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Little^ John Sebastian, (Jreenwfxid, Ark., was horn

state.snian

of

March 1.), 1853. Jenny Lind, Ark. He hah been a member of oongreM; and has heen governor of Arin

kaiHHs. Little, Joseph J., Hulditr, juurnalist, state logiulator, congressman, was born June 5, He served in the union 1841. in England.

army

1802, in 1863

in

first serj^eant

and

and 1804 ns

corporal,

lieulenant.

first

U>'

Little, Peter C, lawyer and jounst of Ariz., was liorn Sept. 5, 18U1, in Oxlie received the degree of i'onl, N.t

in

Iff was elected the lifty-tliinl rongresH. to the litty-t'ourth and lilty-littli vongreissca as a dem<>( lat. Little, John S., banlcer of Rushvilie, lU., lH3 t)7 was judge of the proljate court of Crahain county, Ariz. Since 1907 Ph.!!. lie

practiced Uiw in Globe; and in 1912 (lelegate to the democratic national convention. Little, Philip, artist and author of Salem, Mass., was bom Sept. 6, 1857, in Swamjoiott. -Mass. He was a pupil of the

he

lia.s

was a

His principal works H4ieitou musium sehooL are In the Wake of the Moon, and An Off Shore Breeze. Little, Robbins, educator, lawyer, was bom Feb. 18, 1832, in Newport, R.I. In 1873 be became an examiner of claims in the

war department

at

Washington, remaining

In that office until 1878, when he wa.s elect cd stij»erinten(Ient and later a trustee of the Aslor library in New York city.

vaeaney.

Sophia Louise (Robbins), Aug. 2, 1799, in Newport, She is a poet of Newport, R.I.; and the author of The Last Days of Jesus, and other Poems. Little, William Augustus, state legislator, was iKirn N(»v. (J, 18.38, in Talbot county, T.a.

Little, Josiah Stover, lawyer, lepislator, railroad president, was Ixirn in 18(U, in

(.'corgi a; in

the incorporators in the Worlil'-i Fair bill nassed by the New York legislature, us also in the congressional bill introduced on beHe was cltcfcd to the half of New York. lifty-ftecond congress as a democrat to till a

For four jears

Minot.

lie

]ira<'ticed

law in

Portland, Maine. He repeatedly repre«ente«l Portland in the Maine legislature, and was twice speaker of

state

the house. He has also several times been a candidate for conlie was asso firt'ss. ciated with Preble in organizing
 * i

railroad Ix-twccn

Judge

and

Portland

Mon-

treal; and in 1848 snc<cc(li<l .Ind^rc I'rchlc as president of the company, which position he held f<»r seven Years.

Little, Lewis Henry, soldier, was born in 1818, in Italtiniore, Md. In 1801 he entered

the confederate army adjutant-general of the on the staff of (ieneral for Ills bravery at the

and was appointe<l forces

in

Little,

Peter, soM 1775. in

born about

Misitourl

Storlinp Price, and

battle of was promoted brigadier-general. Sept. 10, 1802, in Inks.

Klk

He

Hom died

Pa.

He

removed to Maryland, and was elected a representative in «on<;ress from that state from 1811 to 1813. In the latter year he was appointed colonel of infantry; and was again a repri"-entative in congress fmni IKltJ to 1829.

Md.

He

K.l.

1882 he was a state representative from 1884 was elected Speaker of the

In

house, and va< re

ele< te(l

in

ISSt).

Littlefield, Allied U., manufacturer, state senator, governor, was bom April 2, 1829, Stitnate. U.I. He served two years as n ill representative in the state legislature; and two years as a state senator. He was govornnr ..f Rhode Island from 1880 to 188:5. Littlefield, Charles Edgar, lawyer, eongreMsman. was born June 21, 1841, in Lel>anon. .Maine. In 1880 9:5 he was attorneygeneral of Maine: and in 18t)l}-190l was a

niendier of eongre--.. Littlefield,

and surg»'on

Charles Wentwortb, physician of

Seattle.

Wash.*,

bom

was

He is the in Mankato. Minn. author of The Riddle of the Ages and other Dec. 17.

18.*)!l.

works. Littlefield, Eben Northup, banker of .'lO North Maine st., Providence, R.I., was born in 18.>4 in l^wtucket, R.T. He is president iii. ri<an Hair Cloth company. of llii Littlefield, George Washington, ranchman and banker of Austin. Texas, was bom June 21.

lSt2.

in

president of

Pan<»la county. Miss. the Central Hank and

He

i*

Trust

company.

ongressman. was I'dcrsbiip);,

tittle^ lira. poet, was horn

died Jan. 5, 1830, in iiultimore.

Littlefield,

Henry

Warren,

nii-rcbant of

Philadelphia, Pa., was born Oct. 30, 1842, in (^uincy. Mass. He served in the civil war. Ilf has lieen inanager of the Mercantile Beni-licial association of Philadel|>hia. Littlefield,

Nathan

Whitman,

lawyer,

statesman, w i- Imrn May 21, 1846, in Bridgewater, .Mass. In 1897-98 he watt a member of the Rhode Island senate; and since 1898

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