BORN: 1842
DIED: 1917
AGED: 75
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OBITUARY ---------------ELIZABETH CAMPBELL LITTLEJOHN
Redwood City Democrat
Thursday, August 30. 1917
Elizabeth Campbell Littlejohn, wife of the late Captain George Littlejohn, a noted sea otter hunter, thirty years ago and brother of Chase Littlejohn, passed away in Oakland Saturday. The remains were brought to this city for interment in Union Cemetery. The deceased was 75 years of age.
The passing of Mrs. Littlejohn recalls the story of the drowning of her husband, Captain Littlejohn off the coast of Point Reyes, Mendocino County in 1889. He was in command of the schooner, Otter, at the time owned by Liebes, the furrier of San Francisco. With a crew of 20 men, Littlejohn started up the coast on a seal hunting trip, when just opposite Point Reyes, a violent storm arose and the ship was wrecked. Every man on board was drowned and not a single body nor any part of the vessel ever reached the shore. Mrs. Littlejohn before her marriage to Littlejohn was Mrs. Elizabeth Peel, widow of Charles Peel, a pioneer resident of Redwood. She leaves four children, Charles, Edward, and George Littlejohn and Mrs. William M. Ogilivie.
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