Brief Life History of William Franklin
When William Franklin Smith was born on 25 March 1849, in Duplin, North Carolina, United States, his father, John J Smith, was 36 and his mother, Mary Ann Williams, was 22. He married Frances Ann Kornegay on 18 August 1870, in Duplin, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Albertson, Duplin, North Carolina, United States in 1900 and Glisson Township, Duplin, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1865. He died on 9 January 1927, in Duplin, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Kornegay, Duplin, North Carolina, United States.
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- William T Smith in household of John Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
- Frank Smith, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- William F. Smith, "North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930"
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1849–1927 Male
1844–1923 Female
Children (4)
1871–1941 Female
1873–1964 Male
1876–1932 Female
1878–1951 Female
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1826–1891 Female
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1843– Female
1846–1916 Male
1849–1927 Male
1851–1881 Male
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World Events (8)
1853 · First State Fair
Age 4
1863
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
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Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name denoting a worker in metal, especially iron, such as a blacksmith or farrier, from Middle English smith ‘smith’ (Old English smith, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Early examples are also found in the Latin form Faber . Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents in other languages were the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is also the most frequent of all surnames in the US. It is very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below). This surname (in any of the two possible English senses; see also below) is also found in Haiti. See also Smither .
English: from Middle English smithe ‘smithy, forge’ (Old English smiththe). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived in or by a blacksmith's shop, occupational, for someone who worked in one, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Smitha in King's Nympton (Devon). Compare Smithey .
Irish and Scottish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac Gobhann, Irish Mac Gabhann ‘son of the smith’. See McGowan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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