William Little

• Born      20 November 1866

Articled to George Woodhouse of Bolton

WILLIAM LITTLE, who has efficiently served in the capacity of clerk of Elbert County since 1897, is a man of intellectual attainments and a substantial citizen of Kiowa. He is of English nationality, having been born in Manchester, England, November 20, 1866, and is a son of William and Harriet (Rennison) Little. As a boy he attended the Bolton high school and after the completion of his course entered Tettenhall College at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1886. As a life vocation he decided upon the profession of an architect and became an apprentice under George Woodhouse, Esq., serving time until 1888, when he came to America, realizing that as a new country it offered greater advantages to the rising generations. He immediately proceeded to Colorado, where he purchased a tract of land four miles south of Kiowa, Elbert County, and engaged in the stock business. Although inexperienced in that line, he was a man of exceptional business qualifications, and by the exercise of good judgment and hard work, the business prospered. In political affiliations he is a stanch Democrat and in 1893 was appointed deputy county clerk under Mr. Turtle, serving for four years. The satisfactory manlier in which he discharged the duties of that office resulted in his nomination for clerk of Elbert County in 1897, and he was in due time elected for a term of two years. He has since retained that office, to the entire satisfaction of everyone concerned. He is a man of noble impulses, kind-hearted and gentle in manner, and occupies a prominent place in the affections of his fellow-citizens.

December 31, 1891, Mr. Little married Miss Nellie Maguire, a woman greatly admired and loved for her many estimable traits of character. She is a daughter of Thomas and Letitia Maguire, and was born in Russell Gulch, near Central City, and educated in Denver University. This union is blessed with one son, who was born October 31, 1892. Our subject is a charter member of Fowler Lodge No. 108, I. O. O. F., of Elizabeth; and of the Woodmen of the World.

Reference  :  Portrait and Biographical Record of Denver and Vicinity, Colorado – 1898  p1019-1020