LITTLEJOHN Otis G.

Notes:

Private Otis Littlejohn - Civil War Military Record (Donated by Captain Daniel Murphy USMC)

Name: Otis Littlejohn
Rank: Private
Unit: Vermont, 4th Infantry Regiment, Company A
Drafted: Windham County, Town of Whitingham
Enlisted: August 30, 1864
Mustered in: August 30, 1864
Mustered out: May 14, 1865
Status: Regular Discharge
Wounded in Action: October 19, 1865 at the Battle of Cedar Creek

4th Vermont Infantry Regiment table of Organization for inclusive dates: May 1862- July 1865
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of Potomac, and Army of Shenandoah, Middle Military
Division.

4th Vermont Infantry Regiment Service encompassing Pvt Otis Littlejohn Enlistment.
September 13, 1864, Gilberts Ford, Opequan River.
September 19, 1864, Battle of Opequan, Winchester.
September 22, 1864, Fishers Hill.
September 30, 1864, Non Vets mustered out.
October 19, 1864, Battle of Cedar Creek.
November 9, 1864, Duty at Strasbury.
December 9, 1864, Duty at Kernstow.
December 9-12 1864, Moved to Petersburg.
December 13, 1864 – April 2 1865, Siege of Petersburg.
March 25, 1865, Fort Fisher.
March 28, - April 9, 1865, Appomattox Campaign.
April 2, 1865, Assault and Fall of Petersburg.
April 6, 1865, Sailors Creek.
April 9, 1865, Appomattox Court House, Surrender of Lee and his Army.
April 28, 1865, At Farmville and Burkeville Junction.
April 23-27 1865, March to Danville duty their until May 18, 1865.

I realize the enlistment date and place do not coincide with the enlistment certificate. I have an explanation
for that. He could have enlisted on date specified July 17, 1863, but do to travel, training, etc. would not
have actually reported into his unit until August 30, 1864. At which time the lazy clerk would have just
entered his enlistment and reporting in date the same. For the place were he enlisted, the 4th Infantry
Regiment was originally raised out of Battleboro and the surrounding areas. Hence why the certificate would
state Battleboro. Majority of the volunteers in Company Alpha were formed up from the town of Whitingham
in Whindham County. Hence the company being referred to as the Whitingham Company.

Otis married GOODELL Betsey Sherman on 08 Aug 1852 in Whitingham, Windham Co., VT. Betsey (daughter of GOODELL Harvey and SHERMAN Anna) was born on 14 May 1833 in Monroe, Franklin Co., MA; died on 01 Sep 1914 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Herbert was killed a train wreck.
http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/ma/trains/shelburnefalls-trainwreck1886.htm

Family/Spouse: KNAPP Cathrine. Cathrine was born about 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Della married AMES William Cambell on 09 Oct 1873 in Conway, Franklin Co., MA. William (son of Jr. Ebenezer AMES and SHAW Caroline) was born on 26 Aug 1852 in Conway, Franklin Co., MA; died about 1929 in MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eva married LEE Everett in 1903. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Almira married BRAMBLE William E. about 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BRADEEN Joseph Warren. Joseph was born about 1856; died about 1943. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BRIGGS Fred Byron. Fred was born on 26 Apr 1860 in Waltham, MA; died on 22 May 1920 in Williamstown, Berkshire Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1930 Census Franklin Co. Massachusetts has Halbert, Lena and Herbert
P. living at 131 Silver St. Greenfield Town, Massachusetts.
Occupation listed as St. Engineer on the Highway.

Halbert married Lena about 1880. Lena was born about 1865 in MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ernest S. Littlejohn was living in 1903 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Notes:

She was living in 1903 at Mattapan, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Family/Spouse: HEBARD Harry Mortimer. Harry was born about 1865; died about 1948. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Census US Population, 1800 Herbert was listed as 6 years old and in School.
Census in File.
1900 Mass Census lists Herbert as 25 Years old and an Insurance Clerk.
Census in File.
1920 Census has the Herbert Ames Family living at 477 Willow St.
He was employed as a counter clerk at an Insurance Agency in this census.
1930 Census the family was living at 1509 #2. Turnpike St. North Stoughton, Massachusetts.

Family/Spouse: CROWTHER Bertha L.. Bertha was born about 1879 in England; died about 1968 in MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Listed as 2 yrs old in the 1800 Census.
Information from Marjorie Ames Murphy was that he died at a very young age.

Notes:

Died:
Harold died at a young age.

Notes:

Frank Harvey Ames Family in the 1920 Census was living at 2310 Herschell St. Jacksonville,Florida.

The 1930 Census Has the family living at 203 Whitford Ave. Nutley, New Jersey. Frank is listed as working as
an manager at an electric lamp factory.

Memorial Obituary
Published in the pages of an Arlington Newspaper.
Arlington, Va.
May 18, 1968

Frank H. Ames, 76,
Ex-Manufacturer's Agent, Dies Here.
Funeral Services were to be held today for Frank H. Ames, 76, a retired manufacturer's agent. Mr. Ames died
Wednesday following a heart attack, He lived at 3505 Leesburg Ct., Alexandria, and had lived in the area for
two years.
Mr. Ames was born in Boston, and went to Boston Latin School. He was a member of the Mason's Lodge in
East Orange, NJ.
He is survived by his wife, Doris B., five daughters. Mrs. Dorothy A. Bernard of Lakeland, Fla., Mrs Alice A.
Bimbi of Nutley, NJ., Mrs. Marjorie A. Murphy of Butler, NJ. Mrs. Mary E. Little of Germany and Barbara A. Ames
of 3541 S. George Mason Drive, Alexandria: a son, Frank H. Jr., of Devon, Pa., 28 grandchildren and 6
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were to be held at 10 a.m. at the Murphy Funeral Home, followed by interment at Fairfax
Memory Gardens.

