Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Small, Aaron 1837 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

Aaron Small, mechanic, Verona, is a son of Alvin and Anna Small, formerly of 
Maine, and was born October 6, 1837, in Athens County, Me. His parents moved 
to Illinois when he was about six years old; settled for about one year in 
Kane County, where his father is still living, in his seventy-ninth year; his 
mother, Anna (Stephens) Small, born in Maine, died in Highland Township, 
Grundy County, November 22, 1858. Mr. Small was raised and educated in Grundy 
County; began learning the trade of a blacksmith when eighteen years of age, 
and has followed that business ever since. For six years, he has been 
manufacturing wagons and buggies, and handling farm implements in the village 
of Verona. He married, June 6, 1860, Miss Sarah Hart, daughter of Rev. William 
and Jane Hart. She was born in Delaware County, Penn. They have a family of 
four children, two sons and two daughters - Ella, born in Gardner, Grundy 
County, April 11, 1862, married to Walter Ward, of Grundy County; William A., 
born in Grundy County, February 8, 1865; Verdett, born in Grundy County, 
August 19, 1867, and Lula, born in Grundy County, December 7, 1873. Mr. Small 
is a member of the Masonic fraternity (Knights Templar). He owns forty acres 
of improved farm land in Section 1 of Highland Township, valued at $50 per 
acre, and also owns the shops and residence in Verona, Grundy County. In 
politics, he is a Republican. Mrs. Small's parents are now living in Mazon 
Township.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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