Decatur County GaArchives Biographies.....Littlefield, Elijah Mack Daniel 1848 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
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   ELIJAH MACK DANIEL LITTLEFIELD. One of the prosperous farmers and influential
citizens of Decatur county, Elijah Mack Daniel Little-field, began his career
with limited opportunities, and has acquired one of the best country estates in
Decatur county, and is a man of substantial position and influence.

   He was born in Kershaw, district of South Carolina, October 15, 1848. His
father was John Littletield, who so far as known was born in South Carolina, and
about 1850 went west, expecting to find a location and take his family out to
the western country. He died of cholera in Mexico. His wife, thus left a widow,
with two children, in 1860, removed to Florida, settling in Calhoun county where
she married Samuel Etheridge, a planter of that county. Mr. and Mrs. Etheridge
spent their last days in Florida. By her second marriage she reared one
daughter, named Mary Drusilla, who now lives with Mr. Littlefield in Decatur
county, and presides over his household. Mr. Littlefield has one brother, John
Wesley Littlefield, who owns and occupies a farm only a short distance from
Elijah's home. John Wesley married Jane Clinard, and has seven children whose
names are Ida, Rosa, Cera, William C., John Daniel, Bertha and Eugene.

   Elijah M. D. Littlefield as a boy made the best of limited opportunities to
attain an education in the rural schools, which were much broken up by reason of
the war, and his own time was largely required at home. During the latter part
of the war he enlisted as a boy soldier in the State militia, but was never
called out for active duty. When a young man he came to Decatur county, and
began his career on rented land. He got a start, succeeded in practically every
venture he undertook and after ten years bought four hundred acres comprising
the fine farm which he now owns. This land he has improved and brought to a high
state of cultivation. He has built a comfortable home, besides houses for his
tenants, a large tobacco barn, and sheds for stock. Mr. Littlefield has recently
planted an orange grove on his farm. He and his sisters are members of the
Christian church and he affiliates with the Masonic lodge.


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From:

A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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