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Below is a family biography included in The History of Greene County, Illinois published by Donnelley, Gassette & Loyd in 1879. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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LITTLEFIELD, ENOCH, banker, was born at Auburn, Maine, in 1832. Early in life he left home and traveled extensively until the mature years of manhood, when in 1858, he settled in Greene County, where he has since been prominently identified with the county interests. The first five years of his residence were devoted to teaching district schools, photography, farming and land trading. He is now owner and principal operator of the Jalappa mills, one of the first flouring mills erected in Greene County, which Mr. L. remodeled a short time ago, fitted with modern machinery, and will now compare favorably with any in the county, and no better grade of flour is obtainable. Four years ago the subject of this biography, instituted the Littlefield and Greene Bank at Kane, which has been eminently successful. Mr. L., was first married to Lucy Greene, who died in 1873. His present wife was Susie E. Hartley, of Paris, Ill. Mr. Littlefield came to Greene County an outspoken abolitionist, but since the triumph of the principles of that party, he has been very independent in politics, in temperance a radical prohibitionist, in religion a strong Spiritualist.
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