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Thomas I. Little, clerk of the Weakley County Court, was born in Graves County, Ky., on the 15th of November, 1835, son of James M. and Nancy G. (Mobley) Little, who were of English and English-Irish descent, born in Tennessee and Kentucky in 1815 and 1817, and died in 1865 and 1846 respectively. Isaac Little, grandfather of our subject, was born in North Carolina, and was a very early emigrant to Tennessee. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. James M. Little came to Weakley County, Tenn., in 1833, but moved to Graves County, Ky., where he was married in 1834, and there spent the remainder of his days. He was twice married, and was the father of three children by his first marriage and two by his second wife, whose maiden name was Winiford Ann Barton, who is now deceased. Thomas L, our subject, was educated in the schools of his neighborhood. At the age of nineteen he entered a dry goods store at Dukedom as clerk and remained about twelve years. In 1870 he became a resident of Dresden, and in January of that year he was elected county surveyor and served by re-election eight years. In 1882 he was elected to his present office and has proved to be an able and efficient officer, giving entire satisfaction to his constituents. He has been a life-long Democrat, and his first presidential vote was cast for John C. Breckenridge. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, Lodge No. 95; I. O. O. F., Lodge No. 5, and A. O. U. W. May 22, 1860, he married Sarah L. Roberts, daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann (Clemons) Roberts. Mrs. Little was born February 4, 1844, and is the mother of the following family: Jefferson D., Thomas McEwen, John W., Koskiusko, Maud, Maggie, Richard M. and Mary Gray.