Citrus-Marion County FlArchives Biographies.....Black, Littleton February 2, 1862 - April 29, 1918
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Littleton Shottish (Shartish) Black was born in Milford, Baker CO., Georgia on 
February 2, 1862 to the parents of Peter J. and Susan S. (Adams) Black. Susan 
was pregnant with Littleton when Peter left home to fight in the Civil War. 
The next child was not born until after the war had ended and Peter had 
returned home.

Littleton was a grown man when the family picked up and moved to Alabama near 
Dothan. There was a Littleton Black that married I.D. Mixon in Dale County in 
1893, but it is not known if this is the same Littleton Black, although it is 
the same location and time period and he was known to have been married twice.
He married Alice Tucker in Inverness, Citrus County, Florida on May 21, 1894. 
She is shown on the 1900 census as being from Alabama. They had a child 
sometime after 1900, but had died before 1910. I believe it died as an infant. 
They had no other children.

Littleton was quite a business man. He had his hands into a lot of different 
enterprises, and was well known as "the fish man." He owned fish houses, a 
fleet of boats and a grocery store known as the City Market. An advertisement 
in the Crystal River news dated April 5, 1912 quotes L. S. Black as 
saying, "You can not get better cuts of meat anywhere then those you get at 
the City Market. We will not handle poor meat." It goes on to say, "Complete 
Market, complete grocery all in one. If it is in town we have it; for our line 
of groceries is complete." He was shipping fish and oysters to several states 
as well and buying and selling properties up until his sudden heart attack on 
April 29, 1914. He was a Woodsmen of the World; one of the first fraternal 
benefit societies in the United States. They helped families seeking financial 
security and provided insurance. He is buried in the old Crystal River 
Cemetery which is downtown, west of US Hwy 19. He has a large Woodsmen of the 
World marker, that is enclosed within an ornate fence.

There was a period of time Littleton got into a heap of trouble with the law. 
He was caught selling alcohol with out a license on one occasion. He 
eventually applied for and received one. He was also accused of seining Lake 
Weir in Marion County along with his brother-in-law, James C. Freeman.

Less than a month after her husbands untimely death the following article ran 
in the Crystal River News on May 22, 1914; "Mrs. L. S. Black will in a short 
time, move her market and grocery store from her present stand to the building 
she owns, known as Crystal River Bargain House; thus putting her business 
under one roof." By September of the next year, Alice had married Charles 
McBride and he had taken over as proprietor of the store. Many years later he 
was shown as owning a bakery and eventually as a barkeeper.

Alice remained close to Littleton's family and some twenty-six years later 
allowed his brother Jacob to be buried next to him.  

Additional Comments:
Nespaper articles from the Crystal River News found at the Citrus County 
Historical Museum were used in preparing this biography.

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