Show LYMAN OMAR OMAE littlefield elder L 0 littlefield who departed i this life on the first of september 1893 was a good man ile he had ninny many friends and no enemies was charitable kind industrious and a christian in the broadest sense of that term for many years he has been connected with tun till JOURNAL and faithfully lie hs performed his every task the decea deceased sold was war born on the of november 1819 in verona township oneida county new york while yet a child lie ho became c converted to the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and by importuning his parents to attend meetings held by the missionaries sion aries lie ho secured their conversion as well ile he was with the saints who went from kirtland to illinois after the cormons mormons were driven from jackson county missouri his fattier father settled near liberty and young lyman be began bean an his trade as a printer in the zee office of the iiri enquirer a democratic organ published by a man who was friendly to the mormon people for a while young lyman found e employment ni on the quincy inus during this time he married the young E widow of samuel kin kingsley Z sl ey then he took charge of a democratic paper at rushville illinois and as tho the present republican party was not in existence lie called his paper the illinois republican publican Ke when millen tho the times and seasons began its career under don carlos smith and ebenezer Eben czer robinson littlefield went to work for them when that paper was discontinued discontinue di the 11 hancock ancock eagle was founded by A 11 W babbett and the subject J of this sketch several ral tinier times was elder littlefield sent on a mission mission and always d at 1 1 ills duties with credit while abroad lie he labored on the lenial star and at one time presided side llover over the staffordshire conference in 1817 while on an his way to the he W west est a vote vot C was taken and elder littlefield sent on oil a nf to 71 I iJ 1 1 1 1 Z lt TT ca came to utah it where e uc c nas ac ilanan 1 0 ri ever since the deseret ocies necos gave him employment for a while and then he began wo work rk on tim THE JOURNAL at the time of liis his death mr littlefield was the oldest printer in in utah and up to the last few weeks S he be worked steadily y at liis his case ile ie w was as the author of a well known book of the latter day saints tun tim JOURNAL feels his loss losa deeply ind and sympathizer with liis his wife bif e and children who alio will miss miss b him i m mo mot most t |