DARKE COUNTY OHIO 
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File contributed to the Montgomery County, Ohio Biographies Project  by:
Billy J. Baker
billybak@erols.com
April 24, 2000 
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William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas 
First published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.

Brown County --

HENRY SMALL, farmer and stock raiser, Section 26, Township 4, Range 17,
P. O. Everest, was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1835, and lived
in his native State until 1865, when he became a resident of Kansas,
locating on his farm in Mission Township, Brown County, where he has
resided since. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was
married in Darke County, Ohio, in 1863, to Miss Susanna Feger, a native
of Ohio. They have seven children living, whose names are - Mary
Catherine K. E., David Elmer Ellsworth, Marion Winfield Oscar, Sarah
Clara L. D. M., Elwood Otis R. A., Harriet Elizabeth, and Harley Dow.
Mr. Small owns two fine upland farms lying in Mission Township which
together contain 320 acres. They are well calculated for stock farms,
and range among the best in the township. These farms are all enclosed
with good fences, are in a high state of cultivation, and are well
supplied with timber and water; Mission Creek flowing through one of
them in a southerly direction. The improvements are good, embracing
among others, a neat and comfortable dwelling, stock stables, sheds and
lots, handsome orchards, groves, etc. Mr. Small grows on his handsome
Mound Valley Farm, as his estate is called, 4,000 to 5,000 bushels of
corn, and 700 bushels of small grain, yearly; feeds a car load of
cattle; keeps 40 to 50 stock cattle; 50 stock hogs; 8 head of work
horses; a dozen head of milch cows, and makes and sells $200 worth of
"gilt edged" butter, yearly. He is a hard working, intelligent and
prosperous farmer, a good citizen, and has a high standing in his
community, Mound Valley Schoolhouse,
District No. 66, Brown County, is located on what was once a portion of
Mr. S.'s farm, the land being donated by him for this purpose. The
building was erected in 1876, at a cost of $600. It is a handsome frame
structure, well supplied with modern school furniture, and has a seating
capacity of fifty. Miss Kittie
Jones (now Mrs. Harvey Richard) was the first, and R. S. Finley is the
present teacher.