Descendants of Abijah Moses Little

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  ABIJAH MOSES1 LITTLE1,2,3,4 was born Abt. 1798 in NY?, and died July 15, 1850 in Austinburg, Ashtabula, OH.  He married SARA SALLY THORP5 April 06, 1820 in Ashtabula Co, OH, daughter of AARON THORP and SUSANNAH ???.  She was born October 22, 1795 in Sandisfield, Berkshire, MA, and died October 25, 1847 in Austinburg, Ashtabula, OH  Hickok Cemetery at Jefferson.

       

Children of ABIJAH LITTLE and SARA THORP are:

2.                i.    ORINDA M2 LITTLE, b. 1821, OH; d. Bef. 1890.

3.               ii.    ORILLA BETSEY LITTLE, b. November 08, 1824, Austinburg, Ashtabula, OH; d. December 18, 1890, Austinburg, Ashtabula, OH.

4.              iii.    AARON THORP LITTLE, b. April 19, 1830, Cherry Valley, Ashtabula, OH; d. June 24, 1908, Winchester, Woods, OK.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  ORINDA M2 LITTLE (ABIJAH MOSES1)6 was born 1821 in OH, and died Bef. 1890.  She married GRIFFIN S MARTIN7 November 20, 1840 in Morgan Co, IL8.  He was born 1815 in PA.

       

Children of ORINDA LITTLE and GRIFFIN MARTIN are:

                   i.    EMMA3 MARTIN9, b. 1841, IL.

                  ii.    EUGENE MARTIN9, b. 1843, PA.

                 iii.    EDWARD MARTIN9, b. 1845, PA.

                 iv.    ELECTA MARTIN9, b. 1848, PA.

 

 

3.  ORILLA BETSEY2 LITTLE (ABIJAH MOSES1)10 was born November 08, 1824 in Austinburg, Ashtabula, OH, and died December 18, 1890 in Austinburg, Ashtabula, OH.  She married JOHN SIMMONS STILSON11 August 28, 1844 in Lake Co, OH, son of SYLVANUS STILSON and SUSANNAH SIMMONS.  He was born April 22, 1820 in Scipio, NY, and died March 23, 1902 in Austinburg, Ashtabula, OH.

       

Children of ORILLA LITTLE and JOHN STILSON are:

5.                i.    HARRIET E3 STILSON, b. Abt. 1841.

                  ii.    ELIZABETH STILSON, b. Abt. 1842.

6.              iii.    SARAH A STILSON, b. August 31, 1846, Eagleville, Ashtabula, OH; d. April 29, 1904, Jefferson, Ashtabula, OH.

 

 

4.  AARON THORP2 LITTLE (ABIJAH MOSES1)12,13 was born April 19, 1830 in Cherry Valley, Ashtabula, OH, and died June 24, 1908 in Winchester, Woods, OK.  He married HARRIET GILLETT April 01, 1851 in Ashtabula Co, OH, daughter of CALVIN GILLETT and AMANDA RISLEY.  She was born September 24, 1831 in Barre Twp, Orleans, NY, and died August 23, 1900 in Hampton, Franklin, IA.

       

Children of AARON LITTLE and HARRIET GILLETT are:

                   i.    CHARLES G3 LITTLE, b. January 1853, Cherry Valley, Ashtabula, OH; d. June 03, 1865, Hampton, Franklin, IA.

7.               ii.    LINTER ALVIN LITTLE, b. January 11, 1855, Cherry Valley, Ashtabula, OH; d. April 06, 1927, Alva, Woods, OK  Hampton Cemetery.

                 iii.    SUMNER B LITTLE, b. December 27, 1856, Cherry Valley, Ashtabula, OH.

8.              iv.    VERNON EUGENE LITTLE, b. October 14, 1858, Hampton, Franklin, IA; d. August 28, 1933, Bowbells, Burke, ND.

9.               v.    ORINDA CAMILLA LITTLE, b. 1861, Hampton, Franklin, IA.

10.            vi.    AMANDA O LITTLE, b. December 20, 1862, Franklin Co, IA; d. December 30, 1909, Hampton, Franklin, IA.

