Brief Life History of Martha E
When Martha E 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 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Meadow Creek, Millard, Utah, United States in 1870 and Black Rock, Millard, Utah, United States in 1900. 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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- Martha Bennett in household of Hyrum Bennett, "United States Census, 1850"
- Martha Smith, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Martha Smith Bennett, "BillionGraves Index"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
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.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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