Brief Life History of Amelia "Millie"
When Amelia "Millie" Smith was born on 15 March 1810, in Barren, Kentucky, United States, her father, Benjamin Smith, was 40 and her mother, Susannah Shirley, was 40. She married Joseph Helton on 9 February 1826, in Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 14 May 1872, in Vermilion, Illinois, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Prairie Chapel Cemetery, Ross Township, Vermilion, Illinois, United States.
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- Milley Smith, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Amelia Smith Helton, "Find A Grave Index"
- Milly Smith, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1826
Historical Boundaries: 1826: Vermilion, Illinois, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
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.
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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