Brief Life History of Absalom
Absalom Smith was born on 28 May 1805, in Howard, Missouri, United States. He married Hilah Kimsey on 19 August 1828, in Jackson, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Polk, Polk, Nebraska, United States in 1850 and Dallas, Polk, Oregon, United States in 1860. He died on 18 October 1863, in Smithfield, Polk, Oregon, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Dallas, Polk, Oregon, United States.
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- Absalem Smith, "United States Census, 1860"
- Absolem Smith, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Afsolem Smith, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1816
Historical Boundaries: 1816: Howard, Missouri, United States
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
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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