Mary O'Dell Smart

Brief Life History of Mary O'Dell

When Mary O'Dell Smart was born on 31 August 1814, in Newberry, South Carolina, United States, her father, Joseph Smart, was 22 and her mother, Margaret Peggy O'Dell, was 17. She married Thomas Jefferson Dillard on 17 January 1833, in Laurens, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in Union, Union, South Carolina, United States in 1850 and Union, South Carolina, United States in 1860. She died on 1 August 1874, in Cross Keys, Union, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Padgetts Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Cross Keys, Union, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Alfred Dillard
1819–1848
Mary O'Dell Smart
1814–1874
Marriage: 1 April 1842
George McDuffie Dillard
1842–1910
Thomas Jefferson Dillard
1844–1858
Martha Ann Dillard
1845–1911
Winfield Taylor Dillard
1848–1861

Sources (9)

  • Mary Normon in household of Jesse Normon, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Mary O Smart Norman, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Mary O Smart in entry for Jas .D Norman, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"

World Events (7)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1822 · Slave Rebellion

"On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called ""the rising."" The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it."

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English: nickname for a brisk or active person, from Middle English smert, smart ‘quick, prompt, brisk, vigorous’ (Old English smeart ‘stinging’, ‘painful’, from smeortan ‘to sting’). This name is widespread throughout England (especially Gloucestershire), Wales, and Scotland (mainly Angus).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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