DOVEY GUY IS DEAD
Was daughter of well known Gypsy Josh Small
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16-07-1923 Hornell New York Evening Tribune
GYPSY KING'S SON IS DEAD:-
DANIEL SMALL DIES IN PORTVILLE TO BE BURIED IN FAMILY PLOT
Daniel Small aged 40yrs son of the famous Joshua Small known as King of the Gypsies died Saturday in Portville The body was brought to Hornell Sunday and the funeral will be held Tuesday morning at
Harisboros undertakings parlour, burial will take place in the gypsies private plot Joshua Small was perhaps one of the best known Gypsies in the country ,he was the ruler of a properous band that roamed the country from one end to the other.
For some reason Mr Small took a fancy to Hornell and more or less made it his headquarters he bought a large plot of land near Rural Cemetery and the members of his tribe who died are buried there.
Both Joshua Small & his wife are buried there and so are several of his sons & daughters Daniel Small wife Dovey Small is also buried here.
Daniel Small is survived by 3 sons & 2 daughters, John, Cornelius, Daniel, Ruth & Dovey , Also by 3 sisters Carrie Burton, Ruth Stanley, & Masie Hicks.
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“FATHER OPPOSED MARRIAGE"
But she and Jimmy Guy outwitted him while tribe were encamped near Auburn
Hornell – April 2nd Arrayed in all the finery and trappings befitting the daughter of a king MRS DOVEY GUY daughter of Gypsy “Josh” Small king of the Gypsies of United States was laid to rest in the family plot in this city yesterday afternoon Mrs Guy was brought to Hornell yesterday morning from Fayetteville New York at which place she died.
Mrs Guy is the sixth member of Gypsy Josh Small family to be buried at Hornell.
All the money and jewels of the dead woman were placed in beside her in a steel lined box which was placed in a cement lined box, the interment was in Rural Cemetery.
Gypsy Josh is known throughout the States and was formerly well to do, he was an Englishman by birth, he gathered around him a small band of wanders and for years made a tour of the country.
Several years ago the man's wife was taken sick and died while the band was encamped near the city, the woman was buried in Rural Cemetery with her Jewels, later Gypsy Josh burned an old dress belonging to his wife. This dress was said to have contained several thousands dollar bills which were sewn in the lining, the lost was not discovered until a letter was read left by dead woman.
The lost of the money nearly ruined the Gypsy, but nothing daunted, he still continued his wanderings, each year returning to Hornell for the purpose of placing flowers on his wife' and daughter's grave and after performing this act he and his followers again strike the trail.
There are several other residing in the vicinity of the Hickory grove on the Coapman farm about 2 miles away from city limits out the Clark street road who remember Mrs Dovey Guy and some of these enjoyed a personal aquanitance with her.
PETER GUY & JOSH SMALL 2 men well above medium stature and unusual muscular development each headed a Gypsy band, sometimes these bands travelled alone or together and least once a year either one would come through this state and pitched camp along the roadside in close proximity to the Coapman hickory Grove,.
Dovey Guy was the daughter of Josh Small and in those days now more than 15 years ago was a young and beautiful girl and possessed all the charms and Queen of the band.
Cupid at times can work his magic even in Gypsy camps and he arranged a keen affection between Dovey Small and Peter Guy son Jimmy Guy
Both Peter Guy and Josh Small watched the romance grow ,but then Josh filed strenuous objections, but Jim Guy was not put off he drove into the camp one day in a carriage with a police officer and stole Dovey away, Josh Small was so enraged he took of his head a felt hat and tore in in two ,then jumping on the fastest horse in camp fled after the couple towards Auburn, but Jimmy and Dovey were married and Josh relented and accepted the marriage.
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1913
Gypsy Josh Small has died he was buried in the family plot beside his wife in Rural Cemetery Hornell New York
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26-03-1914 Syracuse Herald New York:-
Gypsies Honor Their Dead King
RECORD REUNION THIS YEAR IN CITY OF HORNELL
FROM ALL OVER AMERICA
Hornell March 26th
Encamped on vacant plot on Madison Street in this city is a small band of gypsies which is the first arrival of what is to be the greatest gathering of those wandering tribes that has ever been seen in years.
By the 1st of May it is expected that at least 400 will have arrived Plans are being laid for a big celebration to take place around about Declaration Day at which time a reunion of the JOSHUA SMALL tribes will take place.
