LITTELL'S LIVING AGE. SPECI A L ISSUE MARCHI 19/6

This is the second "Special Issue" of Littell's ,Living Age to be published. Its pur - f pose is to reach those l<fho are not members of the family association and to distrlbute 1some information about our activities amorig those who should be interested in the Littell family.

This issue als~ annoUnces a neW' (temporary) address for your secretary . This add r ess should be used for all communicatidns until June, 1976. (Our local postmistress is congenial and she Jtill surely forward ~ur ma.il after that date it necessary) t

And, as "'e stated ip our summer, 197~1} Special Issue, this booklet l<fill also ask you to join your family association and t"hus contribute yOur bit toward the preservat-ion of the heritage of the various Littell lines throughout the world.

RR # 11 Box ~o-A, OANtst , I , VA, 258~1,'

OUR PECUNIARY RESOURCES /J Our revenue is norm~lly from duti,s onl!/. A

few members have donated occassionaly above and beyond their dues with the request that their contributions be applied to operating expense , postage, building · fund, etc. ' For these l<fe ar·e ' grateful.

The previous Special Iss<Je was primaril!l un­derl<fritten b!l a benevolent corporation. It was believed we needed another "shot in the arm" to stimulate membership and a fet~ members have come forward to make this issue possible. More than 2,000 co}des of this special issue t~ill be mail~ ed to known Littell descendants.

Those who have given impetus to the initial fund raising for this issue are: Frederick M. Littell, personally and from corporate funds; J .

Max Littell, Real Estate, Rost~ell, N. M.; Hardin H. Littell of Tucson, Ariz".; William J. Littell, Park Ri d g e, Ill.; lt'illiam Adams Litte.ll, Sr . , of Littell Horse Farm; James Robert Littell and his daughter, Janice H. Littell of New York.

Those who will hiave contributed afteZ.. this has gone to the printer will be listed in the next regular issue of Litt·ell's Living Age.

WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT

Littell's Living Age is alive and forging for­ward . Littell Families of America, Inc ., your family association, is now a firmJy l entrenched organization to which over 300 Littell descen­dants have subscribed and paid dues.

Now we need your action on two fronts. First we would I ike to have you a s a member . Your small annual dues of $ 5 . 00 is our 1 ife blood. With th is we ·ha ve managed to publish seven issues of the 11 Age 11

, we have printed membership and lineage certificates and have paid all th e nece­ssary expenses o f our orgenilatlon. The Lif e Membership payments of $85.00 each ha ve gone in­to a dedi'cated f und to build a Litt·ell Hemora-bella Museum. So- if yo u are not now a member we would like to have you join us.

Secondly we wo uld like to know more about you and yo ur fa mily. Ou r plans Include th e accumu~

lation of details - particular data -on as many Lit tel l descen dants as poss ible. In addition to the continued publIcation of the semi~annual magazine Littell's living Age, we would like to publi s h an all-inclusive comp llation of the LITTELL FAMILY TREES. It will be a vol ume of some magnitude. As a step forward in this area we need youto complete the encl ose d biographtcal­genealoglcal data form and return to us. (PLEASE

' DO THIS EVEN IF YOU FEEL YOU ARE UNABLE TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY ASSO CI AT ION AT THIS TIME)

If you are o n our mailing Jist It Is because we · ha ve reason to believe you are descend e d from a Littell (or L i ttle, lytle, or one of the vari­ations) . Our card file on our ancestors contin-ues to grow as we d i sco ver new material. Our caTd file on Littell descendants cont i nues to grow as you contribute I nformation to us .

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YOUR FAMILY ASSOC IATION

Evide nc e of Littell Fam·i l y Reu n io n s ha ve been discovered dating well back l nt .o the 1800 1 s. Un­doubted l y there were gatherings of the family be­fore our great country obtained its independence . The children and grandchildren of John Littell probably gathered together in New Jersey two cen­turies ag q. Possibl y at the same time Benjamin Littell of Vermont or Jonah Littell who migrated first toward North Carolina gathered with their kIn.

