Jared Smith
1831–
Delaware Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States
The Life Summary of Jared
When Jared Smith was born in 1831, in Delaware Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Edward Smith, was 32 and his mother, Jane Johnson, was 27. He lived in Jamestown, Grant, Wisconsin, United States in 1860.
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Family Time Line
Edward Smith
1799–1870
Jane Johnson
1804–1881
Ira Edward Smith
1831–1901
Jared Smith
1831–
Ruth Smith
1841–1920
Ara Edward Smith
1834–1907
Huldah A Smith
1835–1868
Sara Jane Smith
1837–1895
Charlotte Smith
1838–1915
Morgan J Smith
1840–1908
Almira Smith
1842–1919
John Jasper Smith
1844–1931
William Wayne Smith
1849–1923
Parents and Siblings
1799–1870Male
1804–1881Female
Siblings
(11)
1831–1901Male
1831–Male
1834–1907Male
1835–1868Female
1837–1895Female
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Age 1
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Age 1
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1836
Age 5
1836
Age 5
The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin - Sept 3, 1836 Treaty Treaty of the Cedars was concluded on the Fox River on September 3, 1836. The Menominee Nation ceded nearly 4 million acres of land for the following items every year for twenty years: $3,000 worth of food provisions, 2,000 lbs. of tobacco, 30 barrels of salt, agricultural supplies, and $500 per year. (Wisconsin Historical Society)
1863
Age 32
1863
Age 32
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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Smither
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Sources (2)
- Jared B Smith in household of Edward Smith, "United States Census, 1860"
- Jared Smith in household of Edward Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
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