Biographical Sketch of Roger M. LITTLE (1893); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by John Morris . Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ********************************************************* Source: "Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester County, Pennsyl- vania, comprising a historical sketch of the county," by Samuel T. Wiley and edited by Winfield Scott Garner, Gresham Publishing Company, Phila- delphia, PA, 1893, pp. 833-4. "ROGER M. LITTLE, one of the representative farmers and leading small fruit growers of Charlestown township, is a son of Major and Eliza (Olewine) Little, and was born August 30, 1845, on the old homestead where he now resides, in Charlestown township, Chester county, Pennsylvania. He grew to manhood on the farm, received his education in the common schools and at Professor Wyer's academy, West Chester, and then engaged in farming and fruit growing, which he has followed successfully up to the present time. He now owns the homestead farm, first purchased by his grandfather and afterward owned by his father. It contains one hundred and twenty-nine acres of choice an dwell improved land. Mr. Little devotes several acres of his farm to the raising of small fruits, and has fully demonstrated that his section of the county is well adapted to the cultivation of such fruits. He has by actual experiment arrived at a knowledge of the small fruits that will thrive and yield remunerative crops in Charlestown town- ship. He has ready sale for his fruit, and often ships it to a consider- able distance. Mr. Little is a republican in politics, has served his township as auditor and school director, and was once a candidate for county treasurer. He is a member and trustee of Pikeland Reformed church. He is courteous and accommodating, has been very successful in his business enterprises, and ranks high in his community as an honest and honorable man. "Roger M. Little married Catharine Roland, a daughter of Benjamin and Mary Roland. To Mr. and Mrs. Little have been born two children, a son and a daughter: Howard P. and Mabel M. "The family of which Mr. Little is a member was planted in Chester county during the revolutionary period. His paternal grandfather, Roger Little, owned four farms in Charlestown, and was reputed in his day as one of the wealthy citizens of the township. He was an old-line whig in politics, married and reared a family of three children: William, Major, and Rebecca, who married James Pennypacker. "The second son, Major Little (father), became the owner of the home farm, and during the active years of his life held various of his township offices. He was an exemplary member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and married Eliza Olewine. They were the parents of six children, two sons and four daughters: Mary Potts, Hannah, John, Sarah Rennard, Rebecca, and Roger, whose name appears at the head of this sketch."