Birth:
Buried May 1968

Frank married MCTEIGUE Doris Belle on 18 Apr 1914 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA. Doris (daughter of MCTEIGUE Francis Xavier and SHEAD Mary Gilbert) was born on 19 Jul 1888 in Watertown, Jefferson Co., NY; died on 29 May 1971 in Alexandria, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married BERNARD Howard Earl on 06 Nov 1939. Howard was born on 18 Jan 1908 in FL; died on 07 Jul 1986 in FL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married JAVORSKY Joseph John on 19 Mar 1979 in FL. Joseph was born on 14 Jun 1915; died on 27 May 2007. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married LITTLE Warren on 29 Jan 1949. Warren was born on 26 Oct 1920; died on 12 Mar 1986 in Stauton, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frank married RAMAGE Marjorie on 12 Jun 1948. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Laid to rest at Grace Episcopal Church in Nutley, NJ

Alice married BIMBI Louis John on 11 Jun 1938 in Nutley, NJ. Louis was born on 03 Apr 1912 in New York, NY; died on 27 Dec 1987 in Denver, Denver Co., CO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

By Kevin J. Murphy

Marjorie Marion Ames Murphy's life began on September 17, 1918 in Scotia, New York as the third daughter
born to Frank Harvey Ames and Doris Belle McTeigue Ames. Shortly after her birth she moved with here
family to Jacksonville, Florida and later to New Orleans, Louisiana. As a young girl, she was trained in
classical dance, ballet and gymnastics. She joined her 4 sisters, Dorothy, Alice Mary Eloise and Barbara in
an act, "The Ames Sisters" while the only brother, Frank Jr., watched on. The family moved to Nutley, New
Jersey when Margie was 10 years old. The Ames Sisters started performing in state fairs and vaudeville halls
throughout the Northeast. They tried to maintain a normal childhood while living in their home in Nutley and
attending local schools. Margie and here sisters became very close as a result of working many long and
tedious hours perfecting their act. Their schedule often included performing two or three shows a night. On
June 10, 1939, while they were on the Hudson River Show Baot docked in Hoboken to perform their acts,
Margie met the love of her life, Martin "Bud" Joseph Murphy. The story goes, that on theis day, Bud in his
inimitable manner, approached Margie and asked "how does a beautiful woman like you gave a hole in your
glove?" Margie, who would not be seen with a tattered glove, got over here initial shock and was charmed by
this fellow vaudevillian. A short while later, on September 21, 1939, after Bud borrowed the $15.00 for the
marriage license from Margie, they were married in Willow Grove, Pa. Bud had an act with his brother Frank
named "The Marcy Brothers and Beatrice". It was only a matter of time before Margie became the "Beatrice"
of the act. Although she had achieved much in her life, Margie always felt here greatest and most enduring
legacy was her family. The stories that accompany the raising of 11 children in West Milford are too
numerous t relate here, but Margie love to hear and tell the stories of here children. The stories her children
didn't want to hear were often told to here by the infamous "little bird". Margie's mystical status grew among
here young children as they tired to understand how she received such private information. It ws every
child's desire to catch this traitorous "little bird". After Bud retired from the General Electric Company in 1973,
Margie was anxious to return to the work force after 40 years of raising children. After working several other
jobs, she became the full time bookkeeper for the law firm of Johnson, Johnson & Murphy (Later named
Johnson, Murphy, Hubnere, McKeon, Wubbenhorst & Appelt). She stayed for 10 years until retiring in 1992.
She learned to work on the computer and never shied away from the challenges the job presented.
On her deathbed, Margie's greatest concern was whether she had been a good mother. The love shown by
her children and grandchildren during here last days would attest that she had nothing to worry about.
Whether you knew her as Margie, Mom, Aunt Gigi, Nana or Great-Grandma, she will live on in each of us.
She leaves behind Bud her husband of 63 years, 3 of here sisters and her brother, her 11 children, 23
grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren.
July, 2002

Marjorie married MURPHY Martin Joseph on 21 Sep 1939 in Hosham, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Washington Post.
Monday, February 28, 2000; Page B06

Barbara Anne Ames Dies at Age 78
Barbara Anne Ames, 78, a contracting officer and negotiator as a civilian with the Marine Corps from the
early 1950s to early 1970s, died of pneumonia Feb. 22 at Northern Virginia Community Hospital. She lived in
Alexandria. In the early 1970s, she worked briefly as a Navy Department contracting officer and negotiator.
Ms. Ames, who was born in New Orleans, received bachelor's and master's degrees in business
administration from George Washington University. She toured with her five sisters as a dancing group in the
1930s before joining the Marine Corps in 1943. She was discharged as a master sergeant in1952.
After retiring from her civilian career in the 1970s, she volunteered as a tax consultant for the American
Association of Retired Persons. Her memberships included the Capitol Dog Training Club and the Women
Marines Association. She was a past vice president and treasurer of St. Anthony's Catholic Church women's
guild in Falls Church.
Survivors include four sisters, Dorothy Javorsky of Lakeland, Fla., Marjorie Murphy of Wayne, N.J., and
Alice Bimbi and Mary Eloise Little, both of Staunton, Va.; and a brother, Frank Ames of Stow, Mass.

Died:
Burial: February 25, 2000, Fairfax Memorial Park, Alexandria, Virginia