When David Rauther Smith Jr was born on 27 December 1848, in Thomasville, Thomas, Georgia, United States, his father, David Rauther Smith Sr, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Ann Austin, was 34. He married Martha Ester Brown on 3 June 1866, in Thomas, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Newton, Georgia, United States in 1850. He died on 16 January 1905, in Amory, Monroe, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Smith Cemetery, Amory, Monroe, Mississippi, United States.
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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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