Lucy Sigers SMALL

Father: Hezekiah SMALL
Mother: Rachel CURTIS

Family 1: Horace SYLVESTER

(1) Source: Maine, U.S., Vital Records via Ancestry.com.

Family 2: Lendall Fitch TARBETT

(1) Source: From Census records; based upon the death of Lucy's previous husband and the birth of her children by her subsequent husband.

  1. Eleanor Annette TARBETT
  2. Jennie Sylvester TARBETT
  3. Lilla F. TARBETT
  4. Abbie Matilda TARBETT
                                  _Dorcas SMALL_
                  _Ephraim SMALL_|
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 _Hezekiah SMALL_|
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|                |_Ann HIGGINS___|
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|--Lucy Sigers SMALL
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|_Rachel CURTIS__|
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Notes

Updated February 26, 2026. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Maine, U.S., Vital Records via Ancestry.com: Anthony Coombs and Dorcas Woodin of Rochester, Massachusetts; Their Origins and Descendants

- Lucy SMALL is listed as the daughter of Hezekiah SMALL and Rachel CURTIS
- Her paternal grandparents are Ephraim SMALL and Ann HIGGINS, "both of Bowdoin, ME."
- She is part of the seventh generation of the SMALL family in America: Lucy-7; Hezekiah-6; Ephraim-5; Dorcas-4; Caleb-3; Peter-2; Anthony-1

(2) 1850 United States Census for Maine, Lincoln Co., Bowdoinham: Page 623; August 7, 1850.

Lucy SMALL is the daughter of Hezekiah (age 44, b. Maine, a farmer) and Rachel SMALL (age 34, b. Maine). Lucy is 11 years old and born in Maine. Her siblings are Metilda A. (age 15), James H. (age 11), Debarah (age 9), and Parker C. (age 4), all born in Maine.

(3) 1860 United States Census for Maine, Sagadahoc Co., Bowdoinham (Bowdoinham Post Office): Pages 54-55; June 19, 1860.

Lucy H. SMALL is the daughter of H. (age 50, b. Maine, a farmer) and Rachell SMALL (age 44, b. Maine). Lucy is 21 years old and born in Maine. Her siblings are James H. (age 22), Lizzy (age 20), Parker G. (age 14), R. Warren (age 17), M. H. (age 10), Julie E. (age 7), Ruth V. (age 5), and Nellie (age 3), all born in Maine.

(4) Maine, U.S., Vital Records via Ancestry.com: Augusta Marriages, page 151

"SYLVESTER, Horace, s. of George and Alice (SMALL), and Lucy SMALL, in Richmond, Dec. 24, 1865. P.R.31. [Int. Small of Richmond.]"

(5) 1880 United States Census for Massachusetts, Middlesex Co., Stoneham: Supervisor's District 60; Enumeration District 412; Page 39-40; June 17, 1880.

Lucy S. [SMALL] TARBETT is married to Lendall F. TARBETT (age 50, b. Massachusetts, a machinist). Lucy is 41 years old and was born in Maine, as were her parents. She is keeping house. Other members of the household include her step-children William A. (age 21) and Alice M. (age 14), and children Eleanor A. (age 6), Jennie S. (age 5), Lillie (age 2), and Abby M. (age 5 months), all born in Massachusetts.

(6) U.S., Civil War Pension Index via Ancestry.com: Widow's Pension

- Name of Soldier: SYLVESTER, Horace
- Widow: TARBETT, Lucy S.
- Service: I. 1. D.C. Cav. G. 1. Me. Cav.
- Date of Filing: 1888 Dec 6
- Filing: application 385.080; certificate 862473; filed from Massachusetts

(7) 1890 United States Veterans Schedule for Massachusetts, Middlesex Co., Stoneham.

- Name: Lucy S. TARBETT formerly widow of Horace SYLVESTER
- Service: Private, G 1 Me Cav
- Post Office: Stoneham, Mass.

(8) Seeking Information via Newspapers.com: The Boston Globe; Boston, Massachusetts; Sunday, October 06, 1895; Page 30

"Addresses are requested as follows... of anybody who knew Horace SYLVESTER, Co G, 1st Maine cavalry, by Lucy S. TARBETT, Stoneham, Mass."

(9) 1900 United States Census for Maine, Middlesex Co., Stoneham: Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District 960; Sheet 1B; June 1, 1900.

Lucy [SMALL] TARBETT is head of household. Four adult daughters reside with her; Eleanor (b. Mar 1874, a school teacher), Jennie F. (b. May 1876, a dressmaker), Lilla F. (b. Jan 1878, a school teacher), and Matilda A. (b. Jan 1880, a school teacher), all born in Massachusetts.

- Address: 11 Washington
- Birth date: January 1839; age 60
- Marital Status: Widow
- Motherhood: She has given birth to 4 children, all presently living
- Birthplace: Maine, as were her parents
- Occupation: Dressmaker
- Home: owns a house with a mortgage; it is not a farm

(10) U.S., City Directories via Ancestry.com: Wakefield, Massachusetts

- 1902: TARBETT Lucy S. widow of Lendall F. h. 11 Washington

(11) 1910 United States Census for Massachusetts, Middlesex Co., Stoneham Town (part of): Supervisor's District 119; Enumeration District 1022; Sheet 14A; April 1, 1910.

Lucy S. TARBETT is head of household. Three adult daughters reside with her; Jennie S. (age 34, a dressmaker), Lilla F. (age 32, a school teacher), and Abbie M. (age 30, a school teacher), all born in Massachusetts.

- Address: 11 Washington Street
- Age: 70; a widow
- Birthplace: Maine, as were her parents
- Home ownership: Owns a house with a mortgage

(12) U.S., Civil War and Later Wars Index to Remarried Widow Pension Applications via Ancestry.com

- Name of Claimant: TARBETT Lucy S.
- Name of Soldier: SYLVESTER Horace
- Service: I-1-D.C. Cav.; G-1-Me. Cav.
- Number: Orig. 385080
- Date of Filing: March 6, 1918

(13) 1920 United States Census for Massachusetts, Middlesex Co., Stoneham Town: Supervisor's District 140; Enumeration District 462; Sheet 1B; January 6-7, 1920.

Lucy S. TARBETT is head of household. Two adult daughters reside with her; Lilla F. (age 41), and M. Abbie (age 39), both public school teachers born in Massachusetts.

- Address: 11 Washington St.
- Home: Owned, free of mortgage
- Age: 80, a widow
- Birthplace: Maine, as were her parents

(14) Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index via Ancestry.com

- Name: TARBETT Lucy S. (SMALL)
- Town: Stoneham
- Year: 1923
- Volume: 82
- Page: 93

(15) Other records via Ancestry.com

- The parents of Eleanor Annette TARBETT are listed as Lindall Fitch TARBETT and and Lucy Sigers SMALL in the Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records
- The parents of Jennie TARBETT MOORE are listed as Lindall F. TARBET (b. Boston, Massachusetts) and Lucy S. SMALL (b. Bowdoinham, Maine) in the New Hampshire, U.S., Death Records.
- Lendall F. TARBETT (Lucy's second husband) died in Stoneham, Massachusetts in 1888 in the Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records