11.           vii.    CHARLES SWEET LITTLE, b. June 18, 1867, West Fork Twp, Franklin , IA; d. December 17, 1904, Pasadena, CA.

12.          viii.    EMMA SOPHRONIA LITTLE, b. June 29, 1869, Hampton, Franklin, IA; d. January 30, 1945, Kirkland, King, WA.

                  ix.    ADRIAN ALEXIA LITTLE, b. September 1871, Hampton, Franklin, IA; d. July 14, 1897, Hampton, Franklin, IA.

                   x.    FRANKIE LITTLE, b. May 30, 1873, Hampton, Franklin, IA; d. August 30, 1873, Hampton, Franklin, IA.

13.             xi.    HATTIE ORILLA LITTLE, b. May 04, 1875, Hampton, Franklin, IA; d. May 11, 1941, Hampton, Franklin, IA.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

5.  HARRIET E3 STILSON (ORILLA BETSEY2 LITTLE, ABIJAH MOSES1) was born Abt. 1841.  She married WALTER M FOREST. 

       

Children of HARRIET STILSON and WALTER FOREST are:

                   i.    WILLIAM J4 FOREST, b. June 09, 1875.

                  ii.    WALTER FOREST, b. December 06, 1885.

 

 

6.  SARAH A3 STILSON (ORILLA BETSEY2 LITTLE, ABIJAH MOSES1)14 was born August 31, 1846 in Eagleville, Ashtabula, OH, and died April 29, 1904 in Jefferson, Ashtabula, OH.  She married HARVEY SIKES15 September 06, 1865 in Jefferson, Ashtabula, OH16, son of NELSON SIKES and MARILLA TYLER.  He was born February 08, 1843 in Jefferson, Ashtabula, OH, and died December 22, 1917 in Jefferson, Ashtabula, OH17.

       

Children of SARAH STILSON and HARVEY SIKES are:

                   i.    LILLIAN CORNELLIA4 SIKES18, b. February 10, 1868, Eagleville, Ashtabula, OH; d. March 06, 1908, Ashtabula Co, OH; m. CHARLES ADELBERT KING18, August 04, 1887; b. May 05, 1850; d. November 12, 1902, Ashtabula Co, OH.

                  ii.    FRED A SIKES.

 

 

7.  LINTER ALVIN3 LITTLE (AARON THORP2, ABIJAH MOSES1)19 was born January 11, 1855 in Cherry Valley, Ashtabula, OH, and died April 06, 1927 in Alva, Woods, OK  Hampton Cemetery.  He married (1) ROSETTA ELTHER HINMAN19 January 11, 1879 in Hampton, Franklin, IA, daughter of DANIEL HINMAN and CAROLINE BURMAN.  She was born September 29, 1860 in Cottage Grove, Dane, WI, and died April 04, 1896 in Hampton, Franklin, IA  Hillside Cemetery at Hampton.  He married (2) MATTIE LONG 1899 in Hampton, Franklin, IA, daughter of WILLIAM LONG and MARY ???.  She was born August 15, 1857 in London, Ontario, Canada, and died July 17, 1941 in Hampton, Franklin, IA  Hampton Cemetery.

       

Children of LINTER LITTLE and ROSETTA HINMAN are:

                   i.    LILLA ARMINTHIA "LILLIE"4 LITTLE20, b. March 20, 1880, Chapin, Franklin, IA; d. May 14, 1948, Canon City, Fremont, CO; m. THOMAS WILSON "WILL" UNDERWOOD21,22, April 27, 1898, Sheffield, Franklin, IA; b. June 27, 1871, Hampton, Franklin, IA; d. February 14, 1949, Canon City, Fremont, CO.

                  ii.    MAUDE ARVA LITTLE23, b. December 05, 1881, Chapin, Franklin, IA; d. April 08, 1921, Augusta, Butler, KS  Burial at Alva, OK; m. (1) ALBERT DENIM UNDERWOOD24,25, December 14, 1899, Sheffield, Franklin, IA; b. June 10, 1874, Hampton, Franklin, IA; d. May 05, 1961, Mason City, Cerro Gordo, IA; m. (2) CHARLES ANDRICK, 1908; b. Abt. 1875.

