272. LITTLETON HENRY8 STURGIS (LITTLETON7, LEVI6, RICHARD5, RICHARD4, RICHARD3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born in Coventry Parish, Somerset Co., MD May 17, 1839. LITTLETON died May 2, 1906 in Cape Charles, VA.

He married ALEXINE "ELLA" B. MARSHALL January 5, 1867. ALEXINE was born in Snow Hill, MD August 15, 1843. ALEXINE was the daughter of ROBERT HENRY MARSHALL and ELIZABETH BIRCKHEAD. ALEXINE died after 1919 in Roanoke, VA. The family Bible belonging to her brother spells her name with "i" and it has been transcribed as Alexene and also written this way in an 1894 diary. But she went by the name Ella for all her official records. It is thought the middle initial, "B" is for Birckhead, her mother's maiden name.

The family Bible of her brother also showed her date and place of birth and written in pencil after the entry "Mrs. Littleton H. Sturgis"

In her 1894 diary, Ida Lankford noted "Alexene came." It would appear it was a day visit, as Ida did not mention that her guest stayed the night; Ida was Alexene's cousin and lived at Princess Anne.

Ella's date of death is not known, but it was after 1919 when she'd evidently had a stroke. She was living with her daughter, Ella Rolly, on Day Street, Roanoke, Virginia. (letter from Ella Sturgis dated 1919) She signed her letters "Mama Ella" and "Mama Sturgis."

For more information on this Marshall family, see family journal for Marshalls of Northampton County. Littleton appears in the 1850 and 1860 census in his parents' household, Dublin District, Somerset Co. MD. His children's ages taken from 1880 census. Littleton's date of death was recorded on a funeral card. (Leslie Powell Dryden, Dryden Family and Descendants, Book I, 1992, p. 219)

Littleton was one of the first businessmen in Cape Charles, VA. He was proprietor of a small 5-room hotel located on railroad property in 1883 and later the Arlington Hotel, which opened in Cape Charles in 1886.

LITTLETON HENRY STURGIS and ALEXINE "ELLA" B. MARSHALL had the following children:

child 294 i. MINNIE "BELLE"9 STURGIS was born in Worcester Co., MD about 1868. She married twice. She married JOHN EDWIN MILLS. JOHN was born about 1854. She married UNKNOWN HOLMAN.

child 295 ii. SUSAN ALICE STURGIS was born April, 1870.

child 296 iii. ELIZABETH AUGUSTA "GUSSIE" STURGIS was born about 1872.

child 297 iv. LITTLETON MARSHALL STURGIS was born about 1874.

child 298 v. IDA E. STURGIS was born about 1876. She married LARRY MCCABE. Ida's stage name was "Jaque."

child 299 vi. CARROLL CHASE STURGIS was born in Cape Charles, VA April 17, 1882. CARROLL died January 24, 1942 in Chester Co., PA. East Whiteland Township, Frazer. He married twice.

He married HELEN FLETCHER COOPER. HELEN was born in Bethlehem, MD about 1892. HELEN died February 4, 1959 in Washington, DC. HELEN was the daughter of FLETCHER COOPER and ANNA OZMON.

He married MARY "MAE" P. (wife of Carroll Sturgis). 1920 census shows him living in Baltimore, occupation as chef. Carroll and Helen divorced about 1930. Carroll owned a restaurant in Pennsylvania. He is buried at Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA. (death certificate) The telegram announcing Carroll's death was in possession of his daughter. Another death registration letter was sent to Mrs. F. J. Schmoele in Norfolk, VA. (It is unknown, but believed that one of Carroll's sisters married Schmoele.) (research of Frank Courtney)

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