Genealogy of Thomas and Nancy Avery Small

Descendants of Thomas and Nancy Avery Small

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By Francis R. Small
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Generation No. 1



1. THOMAS1 SMALL was born 1785 in of Chowan Co., North Carolina, and died Abt. 1839 in Lee Co., Iowa. He married NANCY AVERY May 23, 1807 in Chowan Co., North Carolina. She was born 1785 in of North Carolina, and died Bet. 1840 - 1850 in Lee Co., Iowa.


Marriage Notes for THOMAS SMALL and NANCY AVERY:
LDS IGI Birth and Marriage Index, NC p. 12,152

Children of THOMAS SMALL and NANCY AVERY are:
i. PRISCILLA K.2 SMALL, b. March 09, 1808; m. (1) ADONIRAM J. COPELAND; m. (2) HENRY BOND, April 25, 1838, Chowan Co., North Carolina; b. Abt. 1808.

Marriage Notes for PRISCILLA SMALL and HENRY BOND:
LDS IGI Birth and Marriage Index, NC p. 12,151

ii. SMALL, b. Abt. 1809.
iii. THOMAS SMALL, b. Abt. 1810.
2. iv. JAMES IRA SMALL, b. May 29, 1813, North Carolina; d. June 10, 1895, Taylor Cem. Mahaska Co., Tioga, Iowa.
v. ELSBURY SMALL, b. Abt. 1815; m. MATILDA NEEDHAM; b. Abt. 1815.
vi. SMALL, b. Abt. 1817.
3. vii. WILLIAM SMALL, b. May 13, 1819, North Carolina; d. April 11, 1891, Barnes City, buried Springfield Cem., Keokuk Co., Iowa.
4. viii. LEONARD MARTIN SMALL, b. March 01, 1821, Chowan Co., NC; d. March 25, 1882, L.M. Small Cem., Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa.
ix. SMALL, b. Abt. 1823.


Generation No. 2



2. JAMES IRA2 SMALL (THOMAS1) was born May 29, 1813 in North Carolina, and died June 10, 1895 in Taylor Cem. Mahaska Co., Tioga, Iowa. He married PHEBE ANN FOWLER June 30, 1839 in Lee Co. IA. She was born Abt. 1826 in Indiana, and died June 10, 1879 in Taylor Cem. Mahaska Co., Tioga, Iowa.

Children of JAMES SMALL and PHEBE FOWLER are:
i. JOHN3 SMALL, b. March 26, 1842, Iowa; d. December 29, 1887.
ii. MATILDA JANE SMALL, b. August 20, 1848, Mahaska Co., IA; d. October 05, 1923, Mahaska Co., IA, Taylor Cem.; m. THOMAS MARTIN TAYLOR.
iii. A. H. SMALL, b. Abt. 1856.
iv. LEONARD SMALL, b. 1858, Mahaska Co., IA.
5. v. THOMAS SMALL, b. October 12, 1861.

3. WILLIAM2 SMALL (THOMAS1) was born May 13, 1819 in North Carolina, and died April 11, 1891 in Barnes City, buried Springfield Cem., Keokuk Co., Iowa. He married (1) SARAH A. JANE SIMPKINS. She was born May 18, 1836 in Virginia. He married (2) SUSANNA MILLER June 03, 1841 in Lee Co., IA, daughter of ISAAC MILLER and SUSANNA MCCOY. She was born January 19, 1822 in Ohio, and died November 30, 1850 in Mahaska Co., Iowa.

Children of WILLIAM SMALL and SARAH SIMPKINS are:
i. LEONARD3 SMALL, b. Abt. 1853.
ii. JOHN L. SMALL, b. Abt. 1864.
iii. MARY E. SMALL, b. Abt. 1864.
iv. JAMES H. SMALL, b. Abt. 1864.
v. NANCY J. SMALL, b. Bef. 1878.

