Emma Gough Smith

10 November 1803–15 February 1867 (Age 63)
Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States

The Life Summary of Emma Gough

When Emma Gough Smith was born on 10 November 1803, in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, her father, James Harvey Smith, was 42 and her mother, Sarah Marianna Gough, was 30. She married William Robinson Tabor on 22 December 1825, in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Charleston Neck, Charleston, South Carolina, United States in 1850. She died on 15 February 1867, in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 63.

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Family Time Line

William Robinson Tabor
1792–1866
Emma Gough Smith
1803–1867
Marriage: 22 December 1825
Mariana Smith Taber
1826–1849
William Robinson Taber
1828–1856
John Robinson Taber
1831–1833
John R. Tabor
1831–
Thomas Hubbard Taber
1832–1858
Albert Rhett Taber
1833–1880
Emma Smith Taber
1836–1911
Dr Charles Rhett Taber
1839–1898
Sarah Frances Taber
1847–1869

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    22 December 1825Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States
    • Children

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (15)

    +10 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1804
    Age 1
    Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
    1804 · The Twelfth Amendment
    Age 1
    With not having a very clear statement in the Constitution about Presidents and Vice Presidents, the Twelfth Amendment was Born. Before the Electoral College could cast two votes for those that they saw fit for President. This was changed to just one electoral vote for President and one electoral vote for Vice President. With the amount of people even allowed to vote, there was no way for there to be a tie during the elections.
    1820 · Making States Equal
    Age 17
    The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Smithe
    Smither
    Smithey
    Smyth
    Smythe
    McGowan
    Smead
    Faber

    Sources (6)

    • Emma S Tabor in household of William R Tabor, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Eliza L Taber in household of William R Taber, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Emma Smith, "South Carolina Births and Christenings, 1681-1935"

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