When William John Little was born on July 12, 1828, in Ireland, his father, William, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 18. He married Mary Winters on November 19, 1847, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They had ten children in 26 years. He died on June 15, 1892, in White Oaks, New Mexico, at the age of 63, and was buried there.
Birth 12 Jun 1827
Death 16 Jun 1892 (aged 65)
Burial Cedarvale Cemetery
White Oaks, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
Plot Row A – Southside
From Ancestry.com: Cause of Death: heart disease Source: OM: 6/17/1892 Cemetery: Survivors: wife: Mary Littell; several children
Comments: OM – p.1; residence Owensboro for 30 years until moving to White Oaks, NM 5 years ago; see also 8/26 p.4, 1897: 7/25 p.5, 7/29 p.8, ME – 1881: 8/17 p.3 (Mrs. W. J. Littell of Owensboro heir to gold mine in Lincoln County, New Mexico left by her brother, John V. Winters), 9/14 p.3, 1882: 9/27 p.3 (part owner of the Homestake Mine in New Mexico where gold has been discovered), 1883: 9/5 p.3, SM – 1882: 9/26 p.4, 1883: 9/4 p.4 (just returned from Pennsylvania where he had a conference with the other heirs to the New Mexico gold mine), TM – 1885: 2/3 p.4, OM – 1887: 2/10 p.4 (sells mining interest in New Mexico), 2/12 p.4, OM – 1887: 5/19 p.4 (son, Robert, visits him at Lincoln County, NM)
