It wouldn't surprise me to find a Little in every county in Il. I know one Little was a company man for a mine in the southern part of the state. At last count there were 45,000 Little families in the US, but as far as I know I am the only person researching my Little tree in Central IL. John Little, the progenitor was b:1675 Scotland, arrived in NA around the turn of the century, and settled in New Jersey with his wife and two sons John and Thomas. There has been men named John and Thomas in every generation since in our family. Until the end of the 1700's middle names weren't fashionable so we numbered our John Little's. John Little[4] married twice. His first son, Benjamin Jackson Little b:1791, had three boys that migrated to IL.: Samuel, Tobias P., and John W. Little. John Little[4] son Thomas Dennis Little, by his second wife, migrated to IL about 1845. By the time these men came to IL., John 1 and 2 had died and John 3 had been killed in the RW. At the end of the 1800's there were 300 Little descendants of John[1] living. Pj ----- Original Message ----- From: <Dkbakjgran7@cs.com> To: <ILCHAMPA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 1:26 AM Subject: Re: [ILCHAMPA-L] Quiet > It makes sense to me. I do know that there are Littles here in McLean County. > In fact, there was just a murder trial here in McLean County for a murder 10 > almost 11 years ago of an 18 year old gas station attendant named Bill or > William Little. The man was just sentenced to life yesterday for his murder. > Here are the details of the sentencing.: > Snow sentenced to life By Pantagraph staff > > > > > Jamie Snow > > BLOOMINGTON -- Jamie Snow, the former Bloomington man convicted of the 1991 > murder of a Twin City service station employee, was sentenced to natural life > in prison today.Snow, 35, of St. Petersburg, Fla., also has no chance at > parole, according to the sentencing order handed down by McLean County > Circuit Judge Donald Bernardi after a three-hour hearing.In January, a McLean > County jury convicted Snow of first-degree murder, agreeing that trial > evidence proved Snow shot 18-year-old William Little at the now-closed Clark > Super 100 station in the 800 block of East Empire Street in > Bloomington.Little was shot twice in the chest during a robbery that netted > $92.In August 2000, another jury acquitted co-defendant Susan Claycomb, 29, > of Columbia, Tenn., of murder for allegedly driving the getaway car for > Snow.The backbone of the prosecution's case was testimony from several > witnesses who said snow admitted killing Little or made statements > implicating himself in the shooting.Snow claimed those witnesses were lying, > mistaken or confused. He testified at the end of his two-week trial that he > was at home with his wife and children at the time of the shooting. > > > > <A HREF="http://wire.ap.org/?FRONTID=WORLD"> > </A> > > Specials > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > ~Debbie In McLean County, Illinois~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >