Brief Life History of Laura E
Laura E Scott was born after 16 December 1837, in New York, United States as the daughter of James Jacobus Scutt. She married Silas Adams Smith in 1868. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Eden, Benton, Iowa, United States in 1880. She died on 7 July 1886, in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, United States, and was buried in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, United States.
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- Laura E Viles in household of Joseph Viles, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Laura E Smith, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Laura E Scott Viles, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
The USGS Database describes Vinton Post Office, Benton, Iowa. Opened 10/01/1846.
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish (Down): habitational and ethnic name from Middle English Scot ‘man from Scotland’. There is no evidence that the surname denoted either of the earlier senses of Scot as ‘(Gaelic-speaking) Irishman’ or ‘man from Alba’, the Gaelic-speaking region of Scotland north of the river Forth. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English and Scottish: from the rare Middle English personal name Scot (Old English Scott, possibly also Old Norse Skotr), only certainly attested in northern England.
English: variant of Scutt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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