                 iii.    CARRIE OLIVE LITTLE26, b. November 15, 1883, Chapin, Franklin, IA; d. April 28, 1972, Wichita, Sedgwick, KS  Hardtner Cemetery; m. EARL ALBERT CHARTER27, August 07, 1901, Hampton, Franklin, IA; b. June 1877, Warren, Jo Davies, IL; d. December 22, 1952, Kiowa, Barber, KS.

                 iv.    OREN HINMAN LITTLE28, b. May 18, 1888, Chapin, Franklin,  IA; d. Unknown; m. LEONA INEZ MERKLIN29,30, August 18, 1912, Kiowa, Barber, KS; b. October 04, 1891, Niles, Cass, MI; d. March 19, 1954, Medford, Jackson, OR.

                  v.    CLARENCE CRESSY LITTLE31, b. December 28, 1890, Chapin, Franklin, IA32; d. June 05, 1966, Fruita, Mesa, CO  Lakeside Cemetery at Canon City, CO32; m. MERLE TRUETT33, June 27, 1912, Alva, Woods, OK; b. July 01, 189534; d. September 1970, Fruita, Mesa, CO  Lakeside Cemetery at Canon City, CO34.

 

 

8.  VERNON EUGENE3 LITTLE (AARON THORP2, ABIJAH MOSES1) was born October 14, 1858 in Hampton, Franklin, IA, and died August 28, 1933 in Bowbells, Burke, ND.  He married ALMYRA GEORGANNIE PETTIS August 27, 1883 in Hampton, Franklin, IA.  She was born May 08, 1867 in Foutain Prarie, Columbia, WI, and died May 17, 1941 in Raymond, Pacific, WA.

       

Children of VERNON LITTLE and ALMYRA PETTIS are:

                   i.    ETHEL OLIVE4 LITTLE, b. July 14, 1884, Hampton, Franklin, IA; d. June 21, 1954, San Francisco, CA; m. (1) HANS K LUNDT, February 27, 1907, Pleasant Lake, ND; b. January 12, 1878; d. December 01, 1917, Grenora, ND; m. (2) FRANK W FRANK, 1918, Grenora, ND; d. 1974, San Francisco, CA.

                  ii.    ALFRED AARON LITTLE, b. April 18, 1886, Cherry Valley, Ashtabula, OH; d. Raymond, WA; m. JENNIE GRACE CLICK, 1914, ND; b. December 20, 1892, Lanaconing, MD.

                 iii.    FRANK HARRISON LITTLE, b. June 18, 1888, Hampton, Franklin, IA; d. March 17, 1964, Raymond, WA; m. (1) CLARE STARR, 1913, ND; b. Thief River Falls, MN; d. 1917, Dunseith, ND; m. (2) ALICE MAY RIFE, March 16, 1929; b. May 01, 1909, ND.

                 iv.    ELSIE I LITTLE, b. March 13, 1890, Hampton, Franklin, IA; d. April 11, 1975, Rock Creek, British Columbia; m. (1) WALTER TRAINER, 1912, British Columbia, Canada; d. April 1946, Rock Creek, British Columbia; m. (2) FRED STOHL, Abt. 1950, British Columbia.

                  v.    CHARLES VERNON LITTLE, b. April 24, 1893, Hampton, Franklin, IA; d. Abt. 1918, Aisne-Marne Cemetery, Near Paris, France.

                 vi.    ROBERT LINCOLN "BOB" LITTLE, b. May 18, 1896, Hunington, IA; d. Payette, ID; m. IRENE HILL, November 1925, Power Lake, ND.

                vii.    HAROLD GILLETTE LITTLE, b. April 11, 1903, ND; d. Abt. 1905, ND.

               viii.    WESLEY L LITTLE, b. June 1899, Franklin Co, IA; d. Abt. 1905, Rugby, ND.

                  ix.    RUTH ORABEL LITTLE, b. August 26, 1906, Pleasant Lake, ND; d. July 23, 1988, Orange Co, CA; m. MILLIAN THEODORE BERGERSON, June 11, 1931, ND; b. November 11, 1907, ND; d. August 22, 1995, Orange Co, CA.

                   x.    BURNADEAN LOUISE LITTLE, b. January 03, 1907, Pleasant Lake, ND; m. ROY J PETERSON, Abt. 1928, ND; b. January 19, 1906, Bowbells, ND.

