When John Thomas Smyth was born on 10 September 1832, in Cove, County Cork, Ireland, his father, Thomas William Smyth, was 26 and his mother, Margaret Walsh, was 22. He married Mary Kavanaugh about 1862, in Dover, Morris, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Terrace, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 18 November 1908, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Ronan, Aidan, Brigid, Conor, Eoin, Malachy, Paddy.
English: variant of Smith . This form of the surname is particularly common Ireland.
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