Children of WILLIAM SMALL and SUSANNA MILLER are:
vi. THOMAS ABRAHAM3 SMALL, b. Abt. 1842, Iowa; d. August 26, 1874; m. CLARISSA R. DERBY, November 06, 1870, Mahaska Co., Iowa.
vii. SMALL, b. Abt. 1843.
viii. SUSANNA SMALL, b. Abt. 1843.
ix. WILLIAM SMALL, b. Abt. 1844; d. Bef. 1878.
6. x. ISAAC NEWTON SMALL, b. June 26, 1848, Iowa; d. August 01, 1904, Crystal Plains Cem., Crystal Plains, Smith Co., Kansas.

4. LEONARD MARTIN2 SMALL (THOMAS1) was born March 01, 1821 in Chowan Co., NC, and died March 25, 1882 in L.M. Small Cem., Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa. He married (1) ESTHER MARGARET BOWMAN August 08, 1846 in Polk Co., IA. She was born Abt. 1825 in KY. He married (2) MARY RUTHERFORD January 31, 1872.


Notes for ESTHER MARGARET BOWMAN:
Esther Margaret Bowman was married 5 times
1st Elijah Chase
2nd James Ira Small
3rd Abraham Messersmith
4th Murry
5th Isaac Sarvis

Children of LEONARD SMALL and ESTHER BOWMAN are:
i. AMANDA3 SMALL, b. February 1846, Polk Co., IA; d. January 11, 1847, Polk Co., IA.
ii. JAMES IRA SMALL, b. 1848, Polk Co., IA; d. August 28, 1849, Polk Co., IA.
iii. THOMAS W. SMALL, b. 1850, Polk Co., IA; d. December 15, 1857, Polk Co., IA.
iv. NANCY SUSAN SMALL, b. 1851, Polk Co., IA; d. November 13, 1931, Polk Co., IA.
7. v. WILLIAM RILEY SMALL, b. April 19, 1854, Polk Co., IA; d. November 13, 1931, Tioga, Mahaska Co., IA.
vi. MARTHA SMALL, b. 1857, Polk Co., IA; d. 1861, Polk Co., IA.
8. vii. MARGARET MARY SMALL, b. February 07, 1860; d. December 30, 1898, Lucerne, Kansas.
viii. GERTRUDE SMALL, b. October 11, 1862, Polk Co., IA; d. September 10, 1869, Polk Co., IA.

Child of LEONARD SMALL and MARY RUTHERFORD is:
ix. BERT3 SMALL, b. November 16, 1872, Polk City IA; d. August 22, 1954; m. FLORENCE CRABTREE.


Generation No. 3



5. THOMAS3 SMALL (JAMES IRA2, THOMAS1) was born October 12, 1861. He married MARGARET MARY SMALL April 26, 1879, daughter of LEONARD SMALL and ESTHER BOWMAN. She was born February 07, 1860, and died December 30, 1898 in Lucerne, Kansas.

Children of THOMAS SMALL and MARGARET SMALL are:
i. GERTRUDE ESTHER4 SMALL, b. July 31, 1885; d. September 28, 1899.
ii. HARLEY SMALL, b. Abt. 1896.
iii. SON SMALL.
iv. SON SMALL.
v. SON SMALL.
vi. SON SMALL.
vii. SON SMALL.

6. ISAAC NEWTON3 SMALL (WILLIAM2, THOMAS1) was born June 26, 1848 in Iowa, and died August 01, 1904 in Crystal Plains Cem., Crystal Plains, Smith Co., Kansas. He married (1) ELIZABETH ANNA DERBY September 17, 1877 in Beloit, Mitchell Co., Kansas. She was born October 12, 1859 in Iowa, and died May 25, 1883 in Prairie Grove Cem., Cawker City, Mitchell County, KS. He married (2) CHLOEY SENOR March 30, 1898. She was born October 1876 in Kansas, and died May 28, 1945 in Smith Center, Smith Co., Kansas.

