When Jemima Melvina Smoot was born on 24 April 1818, in Owenton, Owen, Kentucky, United States, her father, George Smoot, was 52 and her mother, Ann Rowlett, was 30. She married Hezekiah R Peck on 2 July 1840, in Lee, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, United States for about 30 years and Glenwood Township, Mills, Iowa, United States in 1900. She died on 4 August 1908, in Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1822: Owen, Kentucky, United States
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Americanized form of Dutch Smout, a metonymic occupational name for someone who sold fat or lard, Dutch smout, or a nickname for someone who had a taste for, and could afford, rich foods.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related Nameshttps://www.churchhistorianspress.org/the-first-fifty-years-of-relief-society/people/jemima-smoot-peck?letter=P Jemima Smoot Peck April 24, 1818–August 4, 1908 Born at Pleasant Home, Owen County, K …
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