Family History AN AMERICAN FAMILY The Story of Two Pioneer Families The Williams and Littles By John and Mary C. Kekec Table of Contents An American Family 7 Preface 7 Meet Birdie, a Country Girl 7 Birdie's Life as a Wife and Mother 21 Another Chapter in Birdie's Life 21 The Parents of Birdie Alice Williams Kieslich 23 The Little and Williams Families In Kansas Territory 26 The Little and Williams Families During and After the Civil War 39 The Postwar Histoiy of Mary B. Little Williams Brumblay 46 The Early History of the Williams Family in Pennsylvania and Iowa 48 The Early Histoiy of the Little Family in North Carolina and Alabama 54 Afterword 65 Appendices 67 I Family Photographs 67 II Historical Maps and Illustrations 71 III Family Tree Sketches and Pedigree Charts 89 IV Miscellaneous Family Records and Correspondence 93 (Used with permission of Authors) HOME Genealogy Trails Copyright © Genealogy Trails This Webpage has been created exclusively for the Genealogy Trails History Project. Submitters retain all copyrights