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Emerson Littlefield
Rank: Private Company: I Age: 23 Residence: Kennebunk
Height: 6' 2 1/2" Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Brown Complexion: Light
EMERSON LITTLEFIELD, the son of Davis and Maria (Huston) Littlefield [they were marr 11 Jan 1835 - Kenn. VR], was born in Kennebunk, Maine in 1839. He died there on Christmas Day, 1905 from pneumonia, aged 66 yrs,6 mos,10 das [ME VR], and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Kennebunk [YCCI, p795].

In March 1870 [census rec] he was married to
LUCY A ROBERTS, the daughter of William and Lydia (Gordon) Roberts. She was born in Dayton, Maine on 7 Oct 1839, and died on 6 Jan 1899 in Kennebunk at age 59. She is buried with Emerson in Pine Grove.

According to the 1870 Kennebunk census, Emerson was a teamster, and was a farmer by 1900.

I have not found any children of this couple.




Additional Source Data:
1850 Kennebunk, York, ME census: hh 374/405
1860 Kennebunk (pg 4): Emerson and parents all shown as born Kennebunk
1870 Kennebunk (pg 11): hh 93/96
1880 K-Bunk (pg 9): hh 112/122, nephews Harry Eugene (born 2 Mar 1871) and Frederick E (born 5 Dec 1872) in household, children of Davis A and Susan (Tripp) Littlefield. Birth dates from MA VR, Charlestown, MA
1900 K-Bunk (pg 4B): hh 78/80
- Civil War Pension Index: filed 10 Sep 1889 (app #727,849 cert #506,635)
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