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MRS. ANNA L. LITTLE, engaged in farming and stock-raising, located on section 21. She was born in Montgomery county. Ky., Sept. 7, 1828. She is the daughter of Jacob and Mary Wolrath, who were natives of New York. Of eleven children, Mrs. Little was the eleventh child. When six years of age she moved to Jefferson county, N. Y., and lived there until she was married to John Nixon, who was also a native of Kentucky. By this union they had three children: Ellen, William, and John. Mr. Nixon died in 1853, and in 1854 she was married to Ozias Little, who was born in 1826, in Jefferson county, N. Y. He had been married and had one child, named Mary E. His wife died April 14, 1854, and the same year he was married to Mrs. Nixon, and in 1855, moved to Buchanan county, Iowa, and was engaged in farming. In 1872 they came to Jasper county and bought 600 acres of land in Lincoln township. They had four children: Nancy J. Pate, Geo. S., Anna E., and Menilla. Mr. Little died in June, 1874. Mrs. Little now has 193 acres of land, 90 acres under cultivation, has one living spring a splendid well of water, and a good orchard. Mrs. Little is a member of the Baptist Church; her son George is now carrying on the farm, and has been ever since he was eleven years old. He was born Feb. 19, 1863, in Buchanan county, Iowa. He is an enterprising young farmer and bids fair to become one of the leading men of Lincoln township.