Individual Details
Edward Henry SMALL
(10 Mar 1860 - 25 May 1936)
Source:
The Tree Shaker
Oct 1975
Pub. By Permian Basin Gen Soc
Odessa TX
The Biography of Edward Henry Small
Edward Henry Small, Pioneer Merchant and Second County Judge of Collingsworth Co. Texas. Charter Member of Wellington 763 and Shamrock 929 Masonic Lodges. Olivia Parthenia Furr Small, Pioneer homemaker.
Edward Henry Small was born 10 March 1860 in De Kalb County, Alabama to Harriett Charlotte Nicholson and her husband William Andrew Small, who was a Confederate soldier in Co., F, 7th Ala. Cav. Ed attended North Alabama College, Sulpher Springs for three years. He taught school in Marshall Co., Alabama and was a merchant in Collinsville and Atalla. In Atalla, he operated a pharmacy with his brother Dr. Andrew Buchanan Small who later practiced medicine in Waxahachie and Dallas Texas.
At Dawson, Alabama on December 18, 1882 he was married to Miss Olivia Parthenia Furr in the home of her sister Sarah (Mrs. B. F. Wofford). The ceremony was performed by his cousin Rev. Rufus Nicholson.
Olivia's father served in Co., F. 66th Reg. Ga. INF of the Confederate Army. Her parents were Leonard Washington and Parthenia Lane Furr. Four children were born in Alabama.
Collingsworth County, Texas was one year old when E. H. Small filed on Section 20, blk. 16 near Aberdeen in March 1891. He first lived in a tent alone and in three months had erected one of the early stone houses in the county. He then sent for his family to travel by train to Childress. Drought conditions forced him to supplement his income from farming operations and he established a general merchandice store at Aberdeen, just across from the Rocking Chair Ranch which covered 235 sections of land in the panhandle and which was owned by English nobility from London. He was postmaster, doctor, dentist and counselor for the Rocking Chair cowboys of the eastern Panhandle. He hauled "sweet" water for laundry and drinking several mles from a speing on Elm Creek.
In 1894 he was elected second county judge to serve the new county. He served for ten years. At the time he took office the county script was worth 40 cents on the dollar, but at the end of his first term it was worth par and the tax reate had been reduced. During the time court was in session Judge Small rode horseback from his home at Aberdeen to Wellington twice daily and on occasions had to swim his horse across Salt Fork of Red River and at others he crossed on the ice. Mr. Small helped organize Presbyterian churches in Wheeler and Collingsworth Counties. His older brother Lemuel Matthew and his grandfather Matthew were ministers in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He helped organize the Masonic lodges in Wellington #763 and Shamrock #929 and served as first worshipful master in the latter.
Soon after the Rock Island Railroad built its line into Shamrock, Texas in 1903, he resigned as county judge. He moved and built the first business building in Shamrock. A 50x120 structure at Main and First Streets. He helped organize the Farmer''s and Merchant's State Bank in 1909 and served as its president for many years. In 1910 this merchant became interested in fine cattle and was for fifteen years engaged in breeding black Aberdeen-Angus. The neclues of his herd was acquired from Parker Paris, Hudson, Kansas. The herd began with a bull (Blackbird) and ten cows (Prides of Aberdeen) and was built to 300. He was a consistant exhibitor at the Texas State Fair, Forth Worth Stock Shows, Amarillo Tri-State Fair and the Kansas City Livestock Shows.
For fifteen years prior to his death, Judge Small was general manager for the Wm E. Hughes Estate with offices in Wellington.
This pioneed died 25 May 1936 at 300. W. Ninth, Wellington, and buiried in Shamrock. Rev. Dr. R. Thomsen, Amarillo conducted the funeral service. Pall bearers were Ben Skidmore, B. F. Risinger, Cabot Brannon, Royce Lewis, Charles Staggs all of Shamrock and Frank Anderson, Wellington. Honorary pall bearers were John Yarbrough and E. H. Dodson of Dodsonville, F. H. Royal, J. A. Mahan, C. J. Glenn, T. T. Fain, W. M. Forbis, J. M. Stubblefield and L. T. Alexander of Wellington; Judge A. J. Fires, Childress; Geo. B. Dunn, Mobeetie; Scott Amend, Canyon; W. L. Mathers, Amarillo; JH. M. Porter, Wheeler,; Albert Mamby, a. J. Laycock, W. S. Walker, W. W. Baxter, Jeff D. Mankins, John W. Bradley, S. P. Britt and S. W. Norwood, all of Shamrock.
