Death of Littleton Teagle

New York, 1895

Littleton Teagle, colored, for many years coachman for John M. Crane, died suddenly Friday night at his home on Evergreen avenue. Jamaica, from heart disease. He was 72 years old, and was esteemed as one of the worthy and respectable colored men of the village.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Shiloh Baptist church, the Rev. W. T. Dixon, of Brooklyn, officiating. John M. Crane was present at the service, and made a short address, paying a high tribute to the character of the deceased. The interment was in Maple Grove cemetery.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 15, 1895, p. 8.