When Jacob Smith was born on 17 April 1792, in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States, his father, John Smith, was 37 and his mother, Mary Whitehead, was 28. He married Edna Stephens on 31 July 1821, in Lawrence, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Harrison, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 15 August 1878, in Burnet, Texas, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Bertram, Burnet, Texas, United States.
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Amherst was established in 1807 as county seat for the newly formed Amherst County.
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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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