Brief Life History of Pennina Jane
When Pennina Jane Smith was born on 1 February 1794, in Wayne, North Carolina, United States, her father, John Smith, was 32 and her mother, Margaret Brown, was 25. She married McCaslin Frost on 28 November 1809, in Johnston, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Fremont, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 8 September 1869, in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Richmond City Cemetery, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Pennina Frost in household of Harvey M Rollins, "United States Census, 1860"
- Family Data Collection - Births
- Penny Smith, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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1799 · Gold Nuggets Found
In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow ""rock"" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the ""rock"" was a gold nugget.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1818
Illinois is the 21st state.
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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History of Martha McKinney Frost Akes Langley Wiser 1825-1902
Written by Effie Wiser, Granddaughter of Martha McKinney Frost Martha Wiser, better known as (Aunt Patsy) was born Oct.7, 1825 in Knox County, Tennessee, to McCaslin Frost and Peninna Smith. While …
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