When Martha Smith was born on 9 June 1817, in Stockholm, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, her father, Asahel Smith Jr., was 44 and her mother, Elizabeth Schellenger, was 31. She married Hiram Bell Bennett on 17 August 1845, in Nashville, Lee, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Meadow Creek, Millard, Utah, United States in 1870 and Black Rock, Millard, Utah, United States in 1900. In 1880, at the age of 63, her occupation is listed as keeping house. She died on 12 October 1902, in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Meadow Cemetery, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
In 1841, the Nauvoo Legion was organized. It was a group of men formed to protect the people of Nauvoo but also fought in different wars. Joseph Smith was the Lieutenant General of this group. Other leaders included Brigham Young, John C. Bennett, and others. They were part of the Illinois Mormon War (1844-1846), Mexican-American War (March of California, Capture of Tucson), Indian Wars (Battle Creek Massacre, Battle of Fort Utah, Walker War, Ute Black Hawk War, Mountain Meadows Massacre), American Civil War, and Morrisite War. The Legion was disbanded in 1887.
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.
Possible Related NamesHIRAM BELL BENNETT 1823-1912 by daughter Clara Marinda Bennett Sorenson Hiram Bell Bennett was born on 1 March 1823 at Nashville, Sumner, Tennessee . His parents were William J. Bennett and Eliz …
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