The History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Interstate Publishing, 1885)--Guilford Township, page 624
Samuel Little is a native of Mercer County, Ky., born April 26, 1810. The day of his birth his father, Judge A. Little, started for Washington County, Ind., where he entered a tract of land. He cleared a small piece, planted it to corn and returned to Kentucky for his family, moving to Washington County the following June. In 1830 he moved to Hendricks County and settled in Liberty Township. Samuel Little was married in Washington County, to Rebecca Green, and in February, 1830, moved to Hendricks County and settled in Liberty Township, on the farm now owned by his son Thomas. To his original entry of eighty acres he added till he owned 400 acres of valuable land. He has been one of the most successful stock-raisers of the county, having some of the finest grades of cattle and hogs. In 1884 he left the farm and moved to Plainfield, where he has a pleasant home. His wife died in1883. They had a family of eleven children; four died in infancy, and one, Joseph, after reaching maturity. The living are—Sarah, wife of Edward Crawford; Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Cox; Mary A., wife of Benjamin Edwardson; Robert and Thomas. Dec. 14, 1883, Mr. Little married Margaret A. McKnight, widow of Alexander McKnight, by whom she had eight children; four are living, two died in infancy, and two in adult age. Mr. Little has been a member of Cumberland Presbyterian church fifty years, and has served as Elder several y ears. His first wife was a member of the same denomination. His present wife is a member of the Old Presbyterian church. He has been President of the Plainfield and Cartersburg gravel road twenty years, and is one of the stockholders and Directors of the First National Bank of Danville.