Private Jerome Y. Small was the son of native Pennsylvanians, Adam and Elizabeth Small. Although the 1860 federal census indicates that Jerome and his brother, John, were born in Maryland, this is incorrect. Both of their parents were native Pennsylvanians, as were their other siblings. Furthermore, other records, including the 1850 federal census (which shows the family living in Centre Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania) and military records for Jerome Small, indicate that he was born in Pennsylvania sometime around 1841.
The most useful detail from the 1860 federal census is that Jerome resided with his brothers (John, aged 26; Benjamin, aged 15; Hezekiah, aged 11; and Sylvester, aged 7) and their parents, Adam (a farmer, aged 56) and Elizabeth (aged 52) in Centre Township. The following additional siblings were identified on the 1850 census: Charlotte (aged 17), Mary E. (aged 11), and Melinda (aged 2).
A June 1863 entry in Pennsylvania Civil War records ("SCHEDULE I. - CONSOLIDATED LIST of all persons of CLASS I subject to do military duty in the Fifteenth Congressional District Consisting of the Counties of York, Cumberland, Perry, State of Pennsylvania, enumerated during the month of June 1863....") indicates that he was 22 at the time his name was entered on the ledger by Captain R.M. Henderson, Provost Marshal.
At the time of this 1863 entry, Jerome Y. Small was shown as a resident of Centre Township, Perry County who had been working as a lawyer. The ledger entry also indicates that he had completed ninth months of military service as a Private with Company H of the 133rd Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Jerome Y. Small also served as a Private with Company D of the 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. (Other records, including Bates' "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers," place his date of entry into the 47th Pennsylvania as 31 August 1861.) Rank In: Private. Rank at Time of Death (KIA): Private.
Private Jerome Y. Small was killed in action during the Battle of Cedar Creek Virginia on 19 Oct 1864. According to post-battle correspondence by another member of Jerome Small's company (Company), which was signed only as "W.S.P.", In the morning [on 22 October 1864] I went out to the woods where the 47th had stood, and the dead bodies strewn thickly over the ground showed that this had been a hot place. There were four killed out of Company D … There were also seven wounded … including Jerome Small … mortally, in a charge after the rebels had begun to retreat.”
The cemetery interment form documenting Jerome Small's reinterment at the Winchester National Cemetery (Grave No.: 988), confirms that Private Small was initially buried at Newtown, Virginia, which signals that he was alive long enough to be moved to a Union Army ambulance for transport to the military hospital located at Newtown.
Per the burial ledger entry which also documents that reinterment, his remains were then later exhumed and reinterred in Lot 25 at the Winchester National Cemetery.
Those same records documented that Jerome Y. Small was a member of the Lutheran faith.
Sources:
1. Bates, Samuel P. "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5", Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: B. Singerly, State Printer, 1869.
2. Ellis, Franklin. "History of That Part of he Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania," Vol. 1. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886.
3. Hain, Harry Harrison. "History of Perry County Pennsylvania". Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Hain-Moore Company, 1922.
4. Small, Jerome P. (burial ledger entry), in Records of the U.S. Departments of Defense, Army: Quartermaster General's Office, and Veterans Affairs; and U.S. National Cemetery Administration (ARC ID: 5928352, Record Groups 15 and 92). Washington, D.C.: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, 1864.
5. Small, Jerome, in "SCHEDULE I. - CONSOLIDATED LIST of all persons of CLASS I subject to do military duty in the Fifteenth Congressional District Consisting of the Counties of York, Cumberland, Perry, State of Pennsylvania, enumerated during the month of June 1863...." Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
6. Small, Jerome, in Soldiers and Sailors Online Database. Washington, D.C.: U.S. National Park Service.
7. Small, Jerome, in U.S. Civil War Pension Index (Application No.: 283050, filed by the veteran's father, Adam Small, on 21 May 1881; Application No.: 247383, filed by the veteran's mother, Elizabeth Small, on 23 June 1879). Washington, D.C.: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
8. Small, Jerome, in U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms (Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92). College Park, Maryland: U.S. National Archives.
