Littlefield, George Emery, 1844-1915
Variant namesGeorge Edwin Little (1844-1915) was born in Nauvoo, Illinois. He was the son of Edwin Sobieski Little and Harriet Amelia Decker. He was part of the first company of Mormon emigrants, lead by Brigham Young, across the plains to the Great Salt Lake Valley arriving October 2, 1847. In 1859, when he was fifteen years old, he became employed by the Pony Express as a rider. His first route lay between Salt Lake City and Rocky Ridge. In 1862 he married Martha Taylor and settled in the Teton Basin in Eastern Idaho. He died of pneumonia in 1915.
From the guide to the George Edwin Little papers, 1963, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah)
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| associatedWith | [Bowditch?], Alfred. | person |
| associatedWith | Gause, Charles Edward, 1859-ca. 1941. | person |
| associatedWith | Hollingsworth, Sumner, b. 1845. | person |
| associatedWith | Hopewell (Ship). | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Houghton Library. | person |
| associatedWith | Labadie, Jo, 1850-1933. | person |
| associatedWith | Little family | family |
| associatedWith | Stauffer, David McNeely, 1845-1913. | person |
| associatedWith | Taunton Working, Trading and Mining Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Taunton Working, Trading and Mining Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Taylor, Martha | person |
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Birth 1844
Death 1915
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