When William H H Smith was born on 26 July 1838, in Ohio, United States, his father, George G. Smith, was 41 and his mother, Eliza Ann Hatch, was 35. He married Mary Elizabeth Kelsey on 10 January 1860, in Montgomery, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Darlington, Franklin Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Union Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. He died on 13 November 1924, in Montgomery, Indiana, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Darlington Odd Fellows Cemetery, Darlington, Franklin Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States.
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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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