Brief Life History of Elizabeth E.
When Elizabeth E. Smith was born on 23 February 1834, in Owensville, Montgomery Township, Gibson, Indiana, United States, her father, Dr. Willis Jackman Smith, was 35 and her mother, Martha 'Patsey' Crockett Warrick, was 24. She married Morgan Williams on 29 December 1853, in Gibson, Indiana, United States. She lived in Montgomery Township, Gibson, Indiana, United States in 1850. She died on 12 June 1887, in Owensville, Montgomery Township, Gibson, Indiana, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Owensville Cemetery, Owensville, Montgomery Township, Gibson, Indiana, United States.
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- Elizabeth E Martin in household of Alfred Martin, "United States Census, 1880"
- Elizabeth E Smith, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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1838–1912 Male
1834–1887 Female
Parents and Siblings
1800–1835 Male
1809–1868 Female
Siblings (4)
1827–1902 Female
1829–1916 Female
1831–1903 Male
1834–1887 Female
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
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1836 · The Massive Internal Improvements Act
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1851 · Constitution of 1851
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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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