His survivers were his widow and eight children, Ada B. (Mrs Temple Atkins), Cleopatra (Mrs R. L. Templeton), Clinton Charles, Horace Matthew, Grace (Mrs. Fred Holmes), Harriett P. (Mrs. Walker Mount), Edward Hugh, and Nell Sayre (Mrs. E. H. Kromer), eighteen grandchildren and on great-granddaughter.
Olivia (Ollie) P. F. Small was born 15 December 1860 in Habersham Co., in north Georgia. Her maternal ancestors are surnamed Lane, Thurman, Moss and Turner. Her paternal ancestors were Griffith, Little, Oldridge, Esty, Wilson, Stanley and Towne. She taught school for a short time.
Mrs. Small died in St. Mary's Hospital, Shamrock, Texas from an infected tooth at the age of 83. A life-long friend, Rev. W. A. Erwin, Presb. Conducted the funeral services assisted by Rev. Ed. C. Derr, Rev. Marvin B. Norwood, and Rev. Sidney G. Monk. Services were in the Methodist Church and burial in Shamrock Cemetery. Pallbearers were Harry Mundy, E. K. Caperton, B. F. Holmes, Frank Dubose, all of Shamrock and Frank Anderson and J. B. Stevenson of Wellington.
Sources:
Baker, Eugene C., Ed., A History of Texas and Texans, 1916, Vol. V. pp.
2190-91-91
Southern Historical Research Magazine, 1935, pp.80,81,82
A History of Collingsworth County and Other Stories, The Leader Printing
Co., Wellington, Texas, 1925, pp. 7 37, 40, 59, 60, and 113.
Obituaries of E. H. S. Mary 2-27, 1936 from Amarillo Globe News,
Collingsworth Standard, Dallas Morning News, Ft. Worth Saar Telegram,
Shamrock Texan, Wellington Leader.
Obituaries of O.P> F>S> (d. 10-30-1943) in Shamrock Texan and Wellington Leader, Nov. 4 1943
Submitted by Frances Templeton Walker, 1304 Lawson Ave., Midland TX
The Tree Shaker
Oct 1975
Pub. By Permian Basin Gen Soc
Odessa TX
The Biography of Edward Henry Small
Edward Henry Small, Pioneer Merchant and Second County Judge of Collingsworth Co. Texas. Charter Member of Wellington 763 and Shamrock 929 Masonic Lodges. Olivia Parthenia Furr Small, Pioneer homemaker.
Edward Henry Small was born 10 March 1860 in De Kalb County, Alabama to Harriett Charlotte Nicholson and her husband William Andrew Small, who was a Confederate soldier in Co., F, 7th Ala. Cav. Ed attended North Alabama College, Sulpher Springs for three years. He taught school in Marshall Co., Alabama and was a merchant in Collinsville and Atalla. In Atalla, he operated a pharmacy with his brother Dr. Andrew Buchanan Small who later practiced medicine in Waxahachie and Dallas Texas.
At Dawson, Alabama on December 18, 1882 he was married to Miss Olivia Parthenia Furr in the home of her sister Sarah (Mrs. B. F. Wofford). The ceremony was performed by his cousin Rev. Rufus Nicholson.
Olivia's father served in Co., F. 66th Reg. Ga. INF of the Confederate Army. Her parents were Leonard Washington and Parthenia Lane Furr. Four children were born in Alabama.
Collingsworth County, Texas was one year old when E. H. Small filed on Section 20, blk. 16 near Aberdeen in March 1891. He first lived in a tent alone and in three months had erected one of the early stone houses in the county. He then sent for his family to travel by train to Childress. Drought conditions forced him to supplement his income from farming operations and he established a general merchandice store at Aberdeen, just across from the Rocking Chair Ranch which covered 235 sections of land in the panhandle and which was owned by English nobility from London. He was postmaster, doctor, dentist and counselor for the Rocking Chair cowboys of the eastern Panhandle. He hauled "sweet" water for laundry and drinking several mles from a speing on Elm Creek.
In 1894 he was elected second county judge to serve the new county. He served for ten years. At the time he took office the county script was worth 40 cents on the dollar, but at the end of his first term it was worth par and the tax reate had been reduced. During the time court was in session Judge Small rode horseback from his home at Aberdeen to Wellington twice daily and on occasions had to swim his horse across Salt Fork of Red River and at others he crossed on the ice. Mr. Small helped organize Presbyterian churches in Wheeler and Collingsworth Counties. His older brother Lemuel Matthew and his grandfather Matthew were ministers in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He helped organize the Masonic lodges in Wellington #763 and Shamrock #929 and served as first worshipful master in the latter.
