The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-03-26
OBITUARY..

Mrs. Amanda j. Small of 733 Nam street,
Maiden, Mass, passed to her heavenly home
Saturday, March Z, 1914, after less than days
illness of hemorrhage of the stomach. She
was born in Searsport, Maine, Dec. q, 1912.
the second daughter of jeremiah G. and Bath
sheba ]. (Smart) Merrithew. The early FAM
lily ancestry very proudly passed on traditions
of relations with ID descent through the cele-
brated presidents, John and John Quincy
Adams. On the maternal side she came of
good old Methodist stock. Her grandfather,
the Rev. Ephraim K. Smart, was the first
Methodist preacher in the vicinity of Sears
port He rode down from New Hampshire on
horseback with his wife, Mrs. Mary Cass
Smart behind him pillion. He conducted
clothing mill week days and preached Sum-
days wherever there was an opportunity.
These were the days of controversy between
the denominations. and he often found that
DR.. Stephen Thurston of early Congregational
fame would appoint meeting for the same
time and place as the Methodists and come
prepared to speak. After Mr.. Smart's death
his widow and her daughter, Mrs. Merrithew,
threw open their home many times for the en-
tertainment of travelling clergyman and for
the holding of preaching services and Sunday
school. The late Rev. DR.. James Shirley
Smart, a noted Methodist divine of .iIichigan,
who was we'll and favoraby known through
out the denomination, Mrs. Small's uncle;
as was also the late Hon. E. K. Smart, the
well known Democratic lawyer of Camden,
who was famous in debate with Hon. James G.
Blaine. On July 27, 1861, she married Capt Geo.
c. Small, also of Searsport. and with him trav-
ersed all the great seas of the world in the days
when our merchant marine was something more
than dream of the past. Capt. Small com
manded the Odessa, the brig A. ]. Ross and
ship S. F. Hersey, but their last voyages were
made in the clipper ship State of Maine, which
was built especially for him at Newcastle. Me-
She taught her children, who were much at
sea in those days, not only the rudiments of
knowledge but also the great traditions of the
American merchant marine and especially love
for the Stars and Stripes. After Capt. Smalps
death, Feb. Is, 1884. his widow with her chill
dren moved to Maiden, Mass, where she had
since resided at the corner Of Main and Orient
streets. She transferred her church member
ship to the Centre M. E. Church, where she
worked modestly and faithfully in all the
church societies, contributing to the Home and
Foreign Missionary Society, the May Social
Committee, the Deaconess Aid Society and the
Ladies' Aid Society, of which she was at one
time president. She was also a member of
the Pine Tree State Association. In these
later years because of failing health her min
istrations were of necessity to a smaller circle,
but her interest in the church and its activities
never lessened She loved the church hymns.
kept up the practice Of family prayers and
grace at meals, and gave sweet, trustful testl-
monies. Many tearfully declare "She moth
cred me-" Two children, one baby daughter
the other q brilliant young sea captain. have
gone on before her and she is survived by one
son, Rev. Edward E. Small. pastor of the Lau-
rel street M E. Church in Worcester, Mass.
and BY daughter, Miss M. Louise Small, clerk
at the State House in Boston. Her grand
children are Misses Esther L., Minnie c. and
Anna Hays Small of Worcester. The funeral
services were conducted by her pastor. DR.. L.
H. Bugbee, and former pastor, DIR, Willis +.
Odell, from her late residence on Tuesday,
March 10th. Beautiful flowers from other cities
and an abundance of such tributes from NAL
den friends and various societiesindicate the
far-reaching love for consecrated christian
woman.