Brief Life History of Woody King
When Woody King Smith was born on 12 January 1886, in Lapile, Union, Arkansas, United States, his father, Charles Wesley Smith, was 26 and his mother, Mary Ann Craven, was 25. He married Edna Martha Coleman in 1906, in Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Dalhart, Dallam, Texas, United States in 1935 and Civil District 2, Shelby, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 23 September 1968, in Union, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in El Dorado, Union, Arkansas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (12)
- Woody R Smith, "United States Census, 1920"
- Woodie K Smith, "Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939"
- Woodie King Smith, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
Spouse and Children
1886–1968 Male
1884–1937 Female
Children (1)
1908–1987 Female
Parents and Siblings
1859–1933 Male
1860–1942 Female
Siblings (11)
1881–1918 Male
1884–1969 Male
1886–1968 Male
1888–1960 Male
1890–1930 Male
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World Events (8)
1888 · Bauxite Mining Began
Age 2
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 4
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Age 22
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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