Brief Life History of Francis Edward " Frank"
When Francis Edward " Frank" Smith Sr. was born on 22 October 1867, in Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, James Archibald Smith, was 47 and his mother, Rebecca Anna Emery, was 39. He married Cora Mae House on 25 December 1909. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Morland, Graham, Kansas, United States in 1930 and Solomon Township, Graham, Kansas, United States in 1940. He died on 22 August 1961, in Alamosa, Alamosa, Colorado, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Morland, Graham, Kansas, United States.
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- Francis B Smith in household of James Smith, "United States Census, 1870"
- Francis E Smith, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Frank Edward Smith, "Oregon, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
1878
Historical Boundaries: 1878: Conejos, Colorado, United States 1913: Alamosa, Colorado, United States
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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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