Thomas Price Smith

Brief Life History of Thomas Price

When Thomas Price Smith was born on 18 October 1806, in Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Smith, was 27 and his mother, Virgin Sarah Price, was 36. He married Ann Taylor on 17 November 1827, in Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 3 April 1896, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Parowan Cemetery, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Price Smith
1806–1896
Sarah Ann Driver
1829–1873
Marriage: 23 July 1854
Thomas Alma Smith
1855–1936
Emanuel Driver Smith
1858–1952
Hannah Mariah Smith
1859–1944
Hyrum Smith
1860–1860
Sarah Emily Smith
1861–1898
Phebe Ketura Smith
1863–1932
Nephi Nathanial Smith
1865–1935
Jemima Ruth Smith
1867–1932
Rachel Naomi Smith
1867–1941
Joseph William Smith
1868–1915
Benjamin Bundy Smith
1870–1960
Carolyn Driver Smith
1871–1965

Sources (49)

  • F P W Smith, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Thomas Smith, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Thomas Price Smith, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

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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Journal of Thomas Price Smith Edited by Robert Smith Melville Great Grandson

Preface: I am indebted to Thomas Price Smith for his keeping a journal for a significant portion of his life and to those who were guardians of the journal before it reached the Family History Cente …

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