d. Aug. 23, 1853, while studying medicine.
3. William, b. Jan. 31, 1836 ; m. May 15, 1863, Mary W., dau. of Thomas Jefferson and Ruth (Woodward) Chadwick. He is a manu- facturer of clothes-pins at Warner. Children,-
(1) Lena Eldona, b. April 24, 1865.
(2) Hiram Jefferson, b. Nov. 8, 1872; d. March 24, 1873.
(3) Eveline Ruth, b. July 31, 1875.
4. Thomas, b. June 15, 1838 ; m. Marietta Pike. Resides at Brad- ford. He served two years in 11th N. H. Regiment. Child,-
(1) Charles Elmer, b. May 21, 1858.
Mrs. Little, widow of William Little, moved into this town with her four sons, above named, and located in Mill village, where two of the sons afterwards engaged in the manufacture of clothes-pins.
1. Hiram Kinsman Little m. 1856, Susan Harvey, dau. of Capt. Jon- athan and Dolly (Harvey) Woodward. Child,-
(1) Cyrus Harvey, b. Aug. 13, 1859, at Sutton.
After the death of his parents, Cyrus Harvey Little lived in the fam- ily of his uncle, Truman Putney. He took a course of study at New Hampton Literary Institution, where he graduated in 1879. He had a high rank in scholarship, and at graduation delivered an address be- fore the Adelphi, one of the literary societies of the institution. In the fall of 1880 he entered Bates college, at Lewiston, Me., but his health, always delicate, failed under his enthusiastic devotion to study, and at the close of his freshman year he was forced to abandon his college course. His health gradually improved, and he was for several years associated with his cousin, Fred Putney, in trade at Sutton. In 1885 he was school-committee in Sutton, and when the town system of schools was introduced he was elected a member of the school-board for three years, and during 1888 was chairman of the board.
Mr. Little is a very ready and interesting speaker in public, in fact seems to have a natural gift of oratory, and has by invitation delivered several Memorial Day addresses, which have been much admired. He is often called on to speak before Grand Army Posts, at fairs, political meetings, &c., and his addresses have often been favorably mentioned by the press. A correspondent of the Independent Statesman, of Con- cord, in giving an account of an entertainment recently held by Robert Campbell Post, at Sutton, thus alludes to him :
" Cyrus H. Little was the first speaker of the evening, but to a Sut- ton audience he needed no introduction, his birthplace being in our midst. Left an orphan in early years, we have watched his career with interest, and we can but congratulate him that he has inherited that patriotic love of country which characterized his noble father,
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Lieut. II. K. Little, of the 11th N. H. Regiment. He tenderly referred to his father, and expressed his interest in all comrades of the G. A. R. He eloquently spoke of the great issues arising from our cruel war, and the responsibility resting upon the nation. His address through- out was marked by the fine scholarship he has so well attained."
A local paper, in a notice of his address on Memorial Day at Warner, thus speaks of him : " Mr. C. H. Little, who gave the address, is the son of one of Sutton's fallen heroes. His remarks throughout were cultured, graceful, and patriotic. He spoke with a strong, pleasant voice, in a simple, manly way, which won all hearts."
Mr. Little is a member of the Free Baptist Church in Sutton, and is also a member of Massasecum Lodge, No. 34, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Bradford; also of W. W. Brown Camp No. 1, Sons of Veterans, of Manchester, and has held important offices in both of these organizations. He is now in the employ of the well known firm of Barton & Co., dealers in dry goods, Manchester.
Cyrus Harvey Little is the only child of his father, Hiram K. Little, and grandson of Jonathan Woodward, and great grandson of James Harvey, youngest brother of Dea. Matthew Harvey. With these three generations of honorable ancestry behind him in this his native town, the filial regard he has always entertained for Sutton is in no way diminished by the fact that he has now become a resident, perhaps permanently, of the city of Manchester, where he is taking up new interests and forming new business and social relations. He has been much interested in the success and correctness of this history of the town, being one of the committee appointed by the town, three years ago, to examine the manuscript as then presented, and report thereon. Since going away to live he has also aided much by making important and valuable suggestions, and especially by making much and finally successful effort to collect information on some points that seemed almost beyond the reach of any one.
Ezekiel Little, eighth child of Bond and Ruth (Atwood) Little, m., 1st, Judith, dau. of Judith and Hannah (Quim- by) Nelson, b. June 3, 1785; d. Sept. 16, 1814. He m., 2d, Feb. 22, 1816, Dolly Chellis, dau. of John Chellis. He removed to Canada about 1800, where he remained till 1812, and then returned to Sutton with his family, where he remained till his death, March 6, 1847. He was found dead in his bed one morning, after a slight illness. Like many of his branch of the Little family, he was noted for
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physical strength. He was deacon of the Calvinistic Baptist church in Sutton many years. His son, Philip N. Little, was born in Canada, but came to Sutton and lived many years upon his father's homestead farm, and there died. He was a prosperous farmer, and a useful, generous, public- spirited man.
