Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. Wiliam 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882.  Cass County.

DR. H. H. LITTLEFIELD, Beardstown; was born in Wells, York 
County, Me., Sept. 25, 1823.  His parents moved to Great 
Falls, N.H., when our subject was thirteen years old.  
After receiving a primary education, he began the study of 
medicine.  In 1843, he came West and taught school two 
years.  In 1846, he attended two courses of medical 
lectures at Bowdoin College, graduating in 1848, and 
locating in Beardstown for one year; then removed to 
Schuyler County, where he lived till 1860, when he returned 
to Beardstown, where he has since remained, with the 
exception of two years' service in the Union army, as 
Assistant Surgeon.  He was with Grant's army, and 
consequently saw much service.  He is a member of the 
Illinois State Medical Society; also of the American 
Medical Association, since 1875.

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