Individual Details

Amanda C. Nelson

(June 29, 1828 - June 27, 1916)

"I am almost blind and am now in my 85th year. My health is very good. You wanted to know about my Father and Mother's people. All I can say, they lived in East Tennessee. I am the youngest child of my Father and Mother's family. They left East Tennessee and went to Middle Tennessee before I was born. My Father died when I was 2 years old. I don't remember of ever seeing any of his people at all." (Letter from Amanda Nelson Little to Miss Ada Little on "T. M. "T. M. Little & Son, Dry Goods and Shoes, Clarendon, Texas envelope and letterhead, dated March 20, 1913.)

"Friends and acquaintances are requested to attend the funeral of OUR MOTHER, aged eighty-eight. Funeral services Wednesday, June 28th, 2:00 p.m., at the residence of T. M. Little, conducted by Bro. S. H. Holmes of Vernon. Burial in Citizens Cemetery. Milus Little, T. M. Little, Mrs. Friddell. Clendon, Texas, 1916." (Funeral Notice card.)

Birth and death information for the children of Amanda and William D. Little was taken from the William D. Little Family Bible.

Events

BirthJune 29, 1828Bedford County, Tennessee
MarriageJanuary 8, 1846Marshall County, Tennessee - William Daniel Little
MarriageJune 14, 1877C. R. Taylor
DeathJune 27, 1916Clarendon, Donley County, Texas
BurialJune 28, 1916Citizens Cemetery, Clarendon, Donley County, Texas

Families

SpouseWilliam Daniel Little (1808 - 1866)
ChildMalinda Jane Little (1848 - 1928)
ChildSamuel H. Little (1850 - 1867)
ChildMilus Andrew Little (1853 - )
ChildWilliam Daniel Little Jr. (1856 - 1869)
ChildThomas Mansfield "T. M." Little (1859 - 1941)
ChildRobert K. Little (1864 - 1865)
SpouseC. R. Taylor (1818 - 1892)
FatherJohn Nelson (1783 - 1830)
MotherElizabeth "Betsy" Mansfield (1790 - 1862)
SiblingAndrew M. Nelson (1809 - 1836)
SiblingRebecca Brown Nelson (1810 - 1886)
SiblingSarah T. "Elizabeth" Nelson (1814 - 1872)
SiblingMary Ann "Pollyanna" Nelson (1817 - 1895)
SiblingElizabeth "Betty" Vina Nelson (1821 - )
SiblingJohn Calhoun McCampbell Nelson (1825 - 1893)
SiblingNancy Matilda Ann "Sissy" Nelson (1827 - 1889)