Roscoe W. Sanford SMALL^[1]

1860 - 1934  (74 years)

• Name	Roscoe W. Sanford SMALL
  Birth	2 Mar 1860	Nashville, Davidson Co, TN   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	7 Jun 1880	Memphis, Shelby Co, TN   [3]
  	In June 1880, Roscow was employed as a clerk in a cigar store.
  SPAM	1898
  	Roscoe served as a private in Comany L of the 1st Florida Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish - American War. He was mustered into service on 23 April 1898, and mustered out of service eight months later, 3 December 1898, along with the rest of Company L.
  Occupation	26 Apr 1910	Hague, Alachua Co, FL   [4]
  	By April 1910, Roscoe was making his living as a farmer in Alachua County, Florida.
  Occupation	22 Jan 1920	Hague, Alachua Co, FL   [5]
  	William owned a general store in Hague in 1920.
  Death	27 Sep 1934	St. Augustine, St. Johns Co, FL   [2]
  	Roscoe died at his home, 3 Rhodie Avenue, in St. Augustine, Florida at 1:00 pm on 27 September 1934. Cause of death was noted as tracheitis (bacterial infection of the trachea), bronchitis and edema of the lungs. He was 74 years old.
  Burial	28 Sep 1934	St. Augustine, St. Johns Co, FL   [2, 6]
  	His remains were interred at St. Augustine National Cemetery on 28 September 1934.
  Person ID	I59668	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Henry D. SMALL,   b. c. 1824, Tennessee d. 1863 (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane CARY,   b. c. 1823/1824, Virginia d. After 7 Jun 1880 (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F5921	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	(UNKNOWN)
  Children	1. Jennie SMALL,   b. c. 1893, Alabama d. After 26 Apr 1910 (Age 17 years)
  Family ID	F5947	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Lura WILSON,   b. 20 Jun 1860, South Carolina d. 1 May 1931, St. Augustine, St. John's Co, FL (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	c. 1901  [4]
  Family ID	F5948	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 3	Louise QUINN
  Marriage	29 Oct 1931	St. Augustine, St. Johns Co, FL   [7]
  	The couple was married by Rev. C.J. Tyler, Pastor of First Methodist Episcopal Church South, in St. Augustine, Florida on 29 October 1931. Eleanor Godfrey and Clarence McDonald acted as witnesses to the ceremony.
  Family ID	F5987	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		1910 US Census / Small, Roscoe W. Hague, Alachua Co, Florida
  		1920 US Census / Small, R. W. Hague, Alachua Co, Florida
  		1930 US Census / Small, Roscoe W. St. Augustine, FL

  
  

• Sources

  [S953] Wilson Miles Cary, compiler, Cary, "Ancestral Lineage of Hunsdon Cary of Richmond, VA", Accession No. 27382. [S1169] Roscoe W. Small, Florida death certificate no. 15693 (1934). [S961] 1880 US Census / Small, M. J. [S965] 1910 US Census / Small, Roscoe W. [S966] 1920 US Census / Small R. W. [S1172] Library of Burial Records, online (http://www.interment.net/us/fl/st_john.htm). [S1170] Roscoe W. Small - Louise Quinn, St. Johns Co, FL marriage license no. 13882 (1931).