Madison Moses "Matt" Small and Ida Mary Alcorn

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Husband Madison Moses "Matt" Small ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 27 May 1849 3 4 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Jun 1931 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Samuel H. Small (1810-1878) 6 7 8
         Mother: Melissa P. Collins (1815-1862) 5 6

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       Marriage: 30 Oct 1883 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 3 9 10

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Wife Ida Mary Alcorn ^{3 9}

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           Born: 24 Mar 1854 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Feb 1945 3
         Buried:  - Plum Corners Cemetery, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Jesse Alcorn (1830-1909) 3 11 12 13
         Mother: Anna Belle Peebles (1829-1892) 12 13

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Children

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1 M Dr. Walter Madison Small ^{3 9}

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           Born: 5 Jul 1887 - Cooperstown, Jackson Twp, Venango Co, PA 9
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1967
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Berta Ida "Ebba" Muehlbauer (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 17 Jun 1933 3

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2 M Dick Small ³

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           Born: 5 Aug 1892 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Oct 1893 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Madison Moses "Matt" Small

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He spent his life at his birthplace. He was allowed excellent educational opportuni-ties, attending Sunville Seminary and later en-tering Hillsdale (Mich.) College, which he left during the sophomore year because of the death of his brother, which made it necessary for him to return to the farm. The property was kept in prime condition under his able direction, and besides retaining most of his father's hold-ings he and his son Walter M. Small acquired more land, and had over four hundred acres, of which about one hundred acres were under cultivation and in pasture lands. The rest was in timber, and according to the State forester there was only one timber tract in the county more valuable, some of the original timber which was there in his grandfather's time still remaining. Part of the residence on the place was built by Samuel H. Small in 1872. The dwelling house and barns were sup-plied with soft water from springs high up on the hillside. The house was supplied with hot and cold water and bathroom and conven-iences, also the dairyroom. Mr. Small followed general farming, but he was also notably successful as a stock raiser and his exhibits at the county fairs attracted wide notice. For years he was engaged in the breeding of Dorset horned sheep, and during that time owned the celebrated English ewe Bission Belle, who had the world's record for ewe production, with twenty-three lambs in six years, the males selling for breeding pur-poses all over the United States. He was also instrumental in organizing the Dorset Horned Sheep Breeders' Association of America. Mr. Small gained a reputation as an authority in this line, but he discontinued breeding because his sheep became infected with internal parasites, also the pastures. After 1886 he was interested in the breeding of pure blooded Jersey cattle, having his original stock for about ten years. A number of cows that he raised made phenomenal records and some sold for fabulous prices after passing from his ownership.
The Small farm was good oil territory, and Mr. Small began producing oil there since 1878, and one of his wells kept up its orig-inal yield for thirty-six years. His various lines of enterprise combined well to keep him busy all the year round and to secure a maximum of return for his labors upon his land. He was been an enthusiastic worker in the Patrons of Husbandry, Sugar Creek Grange, No. 1131. Mr. Small was also a prominent member of the I. O. O. F., being a past noble grand of his lodge and a representative to the grand lodge. He was a Republican in political principle but inde-pendent in the use of his ballot, and he never sought office for himself, though he used his influence to place good men in re-sponsible offices. [CAB, 525]

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General Notes: Wife - Ida Mary Alcorn

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from Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 603, 604.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 523.

3 Earl Prather, The Alcorn Family in Northwestern Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1997), Pg 6.

4 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 604.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 525.

6 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 603.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 524.

8 E. O. Jameson, The Jamesons in America, 1647 - 1900 (Boston, MA: The Rumford Press, 1901), Pg 112.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 526.

10 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 226.

11 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 568.

12 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1048.

13 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 526, 908.