When Lewis Gibson Smith was born on 18 April 1840, in Preston, West Virginia, United States, his father, William Smith, was 40 and his mother, Margaret Binns, was 39. He married Mary Albertine Moore on 10 April 1866, in Page, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Rush, Kansas, United States in 1895 and Caldwell, Sumner, Kansas, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1864. He died on 28 July 1935, in Wakita, Grant, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Caldwell City Cemetery, Caldwell, Sumner, Kansas, United States.
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In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Page, Iowa, 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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