Brief Life History of Mary E.
When Mary E. Smith was born on 26 November 1847, in Perry Township, Logan, Ohio, United States, her father, Nathan Baker Smith, was 25 and her mother, Letitia Stevenson, was 19. She married David H. Harriman on 7 December 1865, in Logan, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Bloom Township, Morgan, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Ohio, United States in 1870. She died on 19 May 1873, in Perry Township, Logan, Ohio, United States, at the age of 25, and was buried in North Greenfield Cemetery, North Greenfield, Logan, Ohio, United States.
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- Mary E Smith in household of Nathan B Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mary E. Smith, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Mary E. Smith in entry for David W. Harrison, "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958"
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1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
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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