Jane Smith

Brief Life History of Jane

When Jane Smith was born on 5 June 1812, in Ohio, Virginia, United States, her father, James Smith, was 22 and her mother, Mary Mae Henthorn, was 39. She married John Tidwell Sr. on 4 January 1829, in Marysville, Oregon Township, Clark, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 20 March 1893, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Mount Pleasant City Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Tidwell Sr.
1807–1887
Jane Smith
1812–1893
Marriage: 4 January 1829
James Harvey Tidwell
1829–1896
William Nelson Tidwell
1831–1910
Mary Jane Tidwell
1834–1901
Jefferson Tidwell
1837–1913
Lyman Tidwell
1839–1839
Nancy Ann Tidwell
1840–1840
Martha Tidwell
1842–1881
Mamie Margaret Tidwell
1844–1910
Sarah Tidwell
1846–1931
John Tidwell Jr.
1849–1917
Emma Jane Tidwell
1852–1852
Emeline Mariah Tidwell
1855–1926

Sources (51)

  • Jane Tidwell in household of John Tidwell, "United States Census, 1880"
  • June Smith, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Jane Smith Tidwell, "Find A Grave Index"

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

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

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.

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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BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN TIDWELL - Written by John Tidwell -

BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN TIDWELL - Written by John Tidwell - (This account was left written and spelled as John, himself wrote it) (Transcribed and typed by Pat L. Bird Sagers, John's great great grandaught …

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