Azariah Smith

Brief Life History of Azariah

When Azariah Smith was born on 1 August 1828, in Boylston, Oswego, New York, United States, his father, Albert Smith, was 23 and his mother, Esther Dutcher, was 17. He married Augusta Camilla Taylor on 10 October 1849, in Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1848 and lived in Sanpete, Utah, United States for about 1 years and Manti Utah Temple, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1846. In 1880, at the age of 52, his occupation is listed as farmer. He died on 5 September 1912, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Manti Cemetery, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Azariah Smith
1828–1912
Augusta Camilla Taylor
1833–1904
Marriage: 10 October 1849
Augusta Camilla Smith
1850–1934
Stephen Azariah Smith
1851–1852
Samuel Smith
1853–1949

Sources (41)

  • Azariah Smith, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Azariah Smith, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • US Military pension file

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1831

EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER Isaac Voorhees BIRTH 1769 Conestoga, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA DEATH 1831 (aged 61–62) Ohio, USA BURIAL Manti Cemetery Manti, Sanpete County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 37165632 · View Source

1850 · Tornado Finishes off the Temple

On May 27, 1850, a tornado came through Nauvoo and took the remaining outer walls of the temple. It was the most frightful thing the city had witnessed. Not just a tornado but also lightening, thunder, wind, hail and rain assailed the spot. Over time what was not destroyed by the storm crumbled until only a small amount was left.

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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What We Pased Through: Azariah Smith, Utah Pioneer

Manti, May 11, 1897 To the Editor: I have been reading, with interest, a great deal concerning the grand Jubilee, to be held at Salt Lake City in July next, and the pains taken to prepare for the sa …

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