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John L Littlefield 
  Rank: Pvt Co: G Age: 24 Residence: Wells Birthplace: Wells Occupation: farmer 
Married/Single: S Height: 5' 4 Eyes: Blk Hair: Blk Complexion: Dk 
 Eliot quota 

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JOHN LEWIS LITTLEFIELD was born in Wells, Maine on 13 Jul 1838 [VR Wells, p392; g.s.], the son of John Jr and Mary (Page) Littlefield. He died in Eliot, Maine on 19 Sep 1898 from apoplexy, aged 60 yrs, 2 mos, 6 das. He was buried in Mt Pleasant Cemetery in Eliot [g.s.].

He was married, date not yet known, to ANNA AUGUSTA FRYE, the daughter of William and Hannah (Deering) Frye of Eliot. She was born in Portsmouth, NH on 2 Nov 1844 and died in Cornish, Maine on 7 Mar 1902 from a tumor, aged 57 yrs, 4 mos, 5 das. Following the death of her husband, Anna went to Cornish to live with her daughter. 

Though seen in Eliot during the 1860 census, living with the Hill family as a farm laborer, his residence was listed as Wells when he and his brother Franklin Littlefield both enlisted with the 27th Maine on behalf of the quota of Eliot, Maine.

From the Portsmouth Herald, dated 30 Sept 1898 (pg 1):
John L Littlefield, a most estimable citizen of Eliot, died on Monday, aged 60 years. He leaves a widow and daughter, the latter the wife of Walter P Perkins, Esq, of Cornish, Maine.

They had one child, a daughter:
I. EFFIE B LITTLEFIELD, born about Nov 1867 [1900 census]. She died in 1941 [YCCI, p576]. She married WALTER P PERKINS. He was born in Aug 1858 [1900 census], and died in 1942 [YCCI, p576]. They are both buried in Riverside Cemetery, Cornish, Maine. He was a lawyer, and they lived in Cornish.
   1. Pauline Perkins, b. Sept 1891 [1900 census]
   2. Elliot Payson Perkins, b. 10 Sept 1899 in Cornish [ME VR]; died Jan 1976 [SSDI]
   3. Walter S Perkins, b. 10 Sept 1907 in Cornish, ME [ME VR]; died 21 July 1970 in Saco, Maine [ME Death Index]. He married, on 15 May 1929 in Portsmouth, NH [NH VR], to Esther C Owens, the daughter of John and Florence.


Additional source data:
1850 Wells, ME census: hh 474/517
1860 Eliot census (pg 44): hh 389/387
1870 Eliot census (pg 36): hh 326/344
1880 Eliot census (pg 6): John and Anna liv w/ her parents

1890 Veteran Schedule: liv in Eliot
1900 Cornish, ME census (p11B): Perkins family w/ wid Ann Littlefield
- John Littlefield Jr and Mary Page, marr intents filed 30 Dec 1826 [VR of Wells p297]

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