Jesse Nathaniel Smith Sr.

Brief Life History of Jesse Nathaniel

When Jesse Nathaniel Smith Sr. was born on 2 December 1834, in Stockholm, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, his father, Silas Smith, was 55 and his mother, Mary Aikens, was 37. He married Emma Seraphine West on 13 May 1852, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States in 1870 and Snowflake, Apache, Arizona, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1905. He died on 5 June 1906, in Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in R V Mike Ramsay Memorial Cemetery, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jesse Nathaniel Smith Sr.
1834–1906
Janet Mauretta Johnson
1848–1933
Marriage: 9 October 1866
Susan Janet Smith
1868–1960
Ellen Mauretta Smith
1871–1872
Sariah Anna Smith
1873–1922
Agnes Maud Smith
1874–1878
Julia Johnson Smith
1875–1956
Priscilla Smith
1877–1954
Editha Smith
1878–1931
Lucy Smith
1880–1951
Margaret Fife Smith
1882–1969
Ruth Smith
1884–1956
Esther Smith
1887–1975
Elias Smith
1889–1961
Leah Smith
1891–1976

Sources (176)

  • Jesse N Smith, "Denmark Census, 1870"
  • Jesse A, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
  • Jesse M. Smith, "Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

1856

Historical Boundaries: 1856: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1856: Beaver, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Beaver, 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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[Notes on LDS Missions that George Halliday presided over in England and Ireland, 1860-1864.] [Prior to leaving on an LDS Mission to England in 1860, Elder George Halliday spoke during an LDS General …

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