We havewrlttenaccounts of Littell acti v itie s as far west as Washington and throughout the mid­west. In recent time var io us groups have assemb­led in~ Indiana, New Jersey and Pennsyl va nia . In 1971 a group decided we should become offici­ally Incorporated as a family association. On June 6, 1972 the State of Ind iana issued a cer­~~~~~~~: ~~~-in corporation to LITTELL FAMILIES OF

Membership dues of $5.00 annually are asked of the members . Th ose who desire to become Life Members may do so by the payment of $85.00 A membership certificate has been authorized and the secretary Is in the process of preparing one fo r each member. A lineag e certificate is also being prepared for each member, many of which have a I rea dy been rn a i 1 ed to members.

Reunions, meetings, picnics, etc. are sched-uled from time to time, the primary annual meet­I ng has been held on the Saturday nearest July 4th at William Adams Littell's hors·e farm near Aliquippa, Pennsylvania . He and his wife Ellie also host a midwinter gathering at their winter home on Hypoluxo Island, lantana, Florida .

Research into the various origins of the Lit-tell I ine s has been the primary function of many of the group . The origin of most who have borne the surname has been traced to one of five early LIt te II s.

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YOUR FAMILY MAGAZINE

Littell's living Age was first published by Eliakim Littell in Boston on May II, 1844 . It continued through 97 years of pub! !cation unti 1 August, 1941. The original pub I !cation might aptly be described as an early day 11 Readers Di­gest'' with an emphasis on translating and re­printing articles from the foreign press.

Littell Families of America, Inc. in f estigated the rights to the name and it was determined that we could assume pub! I cation of the magazine. lt was in the Fall of 1972 that pub I I cation was re­sumed . Walter Wilson Littell whose great grand­father was a brother of Eliakim Littell has edit­ed the seven issues pub! ished since 1972.

A COPY OF EACH ISSUE PUBLISHED IS FREE \liTH YOUR MEMBERSHIP IN THE ASSOCIATION.

The lregular issue of the 11 Age 11 is much more sophisticated and polished than this 1feeble at­tempt by your secretary . It is printed on better quality paper and is 6x9 in size ·. It contains many pictures. The results of the research men­tioned in the previou s article herein are pub­lished in the 11 Age 11

• The 11 goings on 11 at the var­ious reunions are set forth, usually with pic­tures of those attending. Articles contributed by YOU are sought and gladly accepted . Vital statistics afford the opportunity to learn of births and deaths among the Littell de~scendants. Marriages are happily announced.

One member, Joyce Littell Hamilton, recently traveled to England and discovered some hereto­fore unknown data about the I ine of William and Elizabeth {Moore) Littell. This appeared in Issue# 6 . An index of that which has appeared in the first four issues appears in# 7.

The editor solicits your contributions . His mail ingaddress is 1280 Plantation Plac"e, Daytona Beach, Florida 32014 . Walter welcomes all mat­erial a ~ ai !able pertaining to the Littell fami-1 i es.

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OUR MEMBERS

LFA, Inc. has eighteen Life M e mbe rs : Gladys Littell BOYER of Kirkland, Washington William Glenn CAUGHEY of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania Elizabeth Littell CHILDS of Sewickley, Pennsylvania David S. LITTELL of McDonald, Pennsylvania Doug lad Kent LITTELL of Indianapolis, Indiana Edward Wittich LITTELL of Skokie, Illinois Frederick Moore LITTELL of Winnetka, Illinois Hardin Heth LITTELL of Tucson, Arizona Harold E. LITTELL of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania Harry Ellsworth LITTELL of Irvington, New Jersey James E. LITTELL of Detroit, Michigan Lyle E. LITTELL of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania Michael Kieth LITTELL of Danese, West Virginia Noble Kieth LITTELL of Danese, West Virginia Robert Burgess LITTELL of Cedar Grove, New Jersey William Adams LITTELL, Sr. of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania William Adams LITTELL, Jr. of Brentwood, New York William J. LITTELL of Park Ridge, Illinois

