Rufus Lafayette LITTLE

Father: Unknown
Mother: Sarah //

Family 1: Martha Ann McGAUGHY

(1) Edelman & Adams family records.

  1. William H. LITTLE
  2. Mary A. LITTLE
  3. Columbus Franklin LITTLE
  4. Whitman LITTLE
  5. Susan F. LITTLE
  6. Henry Rufus LITTLE
  7. Jane C. LITTLE
  8. John LITTLE
  9. Luther Ann LITTLE
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Notes

Updated February 11, 2023. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1850 United States Census for Alabama, Lawrence Co., the 8th District: Page 413; December 5, 1850.

Rufus LITTLE is the son of Sarah LITTLE (age 35, b. Kentucky). Rufus is 15 years old, born in Alabama, and is a laborer. Other dependents in the household are Francis M. (age 17), Sarah J. (age 22 -- probably Francis' wife), Benjamin (age 13), Coleman (age 11), John (age 8), and Mary (age 4); all born in Alabama. The value of household real estate is $350.

(2) Alabama, U.S., Homestead and Cash Entry Patents via Ancestry.com

- Name: Rufus L LITTLE
- Land Office: Huntsville
- Document Number: 30615
- Total Acres: 79.79
- Signature: Yes
- Canceled Document: No
- Issue Date: 1 Sep 1860
- Mineral Rights Reserved: No
- Metes and Bounds: No
- Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
- Multiple Warantee Names: No
- Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
- Multiple Patentee Names: No
- Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
- Land Description: 1 N½SE HUNTSVILLE No 8S 10W 9

(3) 1860 United States Agricultural Census for Alabama, Franklin Co., the Eastern Subdivision (Lagrange Post Office): Page 27, June 1, 1860.

- Farmer: Rufus L. LITTLE, tenant (adjacent to Francis L. LITTLE)
- Acres of Land (improved): 12
- Cash Value of Farm: $120
- Value of Farming Implements: $8
- Milch Cows: 2
- Working Oxen: 2
- Other Cattle: 2
- Swine: 4
- Value of Live Stock: $100
- Indian Corn (bushels): 100
- Ginned Cotton Bales (of 400 lbs.): 1
- Value of Homemade Manufactures: $100
- Value of Animals Slaughtered: #35

(4) 1860 United States Census for Alabama, Franklin Co., the Eastern Subdivision (Newburg Post Office): Page 121, October 27, 1860.

Rufus L. LITTLE is head of household, married to Martha A. [McGAUGHY] LITTLE. He is 25 years old, born in Alabama and is a farmer with real estate valued at $70 and personal estate valued at $200. Children in the household are Wm H. (age 7), Mary A. (age 5), Columbus F. (age 4), and Whitman (age 2 months). Francis M. LITTLE, Sarah J. LITTLE, and three children reside in an adjacent household.

(5) 1870 United States Census for Alabama, Marion Co., Western District (Pikesville Post Office): Pages 55-56; July 13, 1870.

Rufus L. LITTLE is head of household, married to Mary [McGAUGHY] LITTLE. He is 40 years old, born in Alabama and is a merchant with real estate valued at $50 and personal estate valued at $500. Children in the household are William (age 18, a farmer), Mary D. (age 16), Franklin (age 14), Quitman (age 12), Susan F. (age 10), Henry R. (age 8), Jane C. (age 6), and John (age 2).

(6) 1880 United States Census for Mississippi, Prentiss Co., Dist. 168: Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District 168; Page 45; June 25, 1880.

R. L. LITTLE is head of household, married to M. A. [McGAUGHY] LITTLE. He is 44 years old and was born in Alabama, with his father born in Tennessee and his mother born in Alabama. He is a farmer. Children in the household are S.F. (age 18), H.R. (age 16), J.C. (age 12), and L.A. (age 9).

(7) Connor, Robert Digges Wimberly. North Carolina, Rebuilding an Ancient Commonwealth, 1584-1925. United States, American historical society, Incorporated, 1929. Page 217.

"The father of Dr. LITTLE was Rufus Lafayette LITTLE, an Alabama farmer. He served four years in the Confederate army, being wounded at the battle of Shiloh, and was twice taken prisoner. In the late '70s he moved to a farm in Prentiss County, Mississippi, and his last years were devoted to merchandising at Booneville, Mississippi, where he died in 1906. He was all his life an active member of the Baptist Church. His wife, Martha McGAUGHY was born in Alabama of Scotch ancestry."

(8) Who's who in the South. Washington, DC, Mayflower Publishing Company, 1927. Page 447

"LITTLE, Luther. Clergyman. Born at Tuscumbia, Ala., Feb. 18, 1875. Son of Rufus Lafayette and Martha (McGAUGHY) LITTLE. Ed: Booneville, Miss., H. S., 1891..."

(9) Find a Grave

- Name: Rufus Lafayette LITTLE
- Birth: 1834; Chambers County, Alabama, USA
- Death: 1888 (aged 53–54); Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA
- Burial: Booneville Cemetery; Booneville, Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA
- Memorial ID: 66739130

(10) Texas, U.S., Death Certificates via Ancestry.com: 1936

Death Certificate for Henry Rufus LITTLE (4 Mar 1864 - 25 Mar 1936) lists his parents as Rufus Lafayette LITTLE (b. Leighton, Alabama) and Martha Anne McGhahe (b. Leighton, Alabama), and his place of birth as Leighton, Alabama.

(11) North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates via Ancestry.com: 1936

Death Certificate for Luther Ann LITTLE (18 Feb 1872 - 22 Jan 1953), retired Baptist Minister, list his parents as Rufus Lafayette LITTLE and Martha Ann McGaughy and his place of birth as Tuscumbia, Alabama.

(12) Edelman & Adams family records.