FLORIDA ,STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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S. C. LITTLEFIELD. 
Mr. S. C. Littlefield was born in Snow- 
ville, N. H., in 1834, and died at Little 
River, Florida, Sept. 4, 1910. 
When a youth of about fourteen years 
he came to Georgia. After a number of 
years he was married to Miss Emma 
Stanley. Mr. Littlefield was a veteran 
of the Confederacy, and in 1897 he mov¬ 
ed to Little River, Florida, where he soon 
became interested in the possibilities of 
the State and turned his attention to truck 
gardening. He was an enthusiastic hor¬ 
ticulturist in his line, and by his labors 
and example did much to add to the in¬ 
terest of the country in his portion of the 
state, and to increase its value. He has 
the honor of shipping the first car of cel¬ 
ery from Little River, and also was the 
first extensive grower of onions in that 
place. 
Mr. Littlefield was a member of the 
Episcopal Church, and was an influential 
Mason of the Past Master’s degree. This 
Society is indebted to him for his loyal 
interest in its labors. He leaves a son 
and three daughters, to whom we extend 
this expression of our appreciation of 
their father’s work with us, and share 
with them their loss. 
CRESWELL M. BARTON. 
Creswell M. Barton, who died October 
30th, 1910, in Jacksonville, Florida, was 
born in Ottawa, Canada, of English par¬ 
entage, fifty years ago. With his parents, 
he came to Florida in the year 1878, and 
resided in Jacksonville and vicinity con¬ 
tinuously up to the time of his death. 
For many years after reaching man¬ 
hood he was engaged in the undertaker's 
business in Jacksonville. Upon retiring 
from this business he became the general 
salesman of E. Bean & Company, in 
whose behalf he exerted able and untir¬ 
ing efforts. For the last nine or ten years 
he was the salesman for the W. A. Mer- 
ryday Company, of Palatka, whom he 
served with characteristic fidelity. An 
able, genial, companionable, conscientious 
salesman, he was a favorite not only with 
his hundreds of customers throughout the 
state, but also with the traveling men and 
his associates. 
For many years Mr. Barton took a very 
active interest in the military affairs of 
Florida. He was a member of the Wil¬ 
son Battery from its organization up to 
the time that it was merged into the Flor¬ 
ida State Troops, and he gave his time 
and service during the yellow fever epi¬ 
demic in Jacksonville. 
He was an active member of the Odd 
Fellows, Red Men, United Commercial 
Travelers, and of several other fraternal 
organizations in this state. 
He was married in 1889 New York 
City, to Miss Helen Lockery, who sur¬ 
vives him. Cres. Barton (as he was 