 

 

9.  ORINDA CAMILLA3 LITTLE (AARON THORP2, ABIJAH MOSES1) was born 1861 in Hampton, Franklin, IA.  She married A J CANNAM October 01, 1879 in Chapin, Franklin, IA.  He was born Abt. 1853 in Burlington, VT.

       

Children of ORINDA LITTLE and A CANNAM are:

                   i.    EMILY GRACE4 CANNAM, b. December 02, 1885.

                  ii.    REGENIA CANNAM.

                 iii.    ORPHA CANNAM.

                 iv.    RILLA CANNAM.

                  v.    ??? CANNAM, b. November 30, 1890.

 

 

10.  AMANDA O3 LITTLE (AARON THORP2, ABIJAH MOSES1) was born December 20, 1862 in Franklin Co, IA, and died December 30, 1909 in Hampton, Franklin, IA.  She married GOODRICH W WARNER Abt. 1885.  He was born December 20, 1851, and died December 28, 1910 in Hampton, Franklin, IA  Hampton Cemetery.

       

Children of AMANDA LITTLE and GOODRICH WARNER are:

                   i.    LELA4 WARNER, m. H E CLOUGH.

                  ii.    MAYLAND WARNER.

                 iii.    HAROLD WARNER.

                 iv.    ??? WARNER, b. October 08, 1890.

 

 

11.  CHARLES SWEET3 LITTLE (AARON THORP2, ABIJAH MOSES1) was born June 18, 1867 in West Fork Twp, Franklin , IA, and died December 17, 1904 in Pasadena, CA.  He married HARRIET BELLE "HATTIE" WARNER Abt. 1892 in Greene, IA, daughter of FRANCIS WARNER and ??? WYCHER.  She was born November 25, 1875 in Nora, Jo Davies, IL, and died February 24, 1947 in Burbank, Los Angeles, CA.

       

Children of CHARLES LITTLE and HARRIET WARNER are:

                   i.    WAYLAND STANLEY4 LITTLE, b. December 03, 1894, Franklin Co, IA; d. 1963, TX; m. AMY ESTELLA HEUERMAN, January 29, 1917, Franklin Co, IA; b. July 17, 1896, Rutler Co, IA; d. December 12, 1981, Hampton, Franklin, IA.

                  ii.    DOROTHY GALE LITTLE, b. November 05, 1896, Thornton, IA; d. March 22, 1978, Burbank, CA; m. JAMES A CHAPPEL, December 16; b. October 28, 1895, Canada; d. January 25, 1981, Santa Barbara Co, CA.

                 iii.    MARJORIE CLARE LITTLE, b. November 01, 1898, Hampton, Franklin, IA; m. (1) SCOTT B WOLF, April 26, 1919, Los Angeles, CA; m. (2) HARRY H MACTAGGERT, February 05, 1931, Burbank, CA.

                 iv.    CHARLES LITTLE, b. 1900, IA; d. 1900, IA.

                  v.    LUCILLE LITTLE, b. 1901, IA; d. 1902, IA.

 

 

12.  EMMA SOPHRONIA3 LITTLE (AARON THORP2, ABIJAH MOSES1) was born June 29, 1869 in Hampton, Franklin, IA, and died January 30, 1945 in Kirkland, King, WA.  She married CLARENCE HERMON LOCKWOOD Abt. 1895, son of LEONARD LOCKWOOD and EMMALINE LANDES?.  He was born June 21, 1867 in Coldwater, IA, and died August 1969 in Kirkland, King, WA.

