Brief Life History of Dora Hanna Elizabeth
When Dora Hanna Elizabeth Smart was born on 27 January 1882, in Rock Run, Cherokee, Alabama, United States, her father, John Calvin Smart, was 49 and her mother, Letha Catherine Parker, was 32. She married Samuel Sanford on 21 November 1897, in Cherokee, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Gaylesville, Cherokee, Alabama, United States in 1920 and Election Precinct 14 Waterloo, Cherokee, Alabama, United States in 1930. She died on 15 January 1936, in LaFayette, Walker, Georgia, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Union Hill Cemetery, Gaylesville, Cherokee, Alabama, United States.
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- Dora H Sandford in household of Marvin Sandford, "United States Census, 1930"
- Dorah Smart, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Dora Smart Smart, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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1884
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1886
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1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a brisk or active person, from Middle English smert, smart ‘quick, prompt, brisk, vigorous’ (Old English smeart ‘stinging’, ‘painful’, from smeortan ‘to sting’). This name is widespread throughout England (especially Gloucestershire), Wales, and Scotland (mainly Angus).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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