Jacob W Litteral (1837 - 1923)

Born 10 Aug 1837 in Meigs, Tennessee, USA

Husband of Adelia Ann (Hatcher) Litteral — married 1880 in Jasper, Missouri, USA

Died 15 Aug 1923 at age 86 in Carterville, Jasper, Missouri, USA

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Biography

Jacob Litteral was born August 10, 1840. in Maggs county, Tennessee. He was the son of James and Ruhama Litteral. the father a native of Virginia, and the mother of Tennessee. They came to Washington county, Arkansas, in 1846, where they bought a farm. James Litteral died at the age of seventy-one, in Washington county. Arkansas, and his wife died in 1875.

Jacob Litteral only remembers very indistinctly his southern home in Tennessee, as when he was a very small lad he came west with his parents to Washington county, Arkansas. He does remember very vividly that farm in Arkansas where he lived with his parents, attending the district school in the winter and laboring on the farm, in the old fashioned methods, in the summer time. When the Civil war was inaugurated he enlisted in the Confederate army, serving under General Cabbie in the Second Arkansas Regiment. Company D. For three years and a half he participated in all the engagements in which his company had a part, fighting valiantly for the cause of the South, the land of his birth. At the close of the war, being honorably dismissed, he tried to raise stock and to farm in Arkansas, but after several years, in 1893, he came to Jasper county, Missouri, still owning his old Arkansas home. Here he bought the farm he now occupies at Carterville. From 1893 until 1906 he was engaged in mine operating, but from 1903 up to the present time he has devoted himself almost exclusively to looking after his farm and bringing to bear all the improved methods of farming of which he is conversant. He has, however, other interests, having a share in some mines; he is a stockholder in the Miners Bank at Joplin and in the First National Bank of Carthage, in addition to being a director in the First National Bank of Carterville.

In 1880 he was married to Miss Adelia Ann Hatcher, a native of Tennessee. She was the daughter of Jabez and Paulina Hatcher. Mr. and Mrs. Litteral have two daughters, Jessie E., who is married to W. C. Burch, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Carterville, and L. Pauline, married to A. J. Harrington, a prominent dry goods merchant of Carterville. A son, Charles, died at the age of twenty-four years, in 1907.

Mr. Litteral stands high in the Masonic fraternal order, being a member of the Chapter Lodge, No. 39; has filled all the chairs in the Blue Lodge and for many years being treasurer of the Casterville Lodge, No. 401, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He is a member of the Consistory, having taken the thirty-second degree, and of the Knights Templars at Joplin.

During the years that Mr. Litteral has lived in Jasper county he has become very prominent and he is both respected and liked by his numerous friends. He is most hospitable and takes the keenest delight in welcoming his friends to his home, where they are treated with true southern hospitality. He is deeply interested in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the county and his state, his by reason of adoption. It is hoped that he will live for many years to be an example and a guide to the younger citizens of the state.

Sources

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