When Reuben Smith was born about 1806, in Norwich, Windsor, Vermont, United States, his father, Reuben Stiles Smith, was 44 and his mother, Abigail Nabby Smalley, was 40. He married Margaret Malone on 4 December 1828, in Scioto, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Decatur Township, Lawrence, Ohio, United States in 1880. In 1880, at the age of 75, his occupation is listed as old age. He died on 19 May 1890, in Vernon Township, Scioto, Ohio, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Vernon Cemetery, Vernon Township, Scioto, Ohio, United States.
Do you know Reuben? Do you have a story about him that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
+7 More Children
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Zanesville becomes the new state capital.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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.
Possible Related NamesAs a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.