Child of ISAAC SMALL and ELIZABETH DERBY is:
9. i. JAMES EDWIN4 SMALL, b. May 31, 1878, Smith Center, Smith Co., Kansas; d. May 31, 1964, Peoria Illinois, buried in Roanoke, Illinois.

Children of ISAAC SMALL and CHLOEY SENOR are:
ii. LENA GRACE4 SMALL, b. October 20, 1889, Smith Center, Smith Co., KS; d. November 15, 1960, Phoenix AZ.

Notes for LENA GRACE SMALL:
LDS IGI Birth and Marriage Records, KS p. 4,065

10. iii. OCTAVIA FAY SMALL, b. February 27, 1901; d. November 22, 1987, Phoenix AZ, buried Memory Lawn Cem., , Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ.
iv. GEORGE WILLIAM SMALL, b. 1902; d. June 03, 1961, Iola Kansas; m. ; b. September 26, 1906; d. August 25, 1967.

7. WILLIAM RILEY3 SMALL (LEONARD MARTIN2, THOMAS1) was born April 19, 1854 in Polk Co., IA, and died November 13, 1931 in Tioga, Mahaska Co., IA. He married MARY MARGARET MYERS February 21, 1875 in Mahaska Co., IA, daughter of PETER MYERS and HETTA DEERE. She was born April 20, 1854 in Mahaska Co., IA, and died July 25, 1934 in Buried Tioga, Mahaska Co., IA.

Children of WILLIAM SMALL and MARY MYERS are:
i. ELLA LOUISE4 SMALL, b. May 25, 1876; d. April 29, 1961, Of Perry IA; m. AMOS A. WERNER.
ii. STEPHANIE BELLE SMALL, b. January 06, 1878; d. August 03, 1918, Buried Tioga, Mahaska Co., IA; m. HENRY CASKEY.
iii. LEONARD MARTIN SMALL, b. October 18, 1879, Polk Co., IA; d. February 06, 1884, buried Small Cem. Polk Co., IA.
iv. PETER JAMES SMALL, b. April 06, 1882; d. December 24, 1928; m. CRESSIE JUNE SANDERS.
v. WILLIAM HENRY SMALL, b. October 28, 1883; d. January 03, 1967, Of Mahaska Co., IA.
vi. BERTHA MAE SMALL, b. December 16, 1890; d. December 24, 1960, Of Rose Hill IA; m. OLIVER FRANKLIN MASON.
vii. JOHN ROBERT SMALL, b. October 02, 1894; d. September 21, 1959, Of Iowa City IA; m. MYRTLE SANDERS.

8. MARGARET MARY3 SMALL (LEONARD MARTIN2, THOMAS1) was born February 07, 1860, and died December 30, 1898 in Lucerne, Kansas. She married THOMAS SMALL April 26, 1879, son of JAMES SMALL and PHEBE FOWLER. He was born October 12, 1861.

Children are listed above under (5) Thomas Small.



Generation No. 4



9. JAMES EDWIN4 SMALL (ISAAC NEWTON3, WILLIAM2, THOMAS1) was born May 31, 1878 in Smith Center, Smith Co., Kansas, and died May 31, 1964 in Peoria Illinois, buried in Roanoke, Illinois. He married ALTA ESTER RANSOM January 01, 1900 in Smith Center, Smith Co., KS. She was born October 24, 1881 in Portis, and died December 19, 1976 in Eureka Illinois.

Children of JAMES SMALL and ALTA RANSOM are:
i. ALYEE ROSE5 SMALL, b. October 31, 1900; d. June 1993, Sebring FL; m. WILLIAM MILLER, June 04, 1922, Chicago, Cook Co., IL.
ii. ZELLA MAY SMALL, b. May 12, 1902, Crystal Plains, KS; d. August 23, 1906, Crystal Plains, KS.
iii. LENA MARY SMALL, b. September 17, 1904, Portis KS; d. March 15, 1905, Crystal Plains Cem., Crystal Plains KS.
iv. FEMALE SMALL, b. 1911.
v. FRANCIS RANSOM SMALL, b. July 09, 1913, Portis KS; d. February 22, 1980, San Antonio, Bandera Co., TX, buried Mission Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; m. GEORGIE EDNA BRADSHAW; b. April 07, 1920; d. January 02, 2001, Mission Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas..
vi. FEMALE SMALL, b. 1916.
vii. ASHER RANDALL SMALL, b. December 11, 1919, Portis KS; d. 1967, Thousand Oaks CA; m. NEILSON.
viii. MALE SMALL, b. 1924.

