[Walker et al, Burial Places in Lee NH, DAR, 1938]
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1870 census Jun 1 - Lee NH, Wadleys Falls PO - 20/22
Orrin W Small 33 m farm laborer 100/200 bNH;
Sarah A Small 41 f bNH;
Mary D Small 14 f bNH school;
Julia S Small 10 f bNH school;
Ruth A Small 8 f bNH school;
Ellen O Small 6 f bNH school;
E Jane Small 3 f bNH;
Irving Small 1/12 bApr bNH
1895 Nov 19 - Sarah A Small d Nottingham ae 67-3-5 [Nottingham Annual Report].
1921 Jun 26 - Orin Small d Brentwood ae 85 widowed farmer [Lee Annual Report].
MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
Town Cemetery, Lee NH - Row 3 Lot 10 -
Orrin W Small - b 1836, d 1921;
Sarah A, his wife - b 1828, d 1895;
Charles S - b 1857, d 1858;
Julia S - b 1860, d 1876; Everett J - b 1864, d 1867;
Joseph O - b 1866, d 1866;
W Irving - b 1870, d 1870;
Nellie (Small) Tuttle - b ?, d 1938
[Walker et al, Burial Places in Lee NH, DAR, 1938].
On Jan 14th 2011 I spoke with Grace (McDaniel) Haley who told me that her father, George McDaniel, told her about his grandfather, Orrin Small. They called in Grandsire. He suspected that Orrin Small was depressed or mentally ill. That during family gatherings he sat in a cornor in a rocking chair and wouldn't speak to anyone unless they came to him. Depression/Mental Illness seems to run in the family. Orrin had 9 children. All 4 of his sons died before the age of 3. He had a daughter Julia who died at age 16. 3 out of his 4 daughter's that lived into adulthood, died in mental institutions. Delia and Jennie in Danvers, MA and Nellie in Concord NH. Ruth (my great, great grandmother) was the only one who did not. She died at the age of 56 due to pneumonia, before any of her grandchildren were born.
Grace talked about how depression currently runs in her side of the family.