Ira Seth Littlefield

"All things come to those who hustle while they wait."

Ira Littlefield was born in 1873 and passed away in 1957.  He was known as a great land surveyor and resourceful man who would rather build and create his own tables, desks, and snow shoes than go out and buy them.  He left all his work in his office the day he departed, thousands of scrolls, maps, tools and other things just waiting to be looked at.  These items had been stored and untouched for years until Lloyd Littlefield, his grandson, had opened the door to Ira's office.  Ira had closed his office in 1956, and worked for a grand total of 61 years.

Ira had also studied at Colby Academy, a formerly "girls only" school and where Anna also taught art.  Colby Academy is actually Colby-Sawyer College before the name change.  He was great in both mathematics and drafting classes, and after doing so well in those courses he was set in his ways to be a land surveyor, just like George Washington was.  When he was about 21 and a few years of graduation had passed, he went out into the world and bought himself a transit with a compass and telescope.  He bought some books on surveying and went out and surveyed the land around New London as he saw fit.  He acquired more tools as he went on, improving his craft and documenting everything he did.

Ira Littlefiedl was a family man who worked well with his sister, his wife, and his grandchildren.  He made Anna her snow shoes so she could go out and see her patients in the winter time and help make cupboards for her to store all of her medical tools in.  He would take care of her as she and he aged, despite her fussing about it all.  Ira was a man who loved to tell a joke and make friends and family laugh together, never one for arguments.

Lloyd Henry Littlefield

"I will always be an optimist."

He was born in Maryville, Tenn., the son of Frank C. and Reva E. (Jones) Littlefield.  He graduated from Alcoa High School in Alcoa, Tenn. and earned bachelor’s degree in 1952, Master of Science degree in 1955, and Ph.D. degree in 1970, all from the University of Tennessee.  He attended Plymouth State College in 1956, attended Bowdon College in 1960, and Delaware Technical and Community College in 1972.  He earned a Master of Science Teaching Chemistry degree in 1962 from the University of New Hampshire.

He held various offices in the New London First Baptist Church including Deacon, Clerk of the Church Council, Sunday School Teacher, Chairman the Board of Trustees, Secretary of Health Ministries Board and Chairman of the Board of Education.  He served on the Pulpit Committee for the selection of two of the ministers of this church.   He was Chaplin of the IOOF Heidelberg Lodge.

He was an Eagle Scout with four palms and served as assistant scoutmaster, Webelos leader and committee member of the New London Boy Scouts.  He was elected to two terms as New London Town Moderator.   He served as a Habitat for Humanity construction worker, assistant construction boss and member of the Board of Directors.  He was President of New London Historical Society, President of the Friends of Colby-Sawyer College Library; member of the Friends of Tracy Memorial Library, cofounder of the Kearsun Discussion Group and active in several other community and professional organizations.

He was a Platoon Leader, Company Commander, Regimental S-4 and Radiological, Chemical, and Bacteriological Defense Officer in the 65 Infantry of the US Army in Korea.

He worked as a land surveyor in New London and the surrounding area from 1955 to 1967.  He taught physics, math and biology as chairman of the Science Department at Proctor Academy from 1956-1965.  He was an assistant professor of chemistry and head of the Chemistry Section of the Natural Science Department at New England College 1965-67.  He was a research assistant at the University of Tennessee 1954-55 and 1967-70, where he developed a new surgical technique while researching the site of absorption of carotenoids.  He was director of the USDA research laboratory in Georgetown, Delaware 1970-77 where his research in osteoporosis, cholesterol, lipids, nitrates, and metabolism resulted in over 45 publications in scientific journals.

He served as director of the Bureau of Food and Nutrition, New Hampshire Department of Education from 1977 to 1995 where he was responsible for food and nutrition education programs in both public and private schools.  While serving in this capacity, he developed and implemented computer programs to automate the calculation of meal reimbursements for NH schools and  he awarded many grants for computerization of local school nutrition programs

Kathryn Anna Littlefield

"It's okay to cry."

Kathryn Littlefield is the creator of this webste and the great-great-great niece of Dr. Anna Littlefield.  She was born on November 17, 1993 and is just finishing up her junior year in college with a major in Graphic Design.  Kathryn has grown up in Concord, New Hampshire with frequent visits to her grandfather, Lloyd's house and learned much about her ancestry,    She has always been interested in excelling in art, bust most of that comes from her mother.  It wasn't until when she was a little bit older than six or so that she understood one of her ancestors was a great artist.  She is much like Anna in the sense that she can be a stubborn and prideful person.  When an obstacle blocks her path to success Kathryn will find a way around it as Anna did.  However, this isn't always easy for her.

Kathryn did grow up with, and still has, generalized anxiety and depression.  She doesn't struggle with these as much as she used to, and it's unclear which side of the family these illnesses might be from, but she doesn't let that stop her.  Drawing, and sometimes writing or reading, has often become a great coping mechanism for her as well as various breathing techniques and other things.  Taking the advice from her grandfather of looking on the bright side and remembering to smile has always been a huge help.

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