My Genealogy Hound

John M. Littlefield, the subject of this sketch, is numbered among the many popular and successful men that render Howard County an interesting one. Born beneath the sunny skies of Alabama, May 30, 1848, he seems to have carried the brightness of his native State with him, thus courting the goddess of success with great satisfaction to himself. His father, Henry C. Littlefield, born in 1829, and his mother, Sarah Littleford, born in 1830, were natives of Alabama, and married in that State. Their six children are John M., Phillip, Robert J., Gilson, William H. and Henry. The family moved from Alabama to Arkansas in 1855, settling in what is now Howard County. The father was at one time justice of the peace, and served in the Mexican War, and also in the late war. He died June 10, 1868, and his widow married Hiram Allen. Mr. John Littlefield was educated in Howard County, commencing to work for himself at the early age of nineteen, at which time he devoted his attention to farming. March 18, 1869, he married Miss Minerva Manard, of Missouri. They have had ten children: William, Henry, Oscar, Columbus, Daniel, Gilson, Robert, Grover, Dan, and one who died in infancy. Mr. Littlefield is the owner of a valuable farm, which is well cultivated, and his interest in public matters is always active.