The History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Interstate Publishing, 1885)--Guilford Township, pages 623-624
Judge Alexander Little was one of the first settlers of Hendricks County. His parents, Thomas and Mary (Campbell) Little, came to the United States about 1770 and located in Virginia, removing later to Mercer County, Ky. Their family consisted of eight children--Molly, Nancy, Sally, John, Peggy, Jane, Thomas and Alexander. The mother died March 25, 1808, and the father Dec. 5, 1814. Alexander Little married Rachel, daughter of William and Ann Robinson, and to them were born twelve children--Anna, born Aug. 27,1801, married Robert McKnight; Polly, born Jan. 20, 1803, married James Green; Pasty, born Oct. 30, 1804; Betsy, born May 4, 1806, married John Canary; John, born April 12, 1808, married Nancy Rawlings, who died and he afteward married Jane Beasley; Samuel, born April 26, 1810, married Rebecca Green; Rachel, born June 24, 1812, married James Richardson; William, born March 5, 1814, married Sarah Downard, who died and he subsequently married Mary Lee; Rebecca, born April 29, 1816, married three times--first, Josiah L. Wines; second, Jacob Welch, and third, Aaron Wilhite; Joseph, born Feb. 22, 1818, was killed when a young man by being thrown from a horse; Robert, born Dec. 23, 1819, married Mildred Thompson, and after her death Maria Worth; Sarah, born Oct. 22, 1823, married Joseph Simpson, who died and she then married John Wilhite. In an early day Judge Little and his family moved to Washington County, Ind., and in 1830 came to Hendricks County. While in Washington County he was a Lieutenant and then Major in the first militia organization of the State. He held several offices of trust; was Associate Judge, and served several terms in the Territorial Legislature. After coming to Hendricks County he served one term of three years in the State Senate. He died July 26, 1849. His wife died Sept. 7, 1851.