Thirty-eight states and two foreign nations are repre­sented in our membership. The following members have paid their d ues for the year 1975 or beyond. If your name does not appear in thir listing please send your dues to us so we can include you 1n future rr: embership lists:

Mary Boagni Anding ALDIGE', Lois Uarie ALLEN, David Shellito ANDERSON , Elaine DeMet ANDERSON, Kenneth James ANDERSON , Hester Shane BALDWIN, Adina Jean Littell BAR­NES , Gretchen W. BICKERSTAFF 1 Mary Osborne BRODERICK, E­lizabeth J. CARANI, Marjorie Littell CELLI, Frank W. CLARK, Harvey Littell CLARK, Howard CLAYTON, Doris May A­verre CLOSE, Melvin Earl COX, Lulie DAVIS, Norman Littell DAVIS, Julia Clark DAY, Mary Elizabeth DeVEAU 1 Jerusha Littell DILWN, Helen Ethel IXJLENC, Genevra Noble EAST­MAN, Emma Mae ELLIOTT, Anna Y. FAUSEL, Martha Moore Clark FINCH, Ida B . FLOWER, Lois FUCHS, Salina M. GRANTZ, Ar­thur C. HAGERUAN, Jr., Kathleen Littell HALL, Granville Kent HAMILTON, Joyce Littell HAMILTON 1 Dorothy HARDING, Barbara HEIDEL, Mabel HITTNER , Gladys L . HOOVER, Jesse Donald HUBBARD, Elizabeth JANOWSKI, Florence McM. JONES,

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Sarah E. Littell JONES , Edwin Ray KERCHEVAL, Mable Char­lotte KETRING, Dorris Marilyn LETTERS , Carol Ruth LINGER­FIELD, Max LITELL ,

And the following whose surname is LITTELL : Andrew R . , Arthur Simpson, Arthur Simpson, III, David

C. , David Edmund , Earl Jeffrey, Edgar F. , Edward William, Elmer L., Elmer Ray , Flay E., Franklin Hamlin, Gale Pat­t er son , Gene C., George H . , Glenn Lyle, Gregory , Harring ­t on , Jr., Harrington, Sr . , Howard Will i am , Jr., Hugh Ruthven, James Duncan , James Lyle, James Robert , Janice M., Jefferson Albert, Jessie M., Joel Richard, John M., John Miix, John Wesley, Johnny J . , Leber t LeRoy , Leighton L., Lel a nd Earl, Sr. , Linus Beatty , Linus Gibbs , Mary Al ­mira, Matthew E ., Milton August , Morris Elmore, Nelson, Jr., Pamela, Paul Madison, Porter Allen , Robert James, Jr. , Robert James, III, Robert McGregor, Robert Morr is , Robert Spahr , Robert Stuart Delamater, Sr. , Ruddy , Ste­phen Thomas , Thomas Gar diner, Tod (John Otto), Vicki, Wallace William, Walter Sperry, Walter Wilson, Wilbur J., Wil l iam Barnes, William E. , J r. , f<Jilliam E., Sr , Wil l iam Elwood, William Gard, William Hess, William Paul, J r ., William Paul, Sr ., Wil_rna Glynn,

And the following: Lois A. WDINGTON , Virginia Ann LYTTLE , Allen K. Mc­

CLEAN, Dorothy Frances MARKSTEIN, Elsie MEACHAN, Helen H. MELLENBROOK, Kathryn Ann MERRIMAN , El mer R. MILHON, Fan­nie Clark MITCHELL, Glenda MOELLER, Kimberly MORRIS , Nan­ci Elaine NAVARRO , Alta M. NEARHYER, Sarah Jean NELSON, Hel en Fay O'GARA , Elda L. OVERHOLT, Juanita Nic hols PET­ERSON, Cather ine L. PFI ESTER , Pearl SAVAGE , Ruth ROSE, Clemantine L. ROWE , Wanda L. SCHUSSLER , Wanda June Byers SCHWABAUER , Sarah Belle Rusie SETCHELL, Don SHI ELDS, Jac ­queline Kay Li ttell SHIELDS, Ella Jean SWPPY, Joyce L.

