Brief Life History of Wallace B.
When Wallace B. Smith was born in 1852, in Rutland, Rutland Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States, his father, Sardine S. Smith, was 37 and his mother, Almira Whaley, was 24. He married Ada Marcella Vining on 8 April 1879, in Meigs, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Salisbury Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States in 1880. He died on 7 April 1901, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Bradford Cemetery, Salisbury Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (12)
- Walis B Smith in household of S S Smith, "United States Census, 1860"
- Wallace B. Smith, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Wallace B. Smith, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
Spouse and Children
1852–1901 Male
1859–1953 Female
Children (3)
1880– Female
1882– Female
1884–1972 Female
Parents and Siblings
1815–1910 Male
1828–1892 Female
Siblings (4)
1846–1847 Male
1848–1850 Female
1852–1901 Male
1856–1914 Female
World Events (8)
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Age 8
1863
Age 11
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
Age 14
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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