Brief Life History of James C
When James C Smith was born on 28 September 1819, in Greene, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Samuel R Smith, was 28 and his mother, Phoebe McCutcheon, was 28. He married Jane Doty on 25 October 1838, in Butler, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Randolph, Ward Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States in 1870 and Union Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States in 1880. He died in 1889, in Union City, Darke, Ohio, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Union City Cemetery, Union City, Wayne Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States.
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- James Smith, "United States Census, 1860"
- James Smith, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- James C Smith in entry for Alfred R Smith and <Unknown>, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1825 · State Capital Moves to Indianapolis
The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.
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Historical Boundaries 1826: Union, Indiana, United States
1838
Historical Boundaries 1838: Randolph, Indiana, United States
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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