!", SMI TH, Cynthia E . SONZOGNI, Bertha M. SWAIN 1 Chere Kieth Li ttell TONEY , Frances Littell TORRENGA, Carl E . fVALCOTT , Florence Margaret WALLACE, Velma June WALRAVEN , Linda Ann WHITCRAFT, Donald W. WHITE, Frank W. WHI TE , Ru t h S . WIL­LIAMS, and Ethel Fay YORK .

Five of our former members are deceased: k'inifred Littell BLACKLOCK, Mary Shall enber ger DeMET,

Arthur L. LITTELL, John Lawrence LITTELL and Ray LITTELL. --5--

TREASURER'S REPORT- December 31, 1976

OPERATING FUNDS Balance December 31, 1974

1975 Receipts Annual dues Extra issues llA

1 Special contributions Total receipts

1975 Expenditures Indiana sect. of State, fees Treas. , postage & copying Editor- Misc. & postage#" 6

$570.00 20 . 00

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Misc. supplies & postage Bank service charge

10.00 22.00 60.64 18.57

. 73 249.60.

~ Printing, issue #" 6 Postage, is sue~ 7

Total Expenditures Operating Fund balance Dec. 31, 1975 CAPITAL FUNDS

Balance Deceniber 31, 1974-Life members hip fund Building fund

1975 Receipts Life members hip fund Building fund

Total Capital F'unds

$285 . 00 74.80

15.00 ___j_,QQ_

TOTAL CASH BALANCE, December 31, 1975

$ 614.14

875.22 1,489.36

417.92 $1,071.44

$ 379.80 $ 1 ,451. 24

1 Special contributions for a new membership drive . D<mars are listed elsewhere in this special issue.

2 Charges for printing and shipping Issue# 7 of the "Age" are not included in the above balances as your Treasurer had not received this information o n the date this report was prepared • es timate was $350 . 00. If we eliminate this and the amount of the special contribution which is earmarked for a special pur­pose our balance does not appear to be substantial. Our OPER­ATING balance actually is more nearly $411.00 and our TOTAL ASSETS are approximately $786.00.

IN GENERAL: As of December 31, 1975 we had enrolled since beginning in 1971, 318 annual members, of these five are now

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deceased, two have been transferred to Llfe Membership status, one has resigned membership, three have been placed on inac­tive as they last paid in 1972, sixty-nine last paid in 1973 and are also considered inactive, eighty-one are unpaid for 1975, they will be treated as inactive if their dues are not received by the time the Spring Issue of the "Age" is ready for distribution. We are reluctant to discontinue sending copies of Littell's Liv­ing Age to members who have fallen back in th~t p a y men t of annual dues. However, if the organization is to continue w e must depend on the support of all who have joined to mainta 1 n their memberships. Your officers, especially your Editor Wal­ter W . llttell and yoll:r Secretary Judge Noble K. Littell and t o a lesser degree your Treasurer, have spent many hours a not inconsiderable amount of out-of-pocket money to keep alive what we consider to be one of our finer and more interest 1 n g American Families and its association. Let us keep the spirit of the Bicentennial, which many Littells are a ptively celebrat -ing, and get up the back dues to keep your Association rolling .

