George Washington Littlefield is well documented as Conferate major, cattle
baron, philanthropist, banker, member of the Board of Regents of the University
of Texas, and founder of Littlefield, Lamb, Texas in the Texas panhandle.
At least two University of Texas sites contain photos with his history:
...2 Absolom Littlefield Abt. 1757 - Abt. 1833
.....+Rebeckah (Littlefield) Abt. 1758 -
......3 Absolom Littlefield, Jr 1788 - 1852
........+Elizabeth (Littlefield) Abt. 1795 - 1873
.........4 Peter Horace Littlefield 1830 - 1876
...........+Lenora Jane Mellon 1837 - 1916
............5 George Edward Littlefield 1866 - 1941
..............+Ella Drucilla Warren 1871 - 1950
...............6 O Z Littlefield 1892 - 1958
.................+Bertie Luella Sutton 1896 - 1987
..................7 Audrell O Z Littlefield 1917 - 2001
....................+Marceille Ellen Bell 1924 - 1987
.....................8 Audrell Monroe Littlefield 1944 -
.......................+Carolyn Sue Boykin 1946 -
........................9 Connie Diann Littlefield 1962 -
.........................*2nd Husband of Connie Diann Littlefield:
..........................+John Randall (Carlson) Farmacka 1951 -
...........................10 Ryan Dale Farmacka 1993 -
An interesting connection came up while I have been trying to trace my
Braswell kin. I made contact with a gentleman from Panola county, Mississippi,
birthplace of George W Littlefield. My Braswell kin lived in Panola county for
some years in the 1800's and turns out to have been neighbors of George and his kin.
Below is an excerpt of a letter I received talking about the connection.
"As I mentioned earlier George W. Littlefield was born between Longtown and
Como. My first seven years were spent next door to the general store in
Longtown owned and operated by my paternal grandmother's sister. Their
grandmother, Elizabeth (Bryant) Haynes, was GWL's second cousin (their second
cousin twice removed, and my second cousin four times removed) through
daughters of Zachariah Nance... Frances married John (Briant) Bryant, and her
sister Martha "Patsy" married Phillip Bryant Littlefield as your chart
indicates. Also, according to your chart, Connie and I are ninth generation
descendants of William Littlefield, Sr., making us even seventh cousins, so
Ryan would be my seventh cousin once removed (bet he is thrilled about that
revelation).
But there is more...my mother's g.grandfather, Fleming M. Littlefield, was
GWL's first cousin, so I am also GWL's first cousin four times removed in my
maternal line.
And that is not all...notice on your chart that Phillip's mother is Rebecca
Bryant who descends from the same Bryant ancestors as my Bryant (Briant)
line, so GWL and I are also related through that line...gets pretty confusing.
Anyway, I spent much of my time at the general store as a small child and
there were occasional strangers who came in to inquire about GWL (most from
TX as I recall)...some were distant relatives, others were historians, and at
least one was an author (J. Evetts Haley who was collecting data for his
biography of GWL). We moved to Memphis during the War, and returned to Como
for the remainder of my growing-up years after the War ended. There I came
in contact with several descendants of GWL's half-brother, John H. White, and
one of them gave me a copy of Haley's book when I was a teenager, a work that
I still treasure. Haley discusses GWL's family lineage and his pre-Texas
years in the first chapter.
Then in 1970 David Gracy and his mother visited the Como area gathering
information for his book, Littlefield Lands...I now have the copy of the book
that he gave the Como resident (now deceased) who assisted in Gracy's search
for details of GWL and his family in MS. It was interesting to my wife,
Hildie, and me that sales of GWL land in Lamb Co. in 1914-1916 were listed in
the back of the book showing that some of her Mennonite relatives from her
home in Steinbach, Manitoba were purchasers of GWL land.
So you can see how my life has been intertwined with GWL encounters. That is
why I was pleasantly surprised to see GWL mentioned on your genealogy site
and was eager to see just how he fit into your family...it just seems that we
are all cousins somehow." Morris