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Frederick Henry Littlehale

2 Jul 1849 – 11 Jul 1892

Birth2 Jul 1849
Death11 Jul 1892
Added byCate Daley on 16 Dec 2021
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Frederick H. Littlehale was born to Albert and Achsa M. (Briggs) Littlehale. From an 1889 autobiography, his life sketch appeared thusly: "FREDERICK HENRY was born in Charlestown, but like his older brother claims Boston as his birth place. He was educated in the Boston Public Schools, taking two diplomas and a Franklin medal in the Bigelow School, South Boston. He finished his scholastic education in the English High School on Bedford Street in 1866. Spent two years in the wholesale clothing trade, and then went into the goat-skin brokerage business on Kilby Street, as a clerk for a broker. Here he made quite a reputation, making some very large sales of goat-skins to morocco manufacturers at Lynn. One sale was $30,000 in amount. After a varied experience in the brokerage business, he went to Texas to work for his older brother. He sailed on a Mallory Steamer, February 29, 1872, and arrived in Galveston March 8. The next day he went to Indianola. Here he took charge of the business till his brother went to Boston in July, when he took charge of the Galveston house. When his brother returned, he went to Austin, Texas, which was then a wild, rough frontier town. There was no business there in his line, so he returned to Galveston and was sent by his brother to Indianola, at which place he was at the time of the great Boston fire in November, 1872. He well remembers paying ten dollars for the despatches as they went over the wire; and was kept posted as the flames spread from building to building with which he was well acquainted. When his brother gave out that he was going back to Boston, the largest hide buyer in the world, B. L. Mann & Co., sent for Frederick H. and offered him $100 per month in gold to go to the interior of the state and buy hides. The place selected was Dallas, the terminus of the H. & T. C. Ry., a wild western town of about 2000 inhabitants. But it was the centre of trade for an enormous territory, wagons coming from a distance of 200 and even 300 miles, perhaps even further. The place received an immense quantity of hides. There was a desperado hide-buyer there, by the name of Bennett, who, when he saw the slight stripling sent by B. L. Mann & Co., said, "Mann must be crazy to send that boy here. I will run him out in two weeks." But he did not; at the end of three months the desperado was out of business himself and the boy was king of the business in Dallas. In May, 1873 B. L. Mann & Co. sent for him to come to Galveston and keep the books. But F. H. loved the wild, free, outdoor life and would not consent. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Son of Albert Littlehale, b. abt. 1822, Tyngsboro, MA, and Achsa M. Briggs, b. abt. 1825, East Vassalboro, ME. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Husband of Cora W. Ellis, married April 15, 1875, Smith, Texas. Later divorced. Cora was born in Texas. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From the 1910 Census, Pasadena, Ward 2, Los Angeles, CA - Frederick and Cora may have been the parents of - Ollie/Olive (f) Littlehale, b. abt. 1879, Texas. Mother b. in Texas, Father b. in Massachusetts. Ollie was single, and working as a dry-goods saleswoman. Last seen in the January 5, 1920, Census, Los Angeles, CA. She was working as a dry-goods saleswoman. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Frederick, divorced, died at the Boston City Hospital of Meningitis and Broncho-Pneumonia. Source: Massachusetts, US, Death Records, 1841-1915 for Frederick H. Littlehale, 1892 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Frederick's obituary in The Boston Globe, Tuesday, July 12, 1892 Littlehale - Frederick H. Littlehale, 43 years. Funeral at M.E. Church, Highlandville, Wednesday, july 13, at 1.30. Train leaves Boston and Albany Station at 12.15. **There are two Highlandville cities in the US, Missouri, and Iowa. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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