William Levi Littlehales (1859 - 1896)

Born 17 Jun 1859 in Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 8 Feb 1896 at age 36 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Biography

William was born in 1859. He was the son of William Littlehales and Anna Reber.^[1][2] When he was almost 8 years of age, he had to have a leg amputated due to a rail accident. This was just two weeks prior to the murder of his father, William Littlehales, by the Mollie Maguire gang. ^[3] He was teaching school in 1880.^[4]

He fell from the Aqueduct Bridge which spanned the Potomac River from Washington, D. C. to Virginia, on Saturday, 8 February 1896 and subsequently drowned. "Deceased was thirty-seven years old and a lawyer. He was associate prosecuting counsel in the Mollie Maguire cases in Pennsylvania, about twelve years ago. Five years ago, it is said he had an attack of typhoid fever...He came to Washington four years ago and took up his residence with his mother, brother, and sister."^[5][6] He was buried at Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXRS-JR4 : 13 December 2017), Levi Littlehobs in entry for Wm Littlehobs, 1860.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWVH-TM3 : 16 July 2017), William L Littlehales in household of Anna M Littlehales, Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 222, sheet 383D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,193.
3. ↑ Sunbury American, (Sunbury, Pa., March 30, 1867, Image 2
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWVH-TM3 : 16 July 2017), William L Littlehales in household of Anna M Littlehales, Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 222, sheet 383D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,193.
5. ↑ The Morning Times, Washington, D. C., February 10, 1896.
6. ↑ "District of Columbia Deaths and Burials, 1840-1964," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7T4-8V7 : 9 March 2018), Wm. L. Littlehole, 08 Feb 1896; citing District Of Columbia, reference 106266; FHL microfilm 2,115,022.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 18 March 2021), memorial page for William Levi Littlehales (17 Jun 1859–8 Feb 1896), Find A Grave: Memorial #21161454, citing Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 46912393) .