When John Marion Smallwood was born on 20 April 1861, in Indiana, United States, his father, William Smallwood, was 40 and his mother, Amanda Green, was 32. He married Ida Dufton on 26 December 1882, in Wabash, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Lagro Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States for about 5 years and United States in 1949. He died on 20 October 1953, in Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Lincolnville, Lagro Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States.
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English: habitational name from any of various places called with Middle English smal ‘small, narrow’ (Old English smæl) + wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu), including Smallwood (Cheshire).
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