Brief Life History of Sherman Ira Owen
When Sherman Ira Owen Smith was born on 30 March 1866, in Indiana, United States, his father, Orson Smith, was 42 and his mother, Harriett Patterson, was 36. He married Sophronia N Tucker on 2 July 1891, in Independence, Montgomery, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Jamestown, Jamestown Township, Steuben, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States in 1910. He died on 27 September 1933, in Calhoun, Michigan, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Marengo, Calhoun, Michigan, United States.
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- Ira Smith in household of Orson Smith, "United States Census, 1870"
- Ira Owen Smith, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
- Sherman Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1866–1933 Male
1869–1910 Female
Children (5)
1892–1971 Female
1894–1971 Female
1896–1966 Female
1898–1978 Male
1903– Male
Parents and Siblings
1824–1903 Male
1830–1919 Female
Siblings (6)
1851– Female
1853–1929 Male
1854–1917 Female
1858–1910 Female
1860– Female
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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.
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