"Among the representative men of Adams township, Warren county, none is held in higher regard than the gentleman whose name initiates this review. A native of his home county, he was born October 13, 1837, on a farm in section 27, now owned by Newton Little, and on which his father, George Little, who was a native of Ohio, settled in 1828. The home farm comprised one hundred and sixty acres, which was bought for one dollar and a quarter an acre, and the log cabin, which contained but one room eighteen by eighteen feet, and was the home of the family for many years, stood on the banks of the Kickapoo river. The Indians were plentiful in those days, but very seldom molested the settlers, on the whole being even good neighbors. On this place the parents spent the remainder of their days, the father dying in 1877, aged seventy one years, and the mother in 1839, at the age of twenty seven years.
The boyhood days of our subject were spent upon the home farm and his early education was obtained in the primitive log school-house, the same being supplemented by a course of study at Thorntown Academy. On the breaking out of the civil war Mr. Little, then a young man of twenty three, was among the first to respond to the call of President Lincoln for volunteers, and in September, 1861, enlisted as a three years man, being assigned to Company D, Tenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He took part in many of the noted battles, among them being Mill Springs, Kentucky, Perryville, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Resaca and Kenesaw mountain. From Mill Springs his regiment went to Atlanta and from there was sent back to Marietta, Georgia, and he received his honorable discharge at Indianapolis, September 20, 1864. He was promoted to be corporal of his company, and his record throughout his service was that of a brave and faithful soldier. He was wounded at the battle of Mill Springs by a mine ball but escaped serious injury.
After his return home from the army Mr. Little taught school the following winter and in 1865 moved to the farm which he now occupies and which comprises two hundred and eighty eight acres, on sections 22 and 27. He carried on general farming and stock raising and has been successful in his enterprises.
Mr. Little was married May 23, 1865, to Miss Mary Hargrave, who died in 1875. They had four children, George, Annie, Carrie and Leila. George and Annie are deceased. His second wife was Miss Ella Hargrave, to whom he was married in 1876, and they have two children, William O. and Richard H.
Mr. Little was elected to the state legislature on the Republican ticket in the fall of 1876 and served one term. He filled the position with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. Socially he is a member of Green Hill Lodge, No. 455, F. & A. M., senior warden of the Knights of Honor at Attica, Indiana, and belongs to George D. Wagner Post, No. 365, G. A. R., at Pine Village. He is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in whose work he takes an active part." - Genealogy Trails History Group, Warren County, Indiana
The boyhood days of our subject were spent upon the home farm and his early education was obtained in the primitive log school-house, the same being supplemented by a course of study at Thorntown Academy. On the breaking out of the civil war Mr. Little, then a young man of twenty three, was among the first to respond to the call of President Lincoln for volunteers, and in September, 1861, enlisted as a three years man, being assigned to Company D, Tenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He took part in many of the noted battles, among them being Mill Springs, Kentucky, Perryville, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Resaca and Kenesaw mountain. From Mill Springs his regiment went to Atlanta and from there was sent back to Marietta, Georgia, and he received his honorable discharge at Indianapolis, September 20, 1864. He was promoted to be corporal of his company, and his record throughout his service was that of a brave and faithful soldier. He was wounded at the battle of Mill Springs by a mine ball but escaped serious injury.
After his return home from the army Mr. Little taught school the following winter and in 1865 moved to the farm which he now occupies and which comprises two hundred and eighty eight acres, on sections 22 and 27. He carried on general farming and stock raising and has been successful in his enterprises.
Mr. Little was married May 23, 1865, to Miss Mary Hargrave, who died in 1875. They had four children, George, Annie, Carrie and Leila. George and Annie are deceased. His second wife was Miss Ella Hargrave, to whom he was married in 1876, and they have two children, William O. and Richard H.
