Crisp-Sumter County GaArchives Biographies.....Phillips, Wendle Councile 1870 - living in 1913 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 October 20, 2004, 8:34 pm Author: William Harden p. 871-872 LITTLE & PHILLIPS. The firm of Little & Phillips, contractors, have been located in Cordele, Georgia, since 1906, but they have been associated together since 1900. The firm, which is well and favorably known in and about this section of the state, was, during the early years of its existence, located at Fitzgerald, where they carried on a general contracting business, and where they builded not only houses and business structures, but a fine reputation for competence, fair dealing and genuine business integrity. This reputation they have continued to deserve in the years of their association in Cordele, and nowhere may be found a firm more worthy of the fair reputation which this concern has won to itself. In Quitman and Fitzgerald the finest and best buildings of both a public and private nature have come into existence under the master supervision of this firm. Schools, churches, business blocks, residences, alike, have been reared to bear witness to the ability of these men in their constructive capacity, and the same is true of their years of activity in Cordele. Many neighboring towns, such as Americus and McRae, have called upon them when important building propositions were being planned, and scarce a town in south Georgia but offers material evidence of their prowess in their chosen field of labor. Of the private life and origin of these men a few words will not be out of place in this brief review. William Harmon Little, of the firm of Little & Phillips, was born in Schley county, Georgia, on October 16, 1870. He is the son of Joseph H. and Martha Francis (Harman) Little, natives of Meriweather county, Georgia. The father has followed farming all his life and lives now in Valdosta, Georgia. Their son, William H., was educated in the public schools of Schley and Terral counties, to the latter of which places the family moved when William was eleven years old. The father was a member of Company A., Twenty-seventh Georgia, Colquitt Brigade, during the Civil war. As a young man, William H. Little engaged in contracting, first as an employe until he had learned the trade, and later on his own responsibility. By constant study and diligent application to the subject, lie has mastered every difficulty, and has reached the high place in the building world which he now occupies. Mr. Little is a Pythian knight and a member of the Masonic fraternity. He is a Baptist in his religious belief, while his wife is of the Methodist denomination. Mr. Little was united in marriage with Miss Sallie Jones, the daughter of Thomas Anderson Jones, of Brooks county, Georgia. Four children have been born to them. They are: Miriam Nadine, aged ten years; Wilma, aged six; Fannie Joe, now three years of age, and an infant of three months, William H., Jr. Wendle Councile Phillips, the partner of William H. Little, was born March 22, 1867, in Robinson county, North Carolina. He is the son of E. R. and Rose Ann (Mercer) Phillips, both of whom were of Irish descent. They came to North Carolina when young, settling in Robinson county, and there married. The father was a country school teacher and preacher of the Baptist church. During the Civil war he served in the army as a first lieutenant in a regiment of the army of the Confederacy. He still lives in North Carolina, where he and his wife reared a family of thirteen children, but six of whom are now living. They are J. R., Nettie, Mary Jane, Lula, Wendle C. and E. R., Jr. All are residents of North Carolina with the exception of Wendle C. Phillips. Such education as he received came to him through the avenues of the public schools of his home town, and at an early age he became responsible for his own progress in the world. He eventually entered the building and contracting field, first as a workman, but later as a contractor, and the present partnership between Mr. Phillips and his partner, Mr. Little, is a matter of thirteen years duration. Their association has ever been of the most agreeable nature, their natures blending to the extent that constant association in a business way only makes each the more valuable to the other. Mr. Phillips married Miss Tommy Smith, the daughter of Thomas Smith, of Americus, Georgia. One child has been born of this union: Wendle Councile, Jr., born October 16,1911. Additional Comments: From: A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA BY WILLIAM HARDEN VOLUME II ILLUSTRATED THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 1913 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/bios/gbs378phillips.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.1 Kb