Brief Life History of William
When William Smith was born on 13 March 1811, in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, United States, his father, Joseph Smith Sr, was 39 and his mother, Lucy Mack, was 35. He married Caroline Amanda Grant on 14 February 1833, in Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Clayton, Iowa, United States in 1870 and Boardman Township, Clayton, Iowa, United States in 1880. He died on 13 November 1893, in Osterdock, Clayton, Iowa, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Osterdock, Clayton, Iowa, United States.
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- William B. Smith, "United States Census, 1880"
- William Smith, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994" Entry for Hiram Wallace Smith
- W B, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941" Entry for Edson Don Carlos Smith
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
1834 · Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is Formed
The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery.
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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