10. OCTAVIA FAY4 SMALL (ISAAC NEWTON3, WILLIAM2, THOMAS1) was born February 27, 1901, and died November 22, 1987 in Phoenix AZ, buried Memory Lawn Cem., , Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ. She married GILES VIRGIL MILLER. He was born July 20, 1899, and died November 22, 1987 in Memory Lawn Cem., , Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ.

Child of OCTAVIA SMALL and GILES MILLER is:
11. i. LOYAL DEAN5 MILLER.


Generation No. 5



11. LOYAL DEAN5 MILLER (OCTAVIA FAY4 SMALL, ISAAC NEWTON3, WILLIAM2, THOMAS1)

Child of LOYAL DEAN MILLER is:
i. LAURA DEAN6 MILLER.



Endnotes

SMALL OBITUARIES

Death Notice William Small
William Small of Tioga died at Mahaska Hosptial at 10:15 a.m. November 12, 1931 after a weeks illness.

Obituary William Riley small
William Riley Small died at the Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa at the age of 77 years and 6 months. He was born in Polk City April 19, 1854. He married Mary Margaret Myers, Feb. 21, 1875. They had seven children three proceeded him in death. He is survived by his wife and four children: Ella of Perry, William at home, Bertha of Rose Hill and Robert of Iowa City. 26 grand children, 5 great grand children, 1 sister, Mrs. Emma Grimm of Boone and 1 brother Bert Small of Polk City.

Obituary Margarret Small
Margarret Small was born February 7th, 1860, was married to Thomas Small in 1879, and moved with her husband to Lucerne, Kansas, in 1881 where she died December 30th, 1898. She left a loving husband and seven children to mourn her loss.
She was converted to God and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1803.
Her death was peaceful and triumphant. The funeral services were conducted by the writer at the school house, Sunday morning Jan. 1st. The sermon being preached from the words found in Matt. 924, "He said unto them, give place; for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth.
The remains were laid in the Karnes Cemetery. W.E. Cox
Hoxie Sentinel, Jan. 19, 1899.

Obituary Gertrude Esther Small, daughter of Thomas and Maggie (Margarret) Small, died September 28, 1899. She ws born July 31, 1885, and at the time of her death was 14 years, 1 month 28 days old. She died of unaccountable poisoning supposed to have been in the breakfast coffee partaken of by father and daughter and in a few short hours of suffering Gertrude passed away.
She leaves to mourn her loss a father and six brothers, the youngest little Harley, being only two years and five months old.
Hoxie Palladium, October 5, 1899


The Leonard Martin Small Cemetery

About 11/2 miles from Polk City along side the highway surrounded by a white picket fence.


Buried there are L.M. Small 3-1-1821
Children of L.M. Small:
Amanda 1846 - 1847
Janes Ira 1848 - 1849
Thomas W. 1850 - 1859
Nancy Susan 1851 - 1857
Martha 1857 - 1861
Gertrude 1862 - 1869

And his Grandson Leonard Martin Small 1879 - 1884


Excerpts from "History of Tama County" 1883. (Iowa)


