William and Sophia (Talbot) Small

Home William and Mary Jane (Gallup) Harcey Thomas Edwin and Albertine (Wendt) Harcey Frank and Lela (Heath) Harcey Perry Silvester and Sarah Jane (Briggs) Heath Thomas Millin and Phebe C. (Spaulding) Briggs Charles and Ida (Peterson) Small Albert and Johanna (Anderson) Peterson William and Sophia (Talbot) Small William and Sophia (Butler) Talbot Robert and Hannah (Burnett) Whiting Photo Albums

William and Sophia (Talbot) Small's log cabin home in ruins, late 1960's

William Small, b. Tipperary, Ireland, 3-13-1844; d. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 7-28-1888; bd. Hillside Cemetery, St. Charles, MN.; immigrated at age seven with his parents to Green Lake County, WI.; 1858 moved to Quincy Township, Olmsted County, MN.; 1862 enlisted in Company D, Seventh Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry; fought under General Henry Hastings Sibley in 1862 Sioux Uprising; participated in Battles of Tupelo, Nashville, Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely; promoted corporal at mustering out in 1865; purchased property, known as "Hazel Hurst Farm," in Sections 14 and 15, St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN.; a democrat; his marriage to an Episcopalian later led relatives in St. Charles to view his death as punishment for having abandoned Catholic church; killed by lightning in a severe thunderstorm while harvesting barley on his farm; "an honest and industrious man and a good neighbor and citizen;" in their thank-you card for the sympathy they received at the time of his death, his widow and children wrote, "Our great sorrow and sudden affliction would have been unbearable, but for the loving hearts and willing hands that came to relieve and console us;" md. Winona, Winona County, MN., 1-30-1866, Sophia Talbot, d. of William Talbot and Sophia (Butler) Talbot; she b. West Pennard, Glastonbury, Somerset, England, 2-27-1844, d. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 10-6-1899, of Bright's Disease; bd. Hillside Cemetery, St. Charles, MN.; June 1852 immigrated with parents and siblings to Dyersville, Dubuque County, IA.; 1855 moved with parents and siblings to St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN.; 1-23-1888 signed a quit-claim deed to her father's property in St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN.; a patient during her last illness of Doctors Mayo, Stinchfield and Graham (founders of Mayo Clinic) in Rochester, Olmsted County, MN.; "a kind and affectionate wife, mother, sister, friend and beloved by all who knew her."

Children:

1) Charles William Small, b. Winona County, MN., 1-27-1867; d. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 9-15-1942; spent his entire life operating his father's farm; md. Delton Township, Cottonwood County, MN., 6-25-1902, Ida Josephine, d. of Albert Peterson and Johanna (Andersdotter) Peterson; she b. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 7-11-1876; d. Rochester, Olmsted County, MN., 12-1-1967; md. Charles in her parents' home, Delton Township, Cottonwood County, MN., returned to St. Charles by train and met at their farm home in St. Charles Township by 100 friends and relatives who (at an all-night celebration) presented the newlyweds with two handsome chairs and a rug and "tripped the light fantastic until an early hour."

Children:

i) Ruby Sophia Small, b. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 4-3-1903; d. St. Charles, Winona County, MN., 4-25-1990; md. Winona, Winona County, MN., 12-19-1921, Ralph Gerald, s. of Frank Beniah Harcey and Lela Ethelyn (Heath) Harcey; he b. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 11-17-1899; d. St. Charles, Winona County, MN., 4-3-1993.

Children:

Living Harcey

Living Harcey

Laurel Ralph Harcey, b. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 2-10-1927; d. Nisswa, Crow Wing County, MN., 7-12-1998.

Irene Ruby Harcey, b. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 2-28-1929; d. Wabasha, Wabasha County, MN., 11-29-1997.

Living Harcey.

Living Harcey

Roger Dale Harcey, b. Winona County, MN., 6-11-1940; d. Rochester, Olmsted County, MN., 6-26-1974.

Living Harcey

Daniel Joseph Harcey, b. Winona, Winona County, MN., 1-17-1949; d. Rochester, Olmsted County, MN., 8-24-1990.

ii) Hazel Belle Small, b. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 8-4-1905; d. Winona, Winona County, MN., 2-7-1944; md. Winona, Winona County, MN., 11-27-1929, Anton, s. of Julius Steinke and Agnes (Aye) Steinke; he b. Fountain City, Buffalo County, WI., 5-27-1901; d. Rochester, Olmsted County, MN., 12-1-1983; he md. (2) Winona, Winona County, MN., 11-18-1944, Dorothy, d. of Roy Miles and Minnie ( ) Miles; she b. Winona, Winona County, MN., 9-2-1916; d. Wayzata, Hennepin County, MN., 5-24-2001.

