Brief Life History of Homer Erasmus
When Homer Erasmus Smith was born on 15 January 1831, in Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States, his father, Ebenezer Smith, was 34 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Rubert, was 24. He married Margaret Blackmer on 17 May 1848, in Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Beaver Falls, Beaver Falls Township, Renville, Minnesota, United States in 1875 and Ramsey, Dakota Territory, United States in 1880. He died on 20 August 1916, in Tekamah, Burt, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Burt, Nebraska, United States.
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- Homer Smith, "Minnesota State Census, 1875"
- Homer Smith, "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995"
- Homer E Smith, "Nebraska, Grand Army of the Republic, Burial Records, 1861-1948"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1837
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1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1854: Burt, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Burt, Nebraska, United States
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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