Children of Ezekiel Little,-
I. Jonathan, b. Feb. 18, 1804 ; d. March 16, 1805.
II. Philip Nelson, b. Feb. 3, 1806; d. Oct. 17, 1887.
III. Hannah Nelson, b. March 20, 1808 ; d. Sept. 21, 1879 : m. Thomas Wadleigh. [See same.]
IV. Eliza, b. April 25, 1810 ; d. June 7, 1880 : m. Luther Wad- leigh. See same.
V. Jonathan, b. May 14, 1812 ; d. Aug. 26, 1879.
VI. Moses, b. Aug. 26, 1814 ; d. April 3, 1815.
VII. John Chellis, b. March 16, 1817; d. March 25, 1876.
VIII. Dolly Chellis, b. June 4, 1819 ; d. Aug. 23, 1844, unmar- ried.
IX. Judith Nelson, b. Dec. 26, 1821 ; d. Nov. 12, 1843, unmar- ried.
X. Salome, b. July 3, 1823; d. Dec. 20, 1841, unmarried.
II. Philip Nelson Little m. Jan., 1827, Lydia, dau. of Henry Varner, of Waldoboro', Me., who d. March 10, 1872. He m., 2d, May 5, 1874, Mrs. Mary Jane Sargent, widow of Perley Sargent, and dau. of Elbridge G. and Mary (Dearborn) King. He d. Oct. 17, 1887. Children,-
1. Roxana, b. Jan. 6, 1828; m. Daniel Woodward. [See Woodward.]
2. Henry Varner, b. April 10, 1829 ; m. Feb. 10, 1865, Harriet M. Cheney, of Bradford. He is a farmer at Sutton, and has served as selectman. Children,-
(1) Henry, b. July 4, 1872.
(2) Frank Bert, b. Jan. 1, 1878.
3. Franklin, b. May 15, 1830; d. July 13, 1847.
4. Carlos, b. Sept. 18, 1833 ; m. July 23, 1855, Celia L., dau. of Per- kin Hawse, of North Hatley, P. Q., b. March 16, 1834. Mr. Little was one of the first settlers in what is now Stanton, Plymouth Co., Iowa. He held several positions of trust, among them that of county commissioner. In 1878 he removed to Yam Hill, Oregon, where he is engaged in farming and lumbering.
5. Orison, b. March 6, 1835 ; m. June 15, 1867, Rachel Emily Hazen, and is a lieutenant of police in Boston. He served during the war in Nimm's Battery.
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6. Jane, b. Oct. 12, 1838; m. March, 1862, Henry A. Stevens, a shoe manufacturer of Stoneham, Mass.
7. Lydia Evaline, b. Jan. 23, 1840 ; m. 1862, Samuel Bagley, of Sut- ton, who d. Jan. 30, 1881. Children,-
(1) Orson, b. May 21, 1865.
(2) Orin, b. April 13, 1867.
(3) Alice Mary, b. Dec. 12, 1874.
(4) Flora Bell, b. Jan. 12, 1876.
8. Ellen, b. Nov. 3, 1842; m. Josiah, son of Richard and Betsey Mel- vin. Lives in Lynn, Mass. Children, b. in Bradford,-
(1) Lulu V., b. Nov. 28, 1862; d. Feb. 21, 1881.
(2) Lena V., b. June 9, 1864; m. Nov. 20, 1881, Joseph A. Cook. Lives in Lynn.
9. Franklin Nelson, b. July 16, 1846; m. Jan. 28, 1871, Elizabeth K. Asbury, dau. of Paul Asbury, Esq., of Birmingham, Eng., b. Jan. 10, 1849. In 1869 Mr. Little went to Plymouth Co., Iowa, and became one of the first settlers of the township, afterwards named Stanton, where he held several positions of trust. In 1879 he removed to Yam Hill Co., Oregon, where he is engaged in lumbering. Children, b. in Plymouth Co.,-
(1) Philip Carlos, b. Dec. 30, 1871.
(2) Lydia Etta, b. Oct. 21, 1874.
(3) Nellie May, b. May 25, 1877.
V. Jonathan N. Little, of Sutton, m. July 4, 1834, Lavinia Colby, of Warner, b. Aug. 7, 1812 ; d. June 4, 1855. Child,-
1. Melissa Ann, b. March 29, 1836; m. Francis Shurtleff, of Hatley ; 2 children,-Thomas T. and Mary L., both married.
Jonathan N. Little m., 2d, Dec. 18, 1861, Sarah Elmira, dau. of David and Harriet (Hurd) Ball. He d. Aug. 26, 1879, in Hatley. Children,-
2. Erastus, b. July 20, 1864.
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