When Jacob James Smith was born on 17 January 1853, in Lenoir, North Carolina, United States, his father, Lemon Smith, was 24 and his mother, Adeline Noble, was 22. He married Elsie Davenport on 22 October 1876, in Lenoir, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Woodington Township, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States in 1900 and Tuckahoe, Jones, North Carolina, United States in 1910. He died on 25 February 1921, in Trent Township, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Lenoir, North Carolina, United States.
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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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