Brief Life History of Martha Y.
When Martha Y. Smith was born in 1824, in Tennessee, United States, her father, John B Smith, was 33 and her mother, Nancy, was 16. She married Alexander M Wisdom on 7 March 1840, in Randolph, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Chariton, Macon, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Missouri, United States in 1870. She died on 18 December 1875, in Macon, Missouri, United States, at the age of 51.
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- Martha Y Wisdom in household of Alexander M Wisdom, "United States Census, 1870"
- Martha Smith, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Martha Smith in entry for Alexander Wisdom, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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