Brief Life History of William Thearon
When William Thearon Smart was born on 13 November 1876, in Louisiana, Pike, Missouri, United States, his father, James H. Smart, was 25 and his mother, Frances Exira Parks, was 26. He married Mary Estella Dames on 23 September 1905, in Saint Charles, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in South Sugar Creek Township, Randolph, Missouri, United States in 1930 and Sugar Creek Township, Randolph, Missouri, United States in 1940. He died on 11 January 1962, in Moberly, Randolph, Missouri, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Moberly, Randolph, Missouri, United States.
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- William T Smart, "United States Census, 1940"
- William T Smart, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- William Thearon Smart, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a brisk or active person, from Middle English smert, smart ‘quick, prompt, brisk, vigorous’ (Old English smeart ‘stinging’, ‘painful’, from smeortan ‘to sting’). This name is widespread throughout England (especially Gloucestershire), Wales, and Scotland (mainly Angus).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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