BIO: Jacob H. Littell, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY

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Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, page 364.
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  Littell, Jacob H., was born on January 4, 1856, in the town of 
Sanford, Broome County, N.Y. He was converted at a camp meeting, held 
at Tallmansville, Pa., on September 5, 1876, and soon after felt called 
to the ministry. He was educated in the common schools and Wyoming 
Seminary.
  In 1885 he joined Wyoming Conference, and was appointed to Uniondale, 
Pa. He was ordained a deacon by Bishop Fowler in 1887 at Owego, N.Y., 
and an elder by Bishop Foss at West Pittston, Pa., in 1889. 
  On March 5, 1879, he married Miss Ellen Ricks, of Ouaquaga Lake, 
Broome County, N.Y.
  His pastorates have been: 1885-86, Uniondale; 1887-90, Lisle; 1891-
93, Worcester; 1894-96, Otego; 1897-1900, Oxford; 1901-03, Cooperstown.