Forrest Emanuel Smith

Brief Life History of Forrest Emanuel

When Forrest Emanuel Smith was born on 18 June 1886, in Arkansas, United States, his father, John Smith, was 22 and his mother, Allie Tinkle, was 16. He married Emily Mahalie Banks on 2 November 1907, in Lawrence, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Lawrence, Arkansas, United States in 1920 and Strawberry, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States in 1930. He died on 6 April 1950, in Smithville, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Townsend Cemetery, Smithville, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Forrest Emanuel Smith
1886–1950
Emily Mahalie Banks
1889–1960
Marriage: 2 November 1907
Ollie Smith
1903–
Arthur Thomas Smith
1909–1961

Sources (16)

  • Forest Smith, "United States, Census, 1920"
  • Forrest Smith, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • Forest Emanuel Smith, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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World Events (8)

1888 · Bauxite Mining Began

Bauxite a rock with relatively high aluminum content, is the main source of aluminum for the world. When it was discovered in Arkansas it changed the state. The city of Bauxite, Arkansas was the site of the discovery.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

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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