George W. Littlejohn
George W. Littlejohn was born at Northampton, Clarke County, Ohio, January 2, 1843. His father, Morris W. Littlejohn, was born in Berkley County, Virginia, April 30, 1813. He came to Ohio in April, 1834, and located in Clarke County, where, on the 10th of November, 1839, he married Miss Sarah Sutton, then of Clarke County, but a native of Greene County, Ohio, born January 4, 1813. Mr. and Mrs. L., with a family of four children, came to Shelby County in 1849, and located in Port Jefferson, remained about two years, then moved back to Clarke County. Two years later, or in 1853, they returned to this county, and again settled in Port Jefferson. On the 17th of September, 1856, they moved to Jackson Township, and settled on a farm in section 16, and remained about two years. In 1858 they moved on a farm in section 22, now owned and occupied by his widow, Mrs. Sarah Littlejohn, on which Mr. Littlejohn died August 9, 1874. He reared a family of five children, viz., George W., Mary A., Margaret J., Florence A., and Marion O.
George W. Littlejohn, subject of this sketch, came to Jackson Township with his parents in 1856, as aforesaid. August 9, 1862, he enlisted in Company I, 110th O. V. I., served until October 2, 1865, when he was discharged from the service, and returned to his home in Jackson Township. While engaged in the battle of Winchester, Virginia, on the 14th of June, 1863, he was wounded by a Minie ball striking him on the left arm near the elbow, which rendered his arm nearly useless for some time. He also received a flesh wound across the stomach in the same battle, and now draws a pension on account of injuries received in that battle. On the 3d of January, 1867, he married Miss Emily A. Smith, then of Jackson Township, but a native of Champaign County, Ohio, born February 3, 1845. daughter of John H. and Elizabeth Smith. By this union he has a family of eight children, four sons and four daughters. He has made farming his vocation, and now owns a farm of ninety six acres in section 27, Jackson Township, on which he has resided since 1876. He filled the office of trustee of Jackson Township four years.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883