Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers. "An Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties") Spokane, WA: Western Historical Publishing Co., 1905. p. 888. GEORGE H. SMALL resides one-half mile north of Silver Lake, where he has a magnificent estate of sixteen hundred acres well supplied with buildings and other improvements. Portions of the estate are irrigated from Silver creek and he makes a specialty of raising hay and stock. He is one of the prosperous men of the county and is doing a good business here. An account of his life will be interesting, reading and it is with pleasure that we append it. George H. Small was born on September 18, 1843, in Pettis county, Missouri. His father, George Small, a native of Kentucky, moved to Missouri in early days and crossed the plains with his family to Lane county, Oregon in 1853. later, he removed to Glenn county, California, and there died. The mother Malinda (Hinch) Small, a native of Missouri, is also deceased. The children born to this worthy couple are named as fellows: Mrs. Garrett Long, of Benton county; Mrs. Gabriel Stockton, of Glenn county, California; Mrs. A. V. Lane; George H., our subject; James M., of Silver Lake; Barton; Samuel; Mrs. David Mosby; Mrs. Jane Payne; Parthenia; Amanda, born on the plains. The last sic named are deceased. Mr. Small assisted his father in bringing the stock across the plains and although young, drove cattle every day that they traveled. The old donation claim in Lane county was the first home in the west, then the family moved to Glenn county as stated in another portion of this work. Our subject gained his education as best possible on the frontier and as early as 1872, came to the Chewaucan valley, secured a ranch and went to raising cattle. In 1878, he came to the Silver Lake valley and took a preemption and homestead and has added to this by purchase until he has the fine estate above mentioned. He has given his attention to farming and stock raising constantly since and has achieved a splendid success in this line, having now a good holding in property. On July 6, 1879, Mr. Small married Mary Underwood, a native of Douglas county, Oregon. Hon. David C. Underwood, her father, was born in Middlesex, New York state, and came to California by way of Cape Horn in a sailing vessel in 1849. He worked in the mines on American river until the fall of 1850, then removed to Umpqua valley, Oregon, being one of the pioneers to that section. He took a donation claim near where Oakland, Oregon, is now situated, in June, 1857. There he remained until 1869, having married Eliza. J. Long. He served one term in the state legislature and was the first county judge of Douglas county. He built the first court house of that county, the same being located on his farm. He participated in the Rogue River Indian War of 1856 and in 1862 enlisted in Company A, First Regular Oregon Volunteers, under Colonel E. D. Baker, with the expectation of going east to the seat of war. Owing the Colonel Baker's death, our subject remained in Oregon to keep the Indians quelled. He was with the command that located Fort Klamath and had charge of the same. He was very instrumental in bringing about the treaty with the Indians which was concluded there. He participated in many skirmishes with the Indians but was never wounded. In 1869, he received his honorable discharge as first lieutenant, and in the same year went to Cottage Grove where he engaged in the mercantile business until 1877, when he removed to Eugene and there operated as a broker in partnership with his brother, J. B. Underwood, until his death, on August 14, 1882, being then aged fifty-two. He married Eliza J. Long, a native of Missouri who crossed the plains with her father, John Long, when eleven years of age. This was in the early forties and they were a part of the Donner party. She died at Pacific beach, California, on May 30, 1904, in her seventieth year. Mrs. Small has the following named brothers and sisters: Hiram E., of Cottage Grove; David M., deceased; John M., of Oelrich, South Dakota; Anna E. Underwood, of Tacoma, Washington; Mrs. George Wall, a physician of Cottage Grove; Mrs. A. E. Johnson, of Pacific Beach, California; and Mrs. C. E. Hubbard, of Pacific Beach, California. The last named is a half sister of Mrs. Small. To Mr. and Mrs. Small three children have been born, namely: Malinda, a graduate of the agricultural college, of Corvallis and now teaching in the public schools of Silver Lake; Lora M., a graduate of the Portland business college and a stenographer; and Irvin Earl, a student of the agricultural college at Corvallis. In addition to property already mentioned, Mr. Small owns eleven hundred acres of grazing land in Thompson valley and his stock consists of horses and cattle of which he has a large number. He was active in pioneer days and has done very much to build up the country. During the Indian uprising in 1873, he was one of the settlers who assisted to drive the savages out of the Chewaucan valley. He has ever shown himself a man of worth and ability and he and his wife are leading people in Lake county. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in March 2011 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.