Brief Life History of Scott James
When Scott James Smith was born on 14 March 1870, in Mahaska, Iowa, United States, his father, William Thomas Smith, was 24 and his mother, Nancy L. Locke, was 24. He married Mary Katherine Dolan on 28 April 1892. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Saling, Audrain, Missouri, United States in 1920 and Newton, Jasper, Iowa, United States in 1930. He died on 6 August 1937, in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Scott, Iowa, United States.
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- Scott J. Smith in household of William T. Smith, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: James Scott Smith - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: James Scott Smith
- Scott Smith, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1884
Historical Boundaries: 1884: Audrain, Missouri, United States
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
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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