LITTLE, JOHN BUCKNER, 1861-1918

Biography:

Teacher and academic administrator; editor.  Born–October 10, 1861, Ridgeville, Ala. Parents– John G. and Sophronia E. (Howell) Little. Married– Lula Duncan, 1890. Children– Five. Education– University of Alabama, A.B., 1883, A.M., 1886. Assistant professor of chemistry, University of Alabama, 1883-1887; Editor, Tuscaloosa Times, 1886; True Democrat, 1888, and State Review, 1895-96;  president of the South Alabama Institute, Greenville, 1887-1890; principal of the Military Academy, Huntsville, 1890-1891; superintendent of education, Butler County. Died May 30, 1918.

Source:

Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History; Biographical Dictionary of Southern Authors; Owen’s Story of Alabama.

Publication(s):

The History of Butler County, Alabama, 1915 to 1885. Cincinnati; Elm Street Publishing Co., 1885; rpt. 1971.