Nathan Baker Smith

Brief Life History of Nathan Baker

When Nathan Baker Smith was born on 20 April 1822, in Muskingum, Ohio, United States, his father, Nathan Smith, was 35 and his mother, Christianna Baker, was 33. He married Letitia Stevenson on 21 April 1846, in Allen, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Bloom Township, Morgan, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Perry Township, Logan, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 16 May 1899, in North Greenfield, Perry Township, Logan, Ohio, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in North Greenfield, Perry Township, Logan, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nathan Baker Smith
1822–1899
Letitia Stevenson
1828–1897
Marriage: 21 April 1846
Mary E. Smith
1847–1873
David Wesley Smith
1849–1874
Purley Baker Smith
1853–1880
Shepherd Wayne Smith
1858–1926
Lincoln Smith
1860–1863
Minnie Belle Smith
1863–1870
Mable Elizabeth Smith
1877–1877

Sources (14)

  • Nathan Smith, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Nathan B Smith - birth-name: Nathan Baker Smith
  • Nathan B. Smith, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated

On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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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