Brief Life History of Don Carlos
When Don Carlos Smith was born on 25 March 1816, in Norwich, Windsor, Vermont, United States, his father, Joseph Smith Sr, was 44 and his mother, Lucy Mack, was 40. He married Agnes Moulton Coolbrith on 30 July 1835, in Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Florida, Henry, Ohio, United States in 1831. He died on 7 August 1841, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 25, and was buried in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States.
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- Don Carlos Smith, "United States Census, 1840"
- Don C. Smith, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Don Carlos Smith, "BillionGraves Index"
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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.
Possible Related NamesStory Highlight
Josephine Donna Smith (Ina Coolbrith), daughter of Don Carlos Smith and Agnes Coolbrith, by Roy B. Huff and Kyle R. Walker in "United by Faith," Covenant Comunications (American Fork, Utah), pp. 384-86.
Josephine Donna Smith was born 10 March 1841 in Nauvoo, Illinois--just a few months previous to her father's death (Don Carlos Smith died 7 August 1941). She had two older sisters, Agnes Charlotte (b …
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