Child:

Living Steinke

iii) Grace Ida Small, b. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 8-18-1907; d. Mabel, Fillmore County, MN., 9-3-2003; md. Winona, Winona County, MN., 10-18-1928, Howard, s. of William R. Barr and Elizabeth (Bohne) Barr; he b. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 11-10-1899; d. Spring Grove, Houston County, MN., 11-2-1983.

Children:

Raymond Laverne Barr, b. Olmsted County, MN., 7-12-1928; d. Decorah, Winneshiek County, IA., 1-6-1998.

Living Barr

Dolores Elizabeth Barr, b. Winona County, MN., 3-1-1932; d. La Crosse, La Crosse County, WI., 5-3-2007.

iv) Minnie Lillian Small, b. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 2-13-1910; d. Rochester, Olmsted County, MN., 2-16-1963; md. St. Charles, Winona County, MN., 12-10-1939, Hilbert Carl, s. of Charles G. Ratsch and Marie (Boettcher) Ratsch; he b. Quincy Township, Olmsted County, MN., 2-16-1906; d. Rochester, Olmsted County, MN., 12-30-1999; Hilbert md. (2) Rochester, Olmsted County, MN., 9-17-1966, Edna Olga, d. of Henry Voss and Louise ( ) Voss; she b. Houston County, MN., 4-4-1913; d. Rochester, Olmsted County, MN., 11-12-1997.

Children:

Living Ratsch

Dennis Hilbert Ratsch, b. Rochester, Olmsted County, MN., 5-16-1943; d. Rochester, Olmsted County, MN., 9-26-1987.

v) Bernard Charles Small, b. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 2-6-1912; d. Rochester, Olmsted County, MN., 2-23-1995; unmarried.

vi) Evelyn Winnifred Small, b. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 1-17-1915; d. Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, 5-14-1980; md. Dover, Olmsted County, MN., 5-9-1934, Merton E. Hemming; he b. Winona County, MN., 12-28-1910; d. 3-2-1970.

Child:

Living Hemming.

vii) Kermit William Small, b. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 11-2-1917; d. Lake City, Wabasha County, MN., 5-19-1999; unmarried.

viii) Lorna Hannah Small, b. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 11-2-1917; d. St. Charles, Winona County, MN., 7-21-2000; unmarried.
2) Minnie Sophia Small, b. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 7-28-1868; d. Winona, Winona County, MN., 2-27-1948; taught school prior to marriage; married in her mother's house: "All were happy. The sky was clear. The day was mild and fair;" farmed with husband in St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN. for forty-five years; md. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 12-9-1896, William, s. of Christopher Pfeil and Elizabeth (Wamboldt) Pfeil; he b. Winona County, MN., 10-7-1866; d. Rochester, Olmsted County, MN., 6-20-1941.

Children:

i) Harold Pfeil, b. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 12-29- 1899; d. Rochester, Olmsted County, MN., 12-12-1962; unmarried.

ii) Bernice Pfeil, b. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 4-15- 1901; d. Rochester, Olmsted County, MN., 10-3-1981; md. Winona, Winona County, MN., 9-27-1939, Wesley J., s. of Mr. and Mrs. John Manley; he b. Primghar, O'Brien County, IA., 1-17-1912; d. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 5-27-1967.

Child:

Living Manley
3) Lillie Belle Small, b. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 2-13-1870; d. St. Charles, Winona County, MN., 4-12-1939; farmed with husband in Delton Township, Cottonwood County, MN., until moving to St. Charles, Winona County, MN., in 1931; md. Mountain Lake, Cottonwood County, MN., 12-26-1902, Charles Frederick, s. of Albert Peterson and Johanna (Andersdotter) Peterson; he b. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 6-4-1872; d. Rochester, Olmsted County, MN., 8-31-1947.

Children:

i) Ray Peterson, b. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 1-5-1904; d. Mountain Lake, Cottonwood County, MN., 4-26-1926, in a farm accident; unmarried.

ii) Myrtle Lillian Peterson, b. St. Charles Township, Winona County, MN., 1-9-1905; md. Mountain Lake, Cottonwood County, MN., 3-1-1928, James Willaby; he b. Robertson, Hardin County, IA., 9-1-1905; d. Mountain Lake, Cottonwood County, MN., 3-11-1975.