Brief Life History of Robert Lee
When Robert Lee Smith was born on 24 April 1901, in Calamine, Sharp, Arkansas, United States, his father, James Alford Smith, was 27 and his mother, Frances Sarah Nichols, was 20. He married Joan Ann Stanley on 19 July 1928, in Bald Knob, White, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Sharp, Arkansas, United States in 1935 and Big Creek Township, Sharp, Arkansas, United States in 1940. He died on 23 September 1981, in Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery, Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States.
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- Robert L Smith, "United States 1950 Census"
- Robert Smith, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Robert Lee Smith, "Arkansas First Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1904 · William H. Fuller Grows 70 Acres of Rice
Rice is one Arkansas leading crops, in 1904 William H. Fuller planted 70 acres of rice, this act is what started the making rice the leading crop in Arkansas.
1922 · The First Radio Station WOK Begins Broadcasting
In 1922, Harvey C. Couch Sr. started WOK the first radio station in Arkansas. After a trip to Pittsburgh and the KDKA radio he came up with the idea for Workers of Killowatts (WOK). WOK had no commercials which was nice for the listeners.
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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