Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

John D. SMALL, general stock of merchandise, Wilmington; born in Findlay, Hancock Co., Ohio, 
July 10, 1846; removed to Illinois in the spring of 1852, locating in Wilmington; in 1864, he 
attended school at Notre Dame, Ind., and four years later commenced business on his own account 
in this city, purchasing the stock of groceries owned by M. F. BLISH. Married in 1868 to Lura 
PHELPS, who was born in Lawrence, Mich.; three children by this union. Mr. SMALL is extensively 
engaged in the butter trade, having shipped over 100,000 pounds during the past year.