9. U.S. Census (1850, 1860).
Private Jerome Y. Small was the son of native Pennsylvanians, Adam and Elizabeth Small. Although the 1860 federal census indicates that Jerome and his brother, John, were born in Maryland, this is incorrect. Both of their parents were native Pennsylvanians, as were their other siblings. Furthermore, other records, including the 1850 federal census (which shows the family living in Centre Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania) and military records for Jerome Small, indicate that he was born in Pennsylvania sometime around 1841.
The most useful detail from the 1860 federal census is that Jerome resided with his brothers (John, aged 26; Benjamin, aged 15; Hezekiah, aged 11; and Sylvester, aged 7) and their parents, Adam (a farmer, aged 56) and Elizabeth (aged 52) in Centre Township. The following additional siblings were identified on the 1850 census: Charlotte (aged 17), Mary E. (aged 11), and Melinda (aged 2).
A June 1863 entry in Pennsylvania Civil War records ("SCHEDULE I. - CONSOLIDATED LIST of all persons of CLASS I subject to do military duty in the Fifteenth Congressional District Consisting of the Counties of York, Cumberland, Perry, State of Pennsylvania, enumerated during the month of June 1863....") indicates that he was 22 at the time his name was entered on the ledger by Captain R.M. Henderson, Provost Marshal.
At the time of this 1863 entry, Jerome Y. Small was shown as a resident of Centre Township, Perry County who had been working as a lawyer. The ledger entry also indicates that he had completed ninth months of military service as a Private with Company H of the 133rd Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Jerome Y. Small also served as a Private with Company D of the 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. (Other records, including Bates' "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers," place his date of entry into the 47th Pennsylvania as 31 August 1861.) Rank In: Private. Rank at Time of Death (KIA): Private.
Private Jerome Y. Small was killed in action during the Battle of Cedar Creek Virginia on 19 Oct 1864. According to post-battle correspondence by another member of Jerome Small's company (Company), which was signed only as "W.S.P.", In the morning [on 22 October 1864] I went out to the woods where the 47th had stood, and the dead bodies strewn thickly over the ground showed that this had been a hot place. There were four killed out of Company D … There were also seven wounded … including Jerome Small … mortally, in a charge after the rebels had begun to retreat.”
The cemetery interment form documenting Jerome Small's reinterment at the Winchester National Cemetery (Grave No.: 988), confirms that Private Small was initially buried at Newtown, Virginia, which signals that he was alive long enough to be moved to a Union Army ambulance for transport to the military hospital located at Newtown.
Per the burial ledger entry which also documents that reinterment, his remains were then later exhumed and reinterred in Lot 25 at the Winchester National Cemetery.
Those same records documented that Jerome Y. Small was a member of the Lutheran faith.
Sources:
1. Bates, Samuel P. "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5", Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: B. Singerly, State Printer, 1869.
2. Ellis, Franklin. "History of That Part of he Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania," Vol. 1. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886.
3. Hain, Harry Harrison. "History of Perry County Pennsylvania". Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Hain-Moore Company, 1922.
4. Small, Jerome P. (burial ledger entry), in Records of the U.S. Departments of Defense, Army: Quartermaster General's Office, and Veterans Affairs; and U.S. National Cemetery Administration (ARC ID: 5928352, Record Groups 15 and 92). Washington, D.C.: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, 1864.
5. Small, Jerome, in "SCHEDULE I. - CONSOLIDATED LIST of all persons of CLASS I subject to do military duty in the Fifteenth Congressional District Consisting of the Counties of York, Cumberland, Perry, State of Pennsylvania, enumerated during the month of June 1863...." Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
6. Small, Jerome, in Soldiers and Sailors Online Database. Washington, D.C.: U.S. National Park Service.
7. Small, Jerome, in U.S. Civil War Pension Index (Application No.: 283050, filed by the veteran's father, Adam Small, on 21 May 1881; Application No.: 247383, filed by the veteran's mother, Elizabeth Small, on 23 June 1879). Washington, D.C.: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
8. Small, Jerome, in U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms (Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92). College Park, Maryland: U.S. National Archives.
9. U.S. Census (1850, 1860).
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