Kentucky Family Group Sheet for the Lucius Powhatan LITTLE Family

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Husband: Lucius Powhatan LITTLE
Birth date: 2/15/1838
Birthplace: Kentucky
Death date: 12/31/1918
Place of death: Owensboro, KY
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Father: Douglass LITTLE
Mother: Martha Ann Wright

Marriage date: abt 1875
Marriage place: Ky

Wife: Louise Addison HOLLOWAY
Birth date: 1852
Birthplace: Ky
Death date: 1887
Place of death: Ky
Burial:
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Mother:


CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Elizabeth Ellouise LITTLE
Sex: f
Birth date: 10/2/1876
Birthplace: Ky
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Child No. 2: John Gordon Holloway LITTLE
Sex: m
Birth date: 6/2/1879
Birthplace: Ky
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Child No. 3: Laura Simmons LITTLE
Sex: f
Birth date: 6/11/1883
Birthplace: Owensboro Ky
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Place of death: DAR regent per Capt Little
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Spouse's name: Bright Hawes

Documentation: Sources shared by cousins and descendants of Captain
George Little and census records, newspapers,
photos...................... http://www.genealogy.com/users/c/o/c/Lorena-
Cochran/PHOTO/0026photo.html .. also posted on
http://www.hometown.aol.com/spiritwalkintall/page22.html.. Transcription:
Lucius P. Little. The distinctions of an able and learned lawyer, a
courageous and public spirited citizen, a leader both in thought and
action were well merited by Lucius P. Little of Owensboro.
He was born on his father's farm in the southern part of Daviess County,
February 15, 1838, and died at his home in Owensboro December 31, 1918,
when nearing his eighty-first birthday. He was the oldest of the seven
children of Douglass and Martha Ann (Wright) Little. His grandfather,
George Little, was a native of Scotland, born in 1735, came to the United
States in Colonial times, and his first known residence was at Newberry,
South Carolina. He served as a private in the Continental line during
the Revolutionary war, and while the record of his service is not
complete it is known that he was severely wounded in battle, leaving him
a cripple.
He married his first wife in South Carolina, and was the father of two
sons, Jonas and John Little. Soon after the death of his wife he brought
his two sons from South Carolina to Kentucky in 1802, first locating in
Barren County. his son John subsequently became disatisfied and removed
to Tennessee, where he lived for many years and spent his last days in
Texas. George Little and his son Jonas remained in Barren County only
three years and then removed to what was then Ohio County, locating in
that portion which afterward became a part of Daviess County. George
Little, the pioneer, attained a ripe old age and passed away in 1815.
After coming to Kentucky he married the widow of Alexander Douglass. Her
maiden name was Mary Hadley. She had come with her first husband to
Kentucky from South Carolina. Her daughter Betsey Douglass became the
wife of Jonas Little.
Douglass Little, son of George and Mary Hadley Little? was a farmer,
blacksmith and wagon maker in early life and in later years became a well
trained lawyer.
>>>transcriber's note: all records indicate that the father of Douglass
was Betsey and Jonas>>>>
He was born in that portion of old Ohio County now Daviess, and died in
1877. For over twenty years he had the responsibilities of such offices
as constable, justice of the peace and county judge.
Lucius P. Little grew up on a farm, attended the nearby schools of Rumsey
and later the schools at the Town of Caolhoun. He achieved a great scope
of learning without the aid of a college training. When sixteen years
old he became deputy county clerk, and for three years was in the clerk's
offices in Daviess and McLean counties. At eighteen he began the study
of law, and during 1856-57 attended the law school of the Cumberland
Presbyterian University at Lebanon, Tennessee. Admitted to the bar in
1857, he had been in his profession over sixty years when he died. He
began practice at Calhoun when in his twentieth year, and remained there
until 1860 when he was appointed deputy United States marshal. In that
year he was also supervisor of the census of McLean County. The
following year he practiced at Louisville, and in 1861 removed to
California and for a year was employed in a conveyancer's office.
Returning to Kentucky in 1862, he was engaged for a month in recruiting
for the Confederate army. The Federals having gained control of the
state government, he was apprehended and arrested and endured
imprisonment at Bowling Green and later at Frankfort. Effecting his
release, he went to Mexico in the fall of 1863, but the following spring
returned and soon afterward resumed practice at Calhoun.
To his long and distinguished service in the law, he added rare literary
attainments, and he is particularly entitled to memory as a contributor
to history.
Judge Little was author of the bill which passed the Kentucky Legislature
and is known as the "Practice Act", now the rule of practice in the
courts of the state. He was a member of the Filson Club, the oldest
literary club of Kentucky, and also a member o abnd for over twenty years
president of the Investigators Club, the second oldest literary club of
the state. He was a Knight Templar Mason and seved as eminent commander
of his commandery.
..The following newspaper article about Lucius Powhatan Little and his
family is best viewed at
http://www.genealogy.com/users/c/o/c/Lorena-Cochran/PHOTO/0026photo.html
and references his father Douglas, grandfather Jonas, and great
grandfather Captain George Little who was in the American Revolution....
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/daviess/photos/documents/darmarke520
gph.txt
The article has a few typos, as Mary Hadley was really Mary Handley, but
it has some good history on the family coming from Scotland and their
position in society.
Other links referencing the Little families:
http://www.hometown.aol.com/spiritwalkintall/George.html
http://www.genealogy.com/users/g/e/n/Coonfield-
Genealogy/FILE/0004text.txt
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/bullitt/military/civilwar/pensions
/little149gmt.txt
From family story tellers and photos, most of the Littles had black hair
and black eyes.