Brief Life History of Frederick Wickliff
When Frederick Wickliff Smith was born on 11 March 1846, in DeWitt, Texas, United States, his father, John Mitchell Smith, was 36 and his mother, Maria Amanda Foscue, was 23. He lived in Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States in 1870 and Goshen, Juab, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 13 May 1881, in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Grove City Cemetery, Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States.
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- Wicklif Smith in household of William Vest, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Frederick Wickliff Smith - birth: 11 March 1846; Guadalupe, Victoria, Texas, United States
- Frederick Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1850 · Compromise of 1850
The United States Congress passed a package of five separate bills in an attempt to decrease tensions between the slave states and free states. The compromise itself was received gratefully, but both sides disapproved of certain components contained in the laws. Texas was impacted in several ways; mainly, the state surrendered its claim to New Mexico (and other claims north of 36°30′) but retained the Texas Panhandle. The federal government also took over the public debt for Texas.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1857
Historical Boundaries: 1857: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, 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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