William Amasa Small
William Amasa Small was born on September 2, 1838, in Topsfield, Massachusetts, to Isaiah and Betsey Small. His father was a shoemaker who owned $3,000 of real estate and $200 of personal property by 1860. Small grew up in Topsfield, and by the late 1850s, he was also working as a shoemaker. He married Celia J. Rust on January 1, 1860, and their daughter Carrie was born around 1863. Small continued to work as a shoemaker, and the family moved to Salem, Massachusetts, in the 1870s. By 1910, they were living in their daughter Carrie’s household in Salem. He died in Salem in July 1911.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (2489) | Small, William A. | 1838-09-02 | 1911-07 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (545) [recipient] ~ Charles H. Lake to William A. Small, 14 August 1861
People - Records: 1
- (2489) Small, William A. is the [cousin of] (430) Lake, Charles H.
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915, available from Ancestry.com.
