Little, Samuel N.

Born: 1814-03-01 Fleming County, Kentucky

Died: 1885-06-19 Springfield, Illinois

Flourished: 1852-1885 Springfield, Illinois

Little came to Illinois with his parents in 1818. In 1819, Little’s family settled in Sangamon County, where his father began a farm. On January 29, 1843, Little married Eliza Margaret Shinkle in Sangamon County, and they had six children. In 1850, Little was a farmer with real estate worth $4,600. In 1852, Little opened a livery business in Springfield with his sons, Gershom Little and Sanford Little, under the firm name of S. N. Little and Sons and operated that business until his death. In 1860, Little was a stableman and owned real estate worth $20,000 and personal property worth $5,000.

Gravestone, Oakridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Sangamon County, 29 January 1843, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Paul Selby, ed., History of Sangamon County (Chicago: Munsell, 1912), 2:1392; Portrait and Biographical Album of Sangamon County, Illinois (Chicago: Chamman Bros., 1891), 508-9; John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876), 460; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Sangamon County, IL, 202; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Springfield, Sangamon County, IL, 193; Illustration courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, IL.