Descendants of Robert and Susannah Bond Small
By Janice Hiser
Generation No. 1
Generation No. 2
Endnotes
Generation 1: ROBERT 3 SMALL (Samuel2, Robert1) was born March 26, 1818 (date on website- I have no such info),
died March 13, 1891, Knox Co., In. (source: Robert's estate papers). He married Susannah Bond on December 28,
1838 in Knox Co., In. (source: marriage license & WPA record listing for Knox Co., In. marriages 1838-1854).
Susan died between 1862 & 1864. (source: 1860 & 1870 Knox Co., In. census & WPA supplemental record
listing for Knox Co., In. marriages 1880 - 1920 listing Jacob Small's parents as Robert Small & Susan Bond.).
Robert remarried Nancy (Bence) Morehead Schoonover on Oct. 6, 1864 (source: marriage license & WPA record
listing for Knox Co., In. marriages 1854-1920).
Notes: I have seen his female child W.E. Small transcribed as N.E. Small. There also is an added child after N.E.
Small - Jacob, born abt. 1862 (source: 1860 & 1870 Knox Co., In. census & WPA supplemental record for Knox
Co., In. marriages 1880 - 1920 lists Robert Small and Susan Bond as parents).
List of documentation on Robert Small:
1. Knox Co., In census for 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, & 1880.
2. Estate papers for Robert.
3. Marriage certificate to Susannah Bond.
4. Marriage certificate to Nancy (Bence) Morehead Schoonover.
5. WPA record listing for Knox Co., In. Marriages 1838 - 1854 (Robert Small & Susannah Bond).
6. WPA record listing for Knox Co., In. Marriages 1854 - 1920 (Robert Small & Nancy Schoonover.)
7. WPA supplemental record listings for Knox Co., In. marriages 1880- 1920 listing a Jacob's and a Robt. C.'s parents
as Robert Small & Susan Bond.
Generation 2: SAMUEL 4 SMALL (ROBERT3, SAMUEL2, ROBERT1) WAS BORN Aug. 22, 1842 (source: grave stone, pension
papers- by his own hand), died Jan. 19, 1925 in Knox Co., In. (source: grave stone, Samuel's will, Samuel's civil
war pension papers, newspaper obit,). Samuel married Sarah Jane Schooley on Oct. 8, 1867 in Knox Co., In. (source:
marriage license & WPA Knox Co., In. marriage record listing for marriages 1854-1920.). Sarah Jane Schooley
Small's birthdates are varied (listed on grave stone as June 6, 1847). Sarah Jane Schooley Small died Oct. 30,
1912 in Knox Co., In. (source: death certificate & grave stone).
List of documentation on Samuel Small:
1. Knox Co., In. census for 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920.
2. Samuel's will.
3. grave stone pictures.
4. Civil War pension papers.
5. Civil War military records.
6. newspaper obit.
7. a picture of him and his wife.
8. marriage certificate of Samuel Small and Sarah Jane Schooley.
9. WPA Knox Co., In. marriage record for marriages 1854-1920 listing Samuel Small and Sarah Schooley.
10. Death certificate for Sarah; Sam's (according to Knox Co., In. Health Dept.) is not to be found.
11. WPA Knox Co., In. birth listings: female child born 5-11-1890 to Sam Small and ---- Schooley.
12. WPA Knox Co., In. Supplemental Marriage listing the parents of Marion Small & Ollie Small as Samuel Small
and Sarah Schooley.
Janice Hiser
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