Husband Samuel H. Small 1 2 3
Born: 30 Jan 1810 - York Co, PA 2
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Died: 26 Jan 1878 1 4
Buried:
Father: Capt. Samuel Small (1773- ) 2 5
Mother:
Marriage: 1837 4
Other Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Jameson (1823-1896) 3 - 1866 4 6
• Residence: : Jackson Twp, Venango Co, PA.
Wife Melissa P. Collins 1 4
Born: 20 Jan 1815 - Essex, Essex Co, NY 1 4
Christened:
Died: 10 Aug 1862 1 4
Buried:
Children
1 F Mary Melissa Small 4
Born: 3 Nov 1839 1 4
Christened:
Died: Bef 1919
Buried:
Spouse: Miles G. McAlevy ( -Bef 1919) 1 4
Marr: 1858 1 4
2 M Samuel W. Small 1 4
Born: 14 Mar 1847 1 4
Christened:
Died: 26 Jun 1869 - Elmira, Tioga Co, NY 1 4
Buried:
3 M Madison Moses "Matt" Small 5 7 8
Born: 27 May 1849 4 6 8
Christened:
Died: 11 Jun 1931 8
Buried:
Spouse: Ida Mary Alcorn (1854-1945) 8 9
Marr: 30 Oct 1883 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 8 9 10
4 F Alice P. Small 1 4
Born:
Christened:
Died: Aft 1879
Buried:
Spouse: George W. Buck ( - ) 4
General Notes: Husband - Samuel H. Small
Born in Bucks Co, PA. [HVC 1879, 603]
He developed to be a very muscular man, and few were the boys that cared to try him a tussle. He took great delight in hunting. One morning he went out and immediately started up a large buck, which he shot at and slightly wounded. He then called on his brother to bring the dogs and come on. All day they kept up the chase and just at dusk the dogs drove the buck into Sugar creek. By this time the powder had become damp, and his gun would not discharge, so he plunged into the stream and seized the buck by the horns, and thus, with an iron grasp, held him until his brother cut his hamstrings, after which it fell an easy prey. Excepting sport of this kind, his life ran very quiet. He and his wife were members of the F. W. Baptist church. He was the first man in the township to poll a Republican vote.
His house was a depot on the “underground railroad" for carrying slaves to Canada. Many a black was warmed and fed at his fireside. The benevolence of Samuel H. Small, considering his means, was probably never excelled by any man in the community. When he died he decreed the proceeds of the sale of one fourth of his real estate to the Free Will Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, to be used for the spread of the gospel in India.
Of his own family, three children and his wife are living. The oldest daughter was born November 3d, 1839. She was married to M. G. McAlevy, in 1858, and now resides with her husband and three children, near Fort Scott, Kansas. Samuel W. Small, the eldest son, was born March 14th, 1847, and died June 26th, 1869, at Elmira, N. Y. He was a young man who bid fair to do a great deal of good. He resolved to give, and did give one tenth part of all his earnings to charity. He was preparing for the ministry and was taken sick while teaching school at Sunville, from which he never recovered. M. M. Small, the only male survivor of the S. H. Small family, and Miss Alice P. Small, the youngest child, together with the widow, Mrs. S. E. Small, reside on the old farm.
[HVC 1879, 603]
He spent his life on the paternal homestead in Jackson Township, Venango County, PA. After he and his brother bought their sisters' shares they divided the property, and he devoted himself to general farming and sheep breeding, having raised hundreds of fine Merinos. He was one of the thriftiest and most successful men in his locality, but though he did well enough in his worldly affairs to take an influential place among his neighbors it was his sterling character and whole-souled interest in his fellow men that brought him their high respect and confidence. While yet a young man he was noted for his generosity to those in need, and this habit of helping others was so much a part of his life that his memory has always been cherished for his good deeds. It is said that in proportion to his means he was the most benevolent man in the community, and his kindness was not confined to any one kind of liberality. He and his wife were members of the Free Will Baptist Church, and he practically built the Plum Church of that denomination, donating the land and continuing to be one of its strongest supporters throughout his life. The cemetery was also established on land owned by him and his brother, the incorporation being effected after they died. In his will Mr. Small provided that one-fourth of the proceeds of the sale of his real estate should be turned over to the Free Will Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, for the spread of the gospel in India. His son, Madison M. Small, bought this interest, and the money paid for it started on its mission. Mr. Small was the only abolitionist in his immediate neighborhood, and his home was a station on the “underground railroad,” many a black on his way to Canada being warmed and fed there; his old log house sheltered as many as twenty negroes at one time. He took an active part in public affairs, and was the first man in the township to vote the Republican ticket. In the early days, when game was more plentiful in the vicinity, he enjoyed hunting, being very muscular and fond of outdoor life. [CAB, 524]