When Silas Marion Smith was born on 17 April 1845, in Montrose, Lee, Iowa, United States, his father, Silas Schellinger Smith, was 22 and his mother, Elizabeth Orton, was 18. He married Marianne Alvira Partridge on 14 December 1874, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1847 and lived in Millard, Utah, United States in 1874 and Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1920. He registered for military service in 1865. In 1880, at the age of 35, his occupation is listed as farmer. He died on 20 October 1898, in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States.
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On May 1-3, 1846, the Nauvoo Illinois Temple was fully dedicated. It was the second temple that had been built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was the first temple with an angel Moroni on top, in the case of this temple it also doubled as a weather vane. Before the saints left Nauvoo they gathered in great numbers to go through.
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States
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.
Possible Related NamesIn 1874 and 1875 Silas Smith donated goods for building St. George Temple. Total Value $22.50. His son Henry P. Smith did labor on the Manti Temple valued at $64.10. (FHL film #26174) Minutes of the …
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