I found one 25 year old identified as Mr. Little living with a Piatt family, along with other farm laborers, in Piatt County, Illinois in 1860, but I couldn't find any Little's there in 1870. When do you think your Mina May was born or married Martin Nickelson? There were some Minnie Little's as brides but I couldn't find this marriage in the State Archives which are online. Joan in Illinois