David Liles Little |
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Jacob Little Jacob Little Jr. David Liles Little John B. Little William Alfred Little |
David Liles
Little, son of Jacob and Frances, was born in Anson Co.
in 1836. He moved with his parents, Jacob Little and
Frances Liles to Benton Co. TN about 1846. He lived in
Carroll, Benton Co., and Henderson Co. TN before moving
to Illinois. In 1874 he returned to Tennessee and resided
in Sardis, Henderson Co. until his death in 1906. A
family story as to why the Littles moved to Henderson Co.
(or perhaps IL) concerns David's killing a man who burned
his gin in Benton County. It is supposedly borne out by
early records of Hollow Rock Primitive Church (Benton CO)
which stated that in April 1863 D.L. Little was excluded
from the church "for misbehavior" for shooting
Thomas Presson. However, we have been unable to locate
these records. David Liles Little died on 24 Nov 1906 in
Sardis, Henderson Co. TN and was buried in a grave
north-south, at Sardis Cemetary. He expressed a wish to
be buried crossways, for he said he "had lived
crossways with the world." A different version of
the burial deals with the North-South conflict. Great
grandson Wayne Little told that David had made a pact
with an old friend, Mr. Parker in Benton Co. TN, that
each was to be buried with his head to the south, his
feet to the north so, on Judgment Day, he could kick the
behinds of the northern soldiers as they went back home. |
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