Brief Life History of Ratliff A.
When Ratliff A. Smith was born on 24 October 1852, in Booneville, Prentiss, Mississippi, United States, his father, Thomas Smith, was 39 and his mother, Winford Ratliff, was 36. He married Martha Jane Kelton on 5 January 1875, in Booneville, Prentiss, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Taylor, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 2, Taylor, Texas, United States in 1910. He died on 21 September 1914, in Gap, Comanche, Texas, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Iberis Cemetery, Taylor, Texas, United States.
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- Ratliff Smith, "United States Census, 1880"
- Ralliffe A. Smith, "Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911"
- Ratliff Smith, "Find a Grave Index"
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1856
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Comanche, Texas, United States
1858
Historical Boundaries 1858: Taylor, Texas, United States
1870 · Texas Is Restored to the Union
Congress restored Texas to the Union on March 30, 1870, despite not yet meeting all of the requirements established for re-admittance.
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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