from The Republican (Danville, Indiana)--issue of Thursday, June 11, 1903—page 1, column 4:
UNCLE SAMMY LITTLE
Passing of An Honored Pioneer of The County
Samuel Little, of Guilford township, one of the oldest citizens of Hendricks county, died Friday of the infirmities of years, age ninety-three years, one month and nine days. The funeral was Sunday, the service being conducted by Rev. H.L. Dickerson, assisted by Rev. Stout and Rev. Waering. Interment was in the Irons cemetery.
Samuel Little was the son of Alexander and Rachel Little and was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, April 26, 1810. That year his parents moved to Indiana, and in 1830 to Liberty township, Hendricks county. Nov. 12, 1829, Mr. Little and Miss Rebecca Green, of Washington county, were married and to them were born eleven children, five of whom survive their father—Mrs. Edward C. Crawford, Mrs. Elizabeth Cox, Robert G. Little, Mrs. Silas Pierson, [and] Thomas H. Little. Mrs. Little died March 11, 1883, and Mr. Little married Mrs. Margaret McKnight, widow of Alexander McKnight and daughter of Norval Peugh, of Washington county, Indiana. Mrs. Little survives.
Mr. Little had lived in Guilford township for over seventy years. His active life covered the period when the forests were felled, the country opened and the wilderness made to blossom. His energy and industry helped to do more than one man's share of this work. Industry and frugality made him successful in accumulating much of this world's goods. Until the weakness of age began to tell upon him, he enjoyed remarkable health, having never experienced any severe spells of sickness. In politics he was a staunch Republican. His first vote for president was cast for Henry Clay in 1832. He was a charter member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church at Clayton and he was perhaps the last survivor of the charter members.
His death removes a good citizen, upright and honorable in every respect, and emphasizes again how rapidly are the pioneers of this section being called to their long home.