Respectfully Submitted,_

~~· ·~~ James R. (Jlm Bob) Littell, Treasurer

ADDRESSES Cf" THE MEMBERSHIP IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED IF LITTELL FAMILIES

OF AMERICA WAS ADDED TO YOUR LIST TO MAIL NOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS• COPIES OF THE SEVENTH IS-

~97s;f w~!~''~~;~R~!~ IN! a A~!~E~~!~::a~~ ~:~:us~~~ FDLLDWI NG J

MARY MARGARET A..-EaAuoH, WARRtN, o.; MINA JANE GIBION_l HowE, Tx.; GRANVILLE KENT HAMILTON, LITTLETON, GOLD.; GALE PATTERSON LITTELL, CHAT• HAM, N. J.; HOWARD A. Ll TTELL1 SR., PITTSBURGH, PA.; LINUS GIBBS LITTELL, NEWTON, N.J.; MARQUITA JO LITTELL, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN•i SHELDON FAY LIT­TELL, MANSFIELD, 0.; SHARON KAY MUIRHEAD, FORT SHERI DAN 1 I LL•i' URs. RoGER H. PATTERSON, SPARTA, N. J.: AND CYNTHIA E. SoNzDGNI, Looa, N. J.

UPDATED ADDRESSES fOR ANY OF THE ABOVE WILL BE APPRECIATEDe

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ANNUAL GATHERING IN FLORIDA Littells from several states gathered Jan­

uary 31st with Bill and Ellie Littell at their home on Hypoluxo Island, Lantana, Florida for a general reunion and in celebration of the birth­day anniversary of the host - Association Presi­dent William Adams Littell~ Seventy-five year­young Gladys Littell Boyer of the St ate of waSh­ington - a not infrequent commuter to events of this nature - made her first trip to the State of Sunshine and Oranges.

Four officers of Littell Families of Ameri­ca utilized the early afternoon to discuss some of the problems of the Association. Present in addition to the president were Littell Living Age Editor, Walter Wilson Littell of Daytona Beach, Fla.; Finance Chairman Fred M. Littell of Chicago, Ill.; and Secretary Noble K. Littell of Danese, W. Va. Topics of primary interest in­cluded member s hip, colledtion of association dues, the . continued high quality of the semi-an­nual publication, perpetuation of the Littell heritage, and diversified ways in which to fos­ter the congenial gatherings o f those who are Littells or descendants of Littells.

· The annual July gathering · w~s set for Satur­day July 3, 1976. It was decided th e meeting will be held i n Beaver County, Pennsylvania , but the exact location will be determined later.

In early evening the guest list was expan­ded beyond the Littells to include local digni­taries headed by the Mayor of Lantana and many friends of Bill and Ellie. A catered buffet was followed by an evening of general social commun ­ion. Approximately forty-five guests gathered about the swimming pool for · pictures .

See the next issue of the Living Age for a picture of the family association members present·.

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JUftffOITlAIII

·, i l,u In pt11 orventz:aUon of our• we ere jolntng nenaa to set up pennanent r.oonls

:~d~~ :O~ie~~~~on ~~·:.!:::f~~ tC~:;.~.~~~~-:o~::,:r:ff:; :: many, Molt m-.ben of tbe pounger generation wont ,qet very excited a.bOut thl1 but In later years J!lany of them will - ••~lly if- ~r~.~~l:e 1t attract

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lve aM evallable ~them.

It b no a&cnM: that IDOl\ ~p urw!ertllkinQI IUcceed by t he oonaent of the J!lllny and the actual ;eneroalty, In both tune end money, of the few. Thla lilpec.tal mall in;, for example, wa1 1M de poaalble by JUdge !Noble 1.. IJtte ll who went around tuQ91nQ at a few lapels or more a~rately ~ ched: bool:J, •

This then 11 a Ol;lrdlaltnvttaUon tD Mchone of ~u couslnl first. to ;et your name on the membe"'hip rolls and to keep th- there when annual dUel ume oocrteJ around , and to "nOOUCI!9• otbera - pari tculerly those of your younoer- generation (by Chrt1tma1 ;1ft or otbetwhl;e) to do Uk-lJe, And ftnally- if you went end can efford. to go tha.t extra mile don ' t beJ1tate, to sey .119 by your check .

Cordially yours,

,1!J,Jt---Wm Adami IJttell, Prelilldent

(ed. note- see t~e UJtlnQ of oontrt~RQ members eh,ewhere in this pubUcaUon)