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Small, Richard, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1807, and came to this county in 1848.
He is a son of Simon and Margaret (Smith) Small. Mary Edwards became the wife of Richard Small in Pittsburgh, October 26, 1828. She is a daughter of John and Mary (Jones) Edwards,
and was born in South Wales, England, August 17, 1810. Her parents came to this county in 1833. Mr. Charles Small is a coal dealer and a farmer. They have discovered what is supposed
to be good furnace clay on their farm, which is located one mile south of Bladensburg, and there is also coal located there. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Small are as follows:
John E., born July 17, 1829, resides in Indiana; Richard H., April 10, 1831, drowned in the Ohio river March 24, 1849; Simon S., January 10, 1833, resides in Urbana, Illinois; Finley E.,
December 6, 1834, resides in Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Mary A., December 21, 1836, resides in Crown City; Margaret J., December 15, 1838, resides in this township; Virginia H., March 27, 1841,
resides in Stark county, Ohio; Elizabeth, January 12, 1843, resides in Meigs county, Ohio; Henry C., December 26, 1845, died April 3, 1854; William P., October 26, 1846, resides in Gallipolis;
Winfield S., July 21, 1848, resides in Ohio township; Charles R., February 25, 1850, resides at home; Catherine, February 15, 1852, died March 30, 1861. Mr. Small had two sons in the late war.
Finley and William served three years in the 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company I. William was wounded in the battle of Chickamauga, on the 18th of September, 1863. Richard Small died in 1854.
His widow is now on the old homestead. The postoffice address of Mr. Charles Small is Bush's Mill, Gallia county, Ohio.
History of Gallia County: Containing A Condensed History of the County; Biographical Sketches; General Statistics, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; by James P. Averill
Hardesty & CO., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo. 1882.
transcribed by KT FOFG.
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