John Henry Smith

Brief Life History of John Henry

When John Henry Smith was born on 18 September 1848, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, George Albert Smith, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Ann Libby, was 30. He married Sarah Farr on 20 October 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 13 October 1911, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Henry Smith
1848–1911
Sarah Farr
1849–1921
Marriage: 20 October 1866
John Henry Smith Jr
1868–1868
George Albert Smith Sr.
1870–1951
Lorin Farr Smith
1872–1872
Don Carlos Smith
1874–1927
Ezra Chase Smith
1876–1951
Charles Warren Smith
1879–1879
Winslow Farr Smith
1881–1966
Nathaniel Libby Smith
1883–1935
Nancy Claire Bell Smith
1886–1961
Tirzah Priscilla Smith
1887–1951
Elsie Louise Smith
1891–1956

Sources (90)

  • John H Smith in household of George A Smith, "United States Census, 1860"
  • John Henry Smith, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • John Henry in entry for Nicholas G Smith, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

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World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868

1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines

The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

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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Swiss German Missionary Conference 1884 by Paul-Anthon Nielson

This portrait was taken in the photograph studio of Moritz Emil Vollenweider (d. 1899) and his son, Emil Vollenweider (1849-1921), at Postgasse 68 in the city of Bern on 24 December 1884. A conference …

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