Brief Life History of Lucius S
When Lucius S Smith was born on 6 October 1840, in Iowa, United States, his father, William Smith, was 35 and his mother, Ellender Skidmore, was 28. He married Sarah Ellen Harriet Snodderly on 16 October 1864, in Linn, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Scio, Linn, Oregon, United States in 1870 and Turner, Marion, Oregon, United States in 1880. He died on 29 December 1896, in Oregon, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, United States.
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- Lucius S Smith, "United States Census, 1870"
- L. S. Smith, "Oregon Marriage Records, 1849-1952"
- L. S. Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Iowa is the 29th state.
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.
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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