Brief Life History of Nathan Abercrombie
When Nathan Abercrombie Smith was born on 15 January 1850, in Alabama, United States, his father, Major Lovitt S Smith, was 32 and his mother, Sarah Lurana Cook, was 26. He married Maude Easley on 28 November 1878, in Randolph, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 20 April 1900, in Barbour, Alabama, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Spring Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery, Spring Hill, Barbour, Alabama, United States.
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- Nathan A Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
- Nathan A. Smith, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Nathan A Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
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1851
Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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