One Band of the wandering tribes is on its way from New Mexico to pay tribute to memory of JOSHUA SMALL ,Who is buried in Hornwell
Joshua Small one time the king of the Gypsies who died about 4 years ago in Tennessee and who was brought here for burial has among the various gypsy tribes scattered throughout the country about 200 descendants. Those descendants plan a reunion that has never been held the purpose of decorating the graves of Mr Small his wife 2 daughters 1 son and 2 grandchildren who are buried beside him.
Small in his time was a widely known Character and is reputed to have amassed a comfortable fortune. He was born in England and came to this country when a Small boy, he has been married several times and was the father of a large number of Children. Mrs Stanley who is a member of the tribe that is now camped here is Small daughter.
Tribes are now on their way to Hornell from all parts of the country one tribe having arrived here 2 weeks ago from New Mexico,the party now here is making arrangements for the location of the camp and arrangements for the memorial.
A GYPSY CAMP SOME GYPSY FAMILIES IN BROOKLYN -
THEIR HORSE TRADING- THEIR DOGS- AND CHLDREN-THEIR CHIEF-THEIR PERCULIARITIES.
For the last two or three weeks there has been a busy camp nestled in the hilly grounds about half a mile from Prospect Park in Brooklyn.
The assemblage consists of about 30 souls, the children being in large majority. The clan is an English one and their Chief is URIAH WHARTON.
As in patriarchal times. Uriah appears to be Father and Grand-father of the whole family. All seem to have the greatest reverence for their leader and men women and children obey him implicitly. The men are Horse-traders. Around the camp picking up what scanty food they can find are some 20 horses, among them brood mares with their colts. The quality of the horses need not be expatiated upon. Most all of the steeds are sprung or spavined. Horse trades are of constant occurrence in the camp. People inclined to swap horses can be accommodated. At any time you can barter a sound horse for two foundered gypsy ones. The men seem adepts at their business cleverly concealing the defects in their animals and vaunting such few points of excellence as they many possess. With the thorough knowledge they possess a broken-down horse in a few weeks time will come out of their hands as a high mettled steed. Dogs of every variety bark and yelp at you in the camp, Here may be found setters, pointers, fox-hounds,terriers, bulldogs Lurchers, “yaller dogs” and even aristocaratic grey hound walks daintly around, apparently quite out of place. In fact children and dogs abound. The women show their Eastern origin more than men, These gypsy ladies have the quiline nose, the small mouth, the dark eyes, the blue-black straight hair common to the stock, Their costumes is tawdry and they seem to delight in garnish colours, These women seem to be good mothers and the children are such amazing profusion as to require their unceasing care. Fortune-telling of course falls into their line of business and no end of silly people pay their dollar to have these gypsies patter a fortune to them. The gypsy wagons are peculiar, something in shape like the Turkish Arabia.
In these conveyances the people sleep some of the ambulant houses having inside of them prosaic four-poster beds. In their ordinary language the gypsies use English, resembling in accent and intonation that spoken by the peasantry in the south of England, but every now and then a guttural burst of Romanee rolls out and dissipates the idea that they are ordinary folks. If you stay here much longer, said a Times Representative to Uriah Wharton ,you will become Americanized, Our northern climate won't allow of this wandering about. In 20 years from now all these babies here , your grand-children will become good citizens and will forget Egypt and their forebears.That's so Sir, replied the chief, I have been here off and on for 30 years and I see it a coming, maybe it is for the best, Egypt don't get along well here as in the old country, Classes is more mixed, half the children in this camp are of mixed breed, I am though pure- of pure Eygpt, we can make out here though, but in the old country , life was pleasanter. When I was a young man there was a fair or a horse race every day, horse- trading ain't what it used to be, talk about a Norfolk jockey and his bein sharp, why sir a Yankee can give him Pints.
They do tell me Sir, horses in England is doubled in price of late and that they are getting them over from France, I can see Cruiser is dead, Lord Dorchester raised him, I know all about the Vension Stock, You wouldn't mind sending me a newspaper now and then, would you Sir ? Here was a revelation. A gypsy who wanted a newspaper .IF only Mr Borrow could hear that he would declare that the civilization of the gypsy at least in America had commenced, The gypsy camp was perfectly orderly, The people all seemed in good condition and the children especially with their ruddy faces and sunburnt limbs, were the pictures of health, a certain smallness of hands and feet and the graceful poses taken by all the people showed the peculiarities of an alien race.
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