Dr. Joseph H. Little and Margaret Ann Wadsworth

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Husband Dr. Joseph H. Little ^{1 2}

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           Born: 6 May 1835 - Amwell Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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         Father: Moses Little (1800-1875) 1 2 3
         Mother: Nancy Harris (Abt 1795-1879) 1 2

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       Marriage: 26 Mar 1862 4

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Wife Margaret Ann Wadsworth ⁴

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         Father: Harvey Wadsworth (      -      ) 4
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Children

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1 M George B. Little ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Joseph H. Little

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He was born in Amwell township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (on the line of South Strabane township), and grew to manhood on the farm, sharing in the many duties incident to agricultural life. His primary education was received at the common schools of the neighborhood, and later he attended select schools, after which he entered Washington College, where he took a classical course. On June 21, 1855, on completion of the college course, he received the degree of A. B.; in June, 1858, the degree of A. M. from the same institution; in March, 1859, M. D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and February 22, 1861, Ad Eundem degree of M. D. from Columbia University, Washington, D. C. During his vacations he taught school, whereby he acquired means to enable him to prosecute his studies and aid him through his course. Having completed his studies, our subject was then appointed principal of Blairsville Academy, in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, which incumbency he filled one year, and then received the appointment of principal of the academy at West Alexander, Washington County. While at Blairsville he commenced the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. J. W. Answalt, of that place, afterward continuing under Dr. John Wishart & Son, of Washington, Pennsylvania. He began the practice of his profession in Allegheny county, residing one year at Library, and then proceeded to Washington, D. C., to fill the position of resident physician at a hospital, receiving the appointment under President Buchanan. Here he remained until March, 1861, when he again came to West Alexander, and commenced practice. He had planned to go to North Carolina, but the breaking out of the Rebellion caused him to change his plans. In West Alexander he remained some thirteen years, or until 1874, in which year, owing to his father's failing health, he came into the borough of Washington, where he then remained, successfully practicing his chosen profession. The Doctor was a busy man, his ride extending far and wide in the county, and even beyond, no weather ever being too cold or stormy, and no night at any time too dark or disagreeable to prevent him from speeding on his mission of humanity. His practice was a general one.
Politically Dr. Little was a Democrat, and in 1870 he ran for the State Legislature, but the District being Republican, he was defeated. Socially he was a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and of the Second Presbyterian Church at Washington.
His library was replete with modern works, for the Doctor, busy as he was, found time to drink of the Pierian spring, and he kept well abreast of the times.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 954.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1135.

3 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1290.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1136.