Soon after the Rock Island Railroad built its line into Shamrock, Texas in 1903, he resigned as county judge. He moved and built the first business building in Shamrock. A 50x120 structure at Main and First Streets. He helped organize the Farmer''s and Merchant's State Bank in 1909 and served as its president for many years. In 1910 this merchant became interested in fine cattle and was for fifteen years engaged in breeding black Aberdeen-Angus. The neclues of his herd was acquired from Parker Paris, Hudson, Kansas. The herd began with a bull (Blackbird) and ten cows (Prides of Aberdeen) and was built to 300. He was a consistant exhibitor at the Texas State Fair, Forth Worth Stock Shows, Amarillo Tri-State Fair and the Kansas City Livestock Shows.
For fifteen years prior to his death, Judge Small was general manager for the Wm E. Hughes Estate with offices in Wellington.
This pioneed died 25 May 1936 at 300. W. Ninth, Wellington, and buiried in Shamrock. Rev. Dr. R. Thomsen, Amarillo conducted the funeral service. Pall bearers were Ben Skidmore, B. F. Risinger, Cabot Brannon, Royce Lewis, Charles Staggs all of Shamrock and Frank Anderson, Wellington. Honorary pall bearers were John Yarbrough and E. H. Dodson of Dodsonville, F. H. Royal, J. A. Mahan, C. J. Glenn, T. T. Fain, W. M. Forbis, J. M. Stubblefield and L. T. Alexander of Wellington; Judge A. J. Fires, Childress; Geo. B. Dunn, Mobeetie; Scott Amend, Canyon; W. L. Mathers, Amarillo; JH. M. Porter, Wheeler,; Albert Mamby, a. J. Laycock, W. S. Walker, W. W. Baxter, Jeff D. Mankins, John W. Bradley, S. P. Britt and S. W. Norwood, all of Shamrock.
His survivers were his widow and eight children, Ada B. (Mrs Temple Atkins), Cleopatra (Mrs R. L. Templeton), Clinton Charles, Horace Matthew, Grace (Mrs. Fred Holmes), Harriett P. (Mrs. Walker Mount), Edward Hugh, and Nell Sayre (Mrs. E. H. Kromer), eighteen grandchildren and on great-granddaughter.
Olivia (Ollie) P. F. Small was born 15 December 1860 in Habersham Co., in north Georgia. Her maternal ancestors are surnamed Lane, Thurman, Moss and Turner. Her paternal ancestors were Griffith, Little, Oldridge, Esty, Wilson, Stanley and Towne. She taught school for a short time.
Mrs. Small died in St. Mary's Hospital, Shamrock, Texas from an infected tooth at the age of 83. A life-long friend, Rev. W. A. Erwin, Presb. Conducted the funeral services assisted by Rev. Ed. C. Derr, Rev. Marvin B. Norwood, and Rev. Sidney G. Monk. Services were in the Methodist Church and burial in Shamrock Cemetery. Pallbearers were Harry Mundy, E. K. Caperton, B. F. Holmes, Frank Dubose, all of Shamrock and Frank Anderson and J. B. Stevenson of Wellington.
Sources:
Baker, Eugene C., Ed., A History of Texas and Texans, 1916, Vol. V. pp.
2190-91-91
Southern Historical Research Magazine, 1935, pp.80,81,82
A History of Collingsworth County and Other Stories, The Leader Printing
Co., Wellington, Texas, 1925, pp. 7 37, 40, 59, 60, and 113.
Obituaries of E. H. S. Mary 2-27, 1936 from Amarillo Globe News,
Collingsworth Standard, Dallas Morning News, Ft. Worth Saar Telegram,
Shamrock Texan, Wellington Leader.
Obituaries of O.P> F>S> (d. 10-30-1943) in Shamrock Texan and Wellington Leader, Nov. 4 1943
Submitted by Frances Templeton Walker, 1304 Lawson Ave., Midland TX
Events
| Birth | 10 Mar 1860 | Collinsville, DeKalb County, AL | |||
| Marriage | 13 Dec 1882 | DeKalb County, AL - Olivia Parthenia FURR | |||
| Death | 25 May 1936 | Wellington, Collingsworth County, TX | |||
| Burial | Shamrock Cemetery, Shamrock, Wheeler County, TX |  |
Families
| Spouse | Olivia Parthenia FURR (1860 - 1943) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Ada SMALL (1884 - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Mathew Horace SMALL (1890 - 1962) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | William Andrew SMALL (1828 - 1905) |
| Mother | Harriett Charlotte NICHOLSON (1836 - 1918) |
Endnotes
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