Littlefield Family

Title

Littlefield Family

Description

The Littlefields were businessmen in Greer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Chaney (T. C.?) Littlefield was involved in the fertilizer and cotton industries and served on the founding board of directors of the Bank of Greers. A heavy investor and dealer in the cotton industry, Chaney committed suicide on November 19, 1920 as the post-war price of cotton had unexpectedly plummeted. J. M. Littlefield was also in the fertilizer industry as well as a seller of Hughes & Bowman.

Bibliography

1897-98 GHS Catalogue
Belcher, Ray and Hiatt, Joada P. Greer: From Cotton Town to Industrial Center. Charleston, Arcadia Publishing, 2003. pages 58, 100-101.

Catalogue of Greers High School and Short Sketch of Greers, 1897-1898