Background
William Little was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1809.
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William Little
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Career
Early in his life he belonged to the civic/vigilance committee The Duquesne Greys. After leaving the mayor"s office he entered the private sector, developing a canal freight business in Ohio before moving further west and starting a successful furniture company in Iowa. By the middle of the century the former mayor came back to his hometown of Pittsburgh to manage the Monongahela Navigation Company.
He also served as treasurer of a local Pittsburgh bank.
He died in 1887 in Pittsburgh, aged 78, and is buried in Allegheny Cemetery.
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Nationality
United States