Biographical Sketch of E. C. Littlefield, Johnson County, Missouri, 
Knob Noster

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.

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E. C. Littlefield, the prominent attorney of Knob Noster, Missouri, was
born in 1868 in Knob Noster, the son of Lyman C. and Ellen Z. Little-
field.  Lyman C. Littlefield was the son of William Littlefield, a
native of Weld, Maine.  The Littlefield family is of English descent.
Two brothers emigrated from England to America in the earliest colonial
days and from them the Littlefields in America have descended. Lyman C.
Littlefield was a teacher in Knob Noster before the Civil War and one
of the town's first merchants.  He also was the owner and manager of 
the first lumber yard in the old town of Knob Noster.  During the Civil
War, he was at one time a prisoner of war.  Escaping from the Southern
army, he returned to his old home in Maine and for many years was en-
gaged in the manufacture of shingles in that state.  Later in life,
Lyman C. Littlefield returned to Johnson county, Missouri, where he be-
came an extensive landowner, engaging in stock raising on a large scale.
He was president of the Bank of Knob Noster for several years and it 
was he who placed this bank on its present firm, financial basis and
secured for it the sound rating and prosperity it now enjoys.  Mr.
Littlefield died January 5, 1901.  His wife had preceded him in death
many years before, her death occurring in 1879.  Seven children were
born to Lyman C. and Ellen Z. Littlefield, six of whom are now living:
Charles B., Claremore, Oklahoma; William W., Kendrick, Oklahoma; Mrs.
Lillian May Shumaker, Colorado Springs, Colorado; E. C., the subject of
this review; Mrs. Nora E. Thompson, Erie, Kansas; and Lyman M., Lamonte,
Missouri.  The early education of E. C. Littlefield was obtained in the
public schools of Knob Noster, Missouri.  He later attended the Went-
worth Military Academy at Lexington, Missouri and completed his educa-
tion at the Missouri State University, where he was a student in the
law school, graduating in the class of 1890.  After completing college,
Mr. Littlefield was for six years a member of the law firm, Waddill &
Brown, having an office in the New York Life building in Kansas City,
Missouri.  In 1896, E. C. Littlefield came to Knob Noster and opened 
his law office and he has ever since been engaged in the practice of
law in this city.  He has been city attorney for the past 20 years,
which is sufficient evidence of the high esteem in which he is held.
Mr. Littlefield states that he is no politician but has made it an 
invariable rule to "vote for the man."  In 1912, E. C. Littlefield was
united in marriage with Mrs. Georgia (Hope) Lewis, the daughter of 
Colonel John C. Hope, the well known and influential politician of
Missouri.  Mr. and Mrs. Littlefield are numbered among Johnson county's
best families.

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