Littler, Samuel H.

Born: 1811-11-08 Highland County, Ohio

Died: 1880-12-23 Urbana, Illinois

Flourished: Urbana, Illinois

Samuel H. Littler was a cabinet and furniture business owner and a Baptist. On December 11, 1836, he married Rachel Radcliffe in Circleville, Ohio. Afterward, they moved to Keokuk, Iowa. In 1852, they relocated to California, and, in 1855, they moved to Urbana, Illinois. Rachel died in February 1857. On December 2, 1858, he married Sarah M. Busey, with whom he had at least nine children. He died of a disease of the throat.

Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Champaign County, 2 December 1858, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Champaign County Herald (Urbana, IL), 29 December 1880, 1:4; Champaign County Gazette (Champaign, IL), 29 December 1880, 8:2; Gravestone, Rachel Littler, Mount Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum, Urbana, IL; Gravestone, Samuel H. Littler, Mount Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum, Urbana, IL.