Charles B Smith

Brief Life History of Charles B

When Charles B Smith was born on 2 September 1879, in Grant, Indiana, United States, his father, Robert Charles Smith, was 27 and his mother, Caroline Marion Greer, was 27. He married Daisy Inez Broadberry on 8 August 1897, in Butler, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Beverly, Grant, Washington, United States in 1910 and Stevens, Washington, United States in 1920. He died on 5 March 1934, in Chewelah, Stevens, Washington, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Colville, Stevens, Washington, United States.

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Charles B Smith
1879–1934
Daisy Inez Broadberry
1875–1944
Marriage: 8 August 1897
Rolla Newton Smith
1898–1953
Floy Mercedes Smith
1902–1977
Smith
1905–1905

Sources (8)

  • Charles Smith, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Charlie Smith, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Charley Smith, "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1889 · Washington Becomes a State

On November 11, 1889, Washington Territory became Washington State the 42nd state to enter the Union. The state was named in honor of George Washington.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

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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