       

Children of EMMA LITTLE and CLARENCE LOCKWOOD are:

                   i.    RUTH ELSIE4 LOCKWOOD, b. December 16, 1897; d. August 02, 1989, Seattle, King, WA; m. ??? PALMER.

                  ii.    ESTHER MARIE LOCKWOOD, b. June 11, 1899, Franklin Co, iA; d. July 31, 1997, Hampton, Franklin, IA; m. CLARENCE E RIGGINS, May 30, 1923, Union City, TN; b. July 16, 1897, Butler Co, IA; d. June 10, 1990, Hampton, Franklin, IA.

                 iii.    VERA IONE LOCKWOOD, b. October 15, 1904; d. April 07, 2000, Castro Valley, Alameda, CA; m. JOHN KUEFFER; b. October 01, 1890, CO; d. January 23, 1984, Hayward, Alameda, CA.

                 iv.    PAUL JUDSON LOCKWOOD, b. July 02, 1906, Burbank, CA; d. August 13, 1995, Sheffield, Franklin, IA  West Fork Cemetery; m. GRETCHEN A SHAW, November 18, 1933, Sheffield, Franklin, IA; b. March 18, 1905, West Fork Twp, Franklin, IA; d. January 29, 1993, Mason City, Cerro Gordo, IA.

 

 

13.  HATTIE ORILLA3 LITTLE (AARON THORP2, ABIJAH MOSES1) was born May 04, 1875 in Hampton, Franklin, IA, and died May 11, 1941 in Hampton, Franklin, IA.  She married ROBERT FRANKLIN JEFFERS November 21, 1900, son of ROBERT JEFFERS and ELIZABETH DAY.  He was born August 11, 1872 in Hampton, Franklin, IA, and died July 19, 1954 in Hampton, Franklin, IA.

       

Children of HATTIE LITTLE and ROBERT JEFFERS are:

                   i.    ELIZABETH JANE4 JEFFERS, b. July 07, 1906, Hampton, Franklin, IA; m. ELMER H ANDERSON, September 10, 1931, IA.

                  ii.    DONIVAN LEE JEFFERS, b. Abt. 1905; m. ??? THOMPSON.

 

 

 

Endnotes

 

1.  Little Family Bible, Family Record Sheet.

2.  Genealogy of Elizabeth Jeffers Anderson 1976.

3.  History of Franklin County, IA.

4.  Obituary of Aaron Thorp Little.

5.  LDS Church IGI Record, C501311  0250322.

6.  Genealogy of Elizabeth Jeffers Anderson 1976.

7.  1850 Bradford County, OH Census, Tawando Borough Twp Roll 756 Page 2, G. S. Martin   age 35, carpenter, b. PAOrinda Martin  age 29, b. OHEmma Martin  age 9 b. ILEugene Martin  age 7, b. OHEdward Martin age 5, b. OHElecta Martin   age 2, b. PAElecta Martin  age 28, b. PAAbijah Little  age 52, laborer, b. NY.

8.  Morgan County, Illinois Marriage Records, Vol B Page 26 Lic 753.

9.  1850 Bradford County, OH Census.

10.  Genealogy of Elizabeth Jeffers Anderson 1976.

11.  Genealogy of C H King.

12.  Genealogy of Elizabeth Jeffers Anderson 1976.

13.  History of Franklin County, IA.

14.  Genealogy of C H King.

15.  LDS Church IGI Record, 2034821.

16.  LDS Church IGI Record, M513332  0890265.

17.  Death Certificate, Vol 2437 # 75149.

18.  Genealogy of C H King.

19.  Little Family Bible.

20.  Death Certificate.

21.  Probate Records, Clerk of Court at Canon City, Fremont, CO.

22.  Underwood Family Bible.

23.  Little Family Bible.

24.  Obituary.

25.  Underwood Family Bible.

26.  Little Family Bible.

27.  Genealogy of Diane Charter Unruh.

28.  Little Family Bible.

29.  Notes from Helen Little Renzema.

30.  Book by Lee Merklin on the Merklin Family.

31.  Little Family Bible.

32.  SSDI.

33.  Notes from Helen Little Renzema.

34.  SSDI.