Julia Augusta Benedict

Brief Life History of Julia Augusta

When Julia Augusta Benedict was born in 1857, in Wells, Indiana, United States, her father, Luther Eugene Benedict, was 31 and her mother, Julia A. Cotton, was 29. She married Josiah Hugh Smith on 18 February 1875, in Wells, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Ossian, Jefferson Township, Wells, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Wilson Township, Fulton, Arkansas, United States in 1920. She died in 1930, in Indiana, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Ossian, Jefferson Township, Wells, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Josiah Hugh Smith
1849–1923
Julia Augusta Benedict
1857–1930
Marriage: 18 February 1875
Dora B Smith
1877–1922
James Eugene Smith
1878–1964
Edward R. Smith
1881–1924
Clyde Frederick Smith
1883–1962
Maude May Smith
1888–1948
Maggie Ellen Smith
1890–

Sources (14)

  • Augusta Smith in household of Jasiah H Smith, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Augusta J Benedict, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Julia Augusta Benedict Smith, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1861

Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.

1862 · Battle of Pea Ridge

By the time the Battle of Pea Ridge happened the Union forces had pushed Confederates through Missouri and Arkansas. This battle was important in securing Missouri for the Union and opening Arkansas for the Union.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English, German, and Dutch: from the personal name Benedict, from Latin Benedictus ‘blessed’. This owed its popularity in the Middle Ages chiefly to Saint Benedict of Norcia (c. 480–550), who founded the Benedictine order of monks at Monte Cassino and wrote a monastic rule that formed a model for all subsequent rules. No doubt the meaning of the Latin word also contributed to its popularity as a personal name, especially in Romance countries. Occasionally the English surname may derive from Latin benedicite ‘bless (you)’, perhaps given as a nickname to an habitual user of the expression. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed the German variant Benedikt and many cognates from other languages, e.g. Hungarian Benedek , Slovenian Benedik (see Benedick ), and also their patronymics and other derivatives, e.g. Italian Benedetti .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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