Mr. Little was elected to the state legislature on the Republican ticket in the fall of 1876 and served one term. He filled the position with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. Socially he is a member of Green Hill Lodge, No. 455, F. & A. M., senior warden of the Knights of Honor at Attica, Indiana, and belongs to George D. Wagner Post, No. 365, G. A. R., at Pine Village. He is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in whose work he takes an active part." - Genealogy Trails History Group, Warren County, Indiana
"Among the representative men of Adams township, Warren county, none is held in higher regard than the gentleman whose name initiates this review. A native of his home county, he was born October 13, 1837, on a farm in section 27, now owned by Newton Little, and on which his father, George Little, who was a native of Ohio, settled in 1828. The home farm comprised one hundred and sixty acres, which was bought for one dollar and a quarter an acre, and the log cabin, which contained but one room eighteen by eighteen feet, and was the home of the family for many years, stood on the banks of the Kickapoo river. The Indians were plentiful in those days, but very seldom molested the settlers, on the whole being even good neighbors. On this place the parents spent the remainder of their days, the father dying in 1877, aged seventy one years, and the mother in 1839, at the age of twenty seven years.
The boyhood days of our subject were spent upon the home farm and his early education was obtained in the primitive log school-house, the same being supplemented by a course of study at Thorntown Academy. On the breaking out of the civil war Mr. Little, then a young man of twenty three, was among the first to respond to the call of President Lincoln for volunteers, and in September, 1861, enlisted as a three years man, being assigned to Company D, Tenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He took part in many of the noted battles, among them being Mill Springs, Kentucky, Perryville, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Resaca and Kenesaw mountain. From Mill Springs his regiment went to Atlanta and from there was sent back to Marietta, Georgia, and he received his honorable discharge at Indianapolis, September 20, 1864. He was promoted to be corporal of his company, and his record throughout his service was that of a brave and faithful soldier. He was wounded at the battle of Mill Springs by a mine ball but escaped serious injury.
After his return home from the army Mr. Little taught school the following winter and in 1865 moved to the farm which he now occupies and which comprises two hundred and eighty eight acres, on sections 22 and 27. He carried on general farming and stock raising and has been successful in his enterprises.
Mr. Little was married May 23, 1865, to Miss Mary Hargrave, who died in 1875. They had four children, George, Annie, Carrie and Leila. George and Annie are deceased. His second wife was Miss Ella Hargrave, to whom he was married in 1876, and they have two children, William O. and Richard H.
Mr. Little was elected to the state legislature on the Republican ticket in the fall of 1876 and served one term. He filled the position with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. Socially he is a member of Green Hill Lodge, No. 455, F. & A. M., senior warden of the Knights of Honor at Attica, Indiana, and belongs to George D. Wagner Post, No. 365, G. A. R., at Pine Village. He is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in whose work he takes an active part." - Genealogy Trails History Group, Warren County, Indiana
The boyhood days of our subject were spent upon the home farm and his early education was obtained in the primitive log school-house, the same being supplemented by a course of study at Thorntown Academy. On the breaking out of the civil war Mr. Little, then a young man of twenty three, was among the first to respond to the call of President Lincoln for volunteers, and in September, 1861, enlisted as a three years man, being assigned to Company D, Tenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He took part in many of the noted battles, among them being Mill Springs, Kentucky, Perryville, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Resaca and Kenesaw mountain. From Mill Springs his regiment went to Atlanta and from there was sent back to Marietta, Georgia, and he received his honorable discharge at Indianapolis, September 20, 1864. He was promoted to be corporal of his company, and his record throughout his service was that of a brave and faithful soldier. He was wounded at the battle of Mill Springs by a mine ball but escaped serious injury.
After his return home from the army Mr. Little taught school the following winter and in 1865 moved to the farm which he now occupies and which comprises two hundred and eighty eight acres, on sections 22 and 27. He carried on general farming and stock raising and has been successful in his enterprises.
Mr. Little was married May 23, 1865, to Miss Mary Hargrave, who died in 1875. They had four children, George, Annie, Carrie and Leila. George and Annie are deceased. His second wife was Miss Ella Hargrave, to whom he was married in 1876, and they have two children, William O. and Richard H.
Mr. Little was elected to the state legislature on the Republican ticket in the fall of 1876 and served one term. He filled the position with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. Socially he is a member of Green Hill Lodge, No. 455, F. & A. M., senior warden of the Knights of Honor at Attica, Indiana, and belongs to George D. Wagner Post, No. 365, G. A. R., at Pine Village. He is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in whose work he takes an active part." - Genealogy Trails History Group, Warren County, Indiana
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