John G. Little is a representative gentleman of the old school and for
over half a century has been an honored citizen of Butler county.  His
father, Amos Little, a farmer by occupation, was born in Union
District, S. C., in the year 1801, and came to Butler county, Ala., in
1820, settling near the town of Ridgeville, where he lived till
1855.  He then changed his residence to Conecuh county, where his death
occurred in 1879.  His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Hayes,
accompanied her husband to Alabama, and departed this life in Conecuh
county in the year  1861.

John G. Little was born near the town of Ridgeville, Butler County,
December 3, 1825, and grew to manhood on a farm, receiving in such
schools as the country at that time afforded but limited educational
advantages.  He remained with his parents until 1846, in which year he
engaged as overseer with Col. Estey of Mississippi, in whose employ he
remained eighteen months, after which he did service at intervals for
W. H. Crenshaw, Esq., a prominent planter of southern Alabama.

Husbanding his earnings, he subsequently invested them in lands near
Cedar, Butler County, but for sometime acted in the capacity of
overseer for Thomas Crenshaw, and during the war raised provisions for
the army in the county of Lowndes.  For five years following the war, Mr.
Little was engaged in the pursuit of agriculture, and then carved up
the farm and moved to the town of Monterey, which he made his home for
a period of fifteen years.  In 1888, he removed to Greenville, where he
has since resided in peaceful retirement from active life.

Mr. Little was married, December 16, 1853, to Sophronia E. Howell, who
died January 10, 1892.  She was a most estimable lady and bore her
husband five children:  Teresa Little, wife of Dr. Garrett; Susan
Little, wife of William Stewart;  J.B. Little, a graduate of the
university of Alabama, and for three years  professor of chemistry in
that institution; Charles L., also a graduate of the state university,
and Anna B., a graduate of the A. C. F. college, Tuscaloosa.

Mr. Little has been a prominent factor in the local politics of Butler
county, and as a democrat has at different times represented his party
as a delegate to state conventions.  He is an earnest worker in the
cause of temperance and it was through his efforts that a bill was
passed by the general assembly making it unlawful to vend intoxicating
liquors of any kind within five miles of the town of Monterey.  In
matters educational he has likewise been deeply interested, and,
appreciating the value of training, of which he in youth was deprived,
has given all his children the benefits of full courses in the best
colleges and universities of the state.  Having begun life as a poor
boy, with but a limited education, Mr. Little, by his own exertion,
has not only become a well-to-do citizen and large property holder,
but has also advanced the material interests and added to the wealth
of his county.  He is a consistent member of the Baptist church, in
which he holds the office of deacon.