Maurice Little

Maurice Little

• Father: William Washington Little b. 26 May 1854, d. 7 March 1940
• Mother: Sarah T. Guntharp b. 13 November 1856, d. 13 April 1937

• Maurice Little was born on 11 May 1886 in Blacksburg, Cherokee County, South Carolina.
• His name was recorded as Morris in the 1900 and 1910 censuses.
• William Washington Little and Sarah T. Guntharp appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Cherokee Township, Cherokee County, South Carolina, and other children Adolphus, age 16, Ralph, age 12, Mary age 10, Maggie age 8, Neddie age 6, and Annie age 3, not yet recorded.. Other members of the household included Maurice Little.
• He was working on the farm, according to the 1900 census.
• He married Amanda Jane Logan on 14 February 1906.
• Maurice Little became a widower at the 23 June 1908 death of his wife Amanda Jane Logan.
• William Washington Little and Sarah T. Guntharp appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Cleveland County, North Carolina, and daughters Maggie, age 18,and Annie, age 15, not yet included.. Other members of the household included Maurice Little, Sarah Elizabeth Little.
• He was attending school, according to the 1910 census.
• Maurice Little registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Erie County, New York, while living at 16 Van Gorder Avenue in Buffalo and employed there as a foreman by Jacob Dold & Co. He named as his nearest relative his daughter Sarah in Grover, North Carolina.
• He married Pearl Eyeington, daughter of George Eyeington and Mary A. (?), circa 1919.
• Maurice Little and Pearl Eyeington appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 159 Durham Avenue.
• He was employed by the Dold Packing Company as a meat packer, according to the 1920 census.
• Maurice Little and Pearl Eyeington appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Buffalo, New York, at 159 Durham Avenue. Other members of the household included George Eyeington and Alfred A. Eyeington.
• He was employed by a packing house as a salesman, acording to the 1930 census.
• Maurice Little died on 20 April 1957 at age 70 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.

• Last Edited: 5 Feb 2010