James Smith Jr.

Brief Life History of James

When James Smith Jr. was born in 1788, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, James Smith Sr., was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Smith, was 22. He had at least 1 daughter with Eleanor Smith. He lived in Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States in 1840. He died about 1865, in Armstrong Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

James Smith Jr.
1788–1865
Eleanor Smith
1800–1851
Mary Smith
1831–1890

Sources (5)

  • James Smith, "United States Census, 1840"
  • James Smith Will
  • James Smith, "United States Census, 1850"

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World Events (8)

1788 · The First Presidential Election

The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.

1800

Historical Boundaries 1800: Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

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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Story Highlight

Land Record showing the heirs of James Smith, Esquire in Armstrong Township

The following land deed recorded in 1844 in Indiana County shows that James Smith, Esquire, was married to Elizabeth (maiden name not known), and after his death, she remarried Alexander McNutt. Jam …

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