The year 1860 was a memorable on in the history of Tama County, made so by the hanging of the Bunker boys. It was the first and last hanging affair in the county. The Bunker boys, says a local writer, Charles and William, were members of large gang of cut-throats. These men were the representative characters of the gang. The operations of the gang extended from one end of the country to the other - from Texas up through the Indian Territory, Arkansas, Missouri and Iowa to Wisconsin; from the Ohio River, at Pittsburg, through the states if Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, to the Missouri river, as far as civilization extended. Their depredations were directed against society everywhere, and they preyed upon the substance of honest toilers, merchants and business men, with reckless and daring impunity, sparing no one who was not in some way allied with their plunder-stained combination. In 1860, a gentleman by the name of Small, a resident of Polk county, had three valuable colts stolen from the prairie just east of the city of Des Moines. When Mr. Small missed his colts, he procured the assistance of Constable Seaman, of the same county, and started on the trail, which they followed to the residence of the Bunkers in Hardin county, where they very soon found the colts. Advancing to the house the pursuers were met by the mother of the Bunkers, who barred their way, ax in hand. At length, and without violence, an entrance was effected and one of the boys arrested. Securing him, they kept guard until daylight, when another Bunker came in sight, and after a long chase, he too, was captured. The colts were haltered and the party started for Des Moines. While in Tama county they were joined by Stephen Klingaman, and, as the story goes, it was proposed to hang one of their prisoners until he should reveal the names of his partners in crime. They has succeeded so far as to suspend one of them in mid-air - without, however, intending to continue the process until he was dead - when the other Bunker sprang away and started for freedom at a lively gait. Klingaman and Seaman started in pursuit, leaving small to take care of the aerial Bunker. Small became so much interested in watching the pursuit and flight, that he forgot to lower the body and by the time Klingaman and Seaman returned with the recaptured brother, the first was as dead as smelt. As a matter of precaution and to prevent his telling tales, the other Bunker was submitted to the same strangling process and with the same result. Thus both bodies were left suspended on a Tama county tree in what is known as National grove, in Perry Township. They were found hanging soon after the perpetrators had gone. Klingaman, it is said, was drowned the next spring, near Helena, in the Mississippi river, having fled to that point, and Seaman and Small were arrested shortly after, but escaped. The former was never seen, or heard of, afterward. Small, after passing several years in the Rocky Mountains, returned to his farm and family in Polk County. In 1877, Small was arrested at Des Moines by Deputy Sheriff, William E. Appelgate, and again escaped from custody, but afterward gave bond for his appearance at the February term of Court, in 1878. At this time he was tried and found guilty of murder in the first degree. A new trial was asked and granted by Judge Shane. At the February term of the District Court, in 1879, the case was dismissed, Small paying al costs of prosecution.


Excerpt from "Polk County Centennial Book 1875 - 1975
"Tragedy in Polk City's Beginnings"

The Polk City vigilantes were formed to discourage horse thievery. Head of this vigilante committee was Mr. L. M. Small. One day when horses were stolen, Small and other members of the band took out after the thieves. Locating them in Audubon County, efforts were made to make the men confess. During these efforts, a rope was placed around the neck of one of the men, thrown over a higher object and told if he did not confess, they would hang him. He refused and the men jerked the man's body from the ground, to stand on his tiptoes.
Just then the other man thought he saw an opportunity to escape and ran away. The vigilantes took after him and by the time they had recaptured him and returned ot the scene of the hanging, the man was quite hung and quite dead.
He had lived in Tama county and Small was charged with murder, since he led the raid. When notified in advance, he left the country for a year or so and when he returned, public interest had abated, and when he died, a fairly wealthy man, of natural causes, he was buried in the Polk City cemetery.
This cemetery is about one and a half miles northwest of Polk City on Iowa hwy 415, it is surrounded by a white picket fence. It was the first Polk City cemetery. The bodies from this early cemetery were all moved to the present site (with the exception of Mr. Small). When requesting permission to move the body, relation said, "No, let the dead lie."


From Des Moines Register, Saturday, Feb. 23, 1878.

L. M. Small of East Des Moines, Iowa, convicted of hanging which occurred in 1860 in District Court at Toledo, Ia. Wed. Feb. 20, 1878.

Note: The conviction was overturned, At a second trial, the Charges were dismissed.



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