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Parmenius Samuel Smallwood
b. April 27, 1782
Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia
d. Decamber 20, 1851
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
buried: December 1851
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FATHER
George Smallwood
(1730-1801)
MOTHER
Ann Lloyd Hart
(1730-1760)
MARRIED
Deborah Brown
(1792-1873)
June 23, 1807
Washington County, Maryland
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CHILDREN
with Deborah
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NOTE:
Parmenius Samuel Smallwood,
fought in the
WAR OF 1812
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Parmenius Smallwood was a useful and honored citizen who reared a large family of children. After fighting in the War of 1812, Parmenius and family came to Shelby county in 1824, which turned in to Macon County in 1829. He came from Champaign County, Ohio. Their home was located in Creek township, near the site of the old Coulter mill in an area known as Stevens Creek. It was reported that the Parmenius Smallwood family owned land from Decatur to Clinton.
Along with his son, George D. Smallwood, he built a saw mill in 1830 in the NE quarter of section 5 of Creek Twp, De Witt County. A saw and grist mill was erected by Parmenius on Salt Creek. They soon added a burr made of prairie boulder. Smallwood lived near Decatur and placed the mill in charge of his sons, George D., Samuel and Daniel. These sons kept "bach" in a cabin, on the banks of the creek, save when relieved of the tedium of housekeeping by a sister, who remained part of the time with them. This mill was patronized by people from an extensive tract of country. It filled a want long felt. People no longer had to go twenty miles for a sack of meal or flour, or as many did, pound corn with a maul.
Parmenius became a hotelkeeper.
His hotel was located on land where St. Theresa Catholic School now stands in Decatur, Illinois.
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Parmenius had many land grants in Illinois:
152.24 acres ($1.25/ acre, total $190.30) dated 03/28/1829, Twp 16N, Range 02E, Mer 3, Section 3, NEFR,
Macon County; Vol 236, Page 5
26.67 acres ($1.25/ acre, total $33.33), dated 04/13/1829, Twp 16N, Range 02E, Mer 3, Section 15, E2NE,
Macon County; Vol 145; Page 6
157.84 acres($1.25/ acre, total $197.30) dated 03/06/1830, Twp 19N, Range 03E, Mer 3, Section 5, NEFR,
Macon county; Vol 145, Page 12
153.96 acres ($1.25/ acre, total $192.43), dated 08/18/1830, Twp 16N, Range 02E, Mer 3 Section 2, NWFR,
Macon County; Vol 145, Page 15
80.00 acres ($1.25/ acre, total $100.00) dated 08/02/1831, Twp 20N, Range 03E, Mer 3, Section 33, W2NW,
De Witt County; Vol 145, Page 15
80.00 acres ($1.25/ acre, total $100.00), dated 12/05/1834, Twp 19N, Range 03E, Mer 3, Section 18, E2NE,
Macon County; Vol 236, Page 47
40.00 acres ($1.25/ acre, total $50.00), dates 12/05/1834, Twp 19N, Range 03E, Mer 3, Section 9, NWSW,
Macon County; Vol 236, Page 47
40.00 acres ($1.25/ acre, total $50.00), dated 12/05/1834, Twp 19N, Range 03E, Mer 3 Section 9 NWSW,
Macon County; Vol 236, Page 47
40.00 acres ($1.25/ acre, total $50.00), dated 11/07/1835, Twp 16N, Range 02E, Mer 3, Section 2 NWSW,
Macon County; Vol 145, Page 54
87.50 acres ($1.25/ acre, total $109.37), dated 05/23/1836, Twp 19N, Range 03E, Mer 3, Section 18, SW,
Macon County; Vol 236, Page 166
80.00 acres ($1.25/ acre, total $100.00), dated 05/23/1836, Twp 27N, Range 01E, Mer 3, Section 26, W2SE,
Woodford County; Vol 236, Page 166
20.00 acres ($1.25/ acre, total $25.00), dated 06/08/1835, Twp 19N, Range 03E, Mer 3, Section 9, LOT1,
Macon County; Vol 817, Page 34
20.00 acres ($1.25/ acre, total $25.00), dated 06/08/1835, Twp 19N, Range 02E, Mer 3, Section 16, LOT8,
Macon County; Vol 817, Page 35
Total: 978.21 acres
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