William E. Little (b. 1838)

LITTLE, SPEED

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 6/22/2005 at 23:20:26

Little, William E., farmer, Section 14; PO Strawberry Point; born in Wayne Co., New York, Jan 25, 1838; moved to Dubuque Co., Iowa in 1847, and located in this county in 1865. Married Miss Jane Speed in 1857; she was born in Columbia Co., New York, Oct. 12, 1832; have three children --- Edwin S., born Feb. 4, 1859; Lyman A., Nov. 21, 1866; Millie I., Dec. 25, 1868. Are members of the M. E. Church; Republican. He has been Township Trustee three years; School Director ten years; Treasurer three years. Owns 200 acres of land in a high state of cultivation, with good and tasty improvements. Col. Little is largely engaged in the dairy business; he is Vice President of the Dairymen’s Northern Iowa Butter and Cheese Association, organized in March 1877; he has contributed a great many instructive articles to the press on the manner of conducting the dairy business profitably, and read an essay before the Dairymen’s Association at Brush Creek Feb. 23, 1878, in which he succinctly pointed out the advantages of unity of action in the dairy business; he alluded with commendable pride to the fact that Iowa captured the gold medal at the Centennial for the best butter. He has a windmill for hoisting water, which he conveys to his stock in pipes laid under ground, below the action of the frost. He keeps a large herd of stock on his farm at all time.

Page 619, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"
Putnam Township