Joseph R Smith (1887–1953) • FamilySearch

Joseph R Smith

March 1887–30 July 1953 (Age 66)
Texas, United States

The Life of Joseph R

When Joseph R Smith was born in March 1887, in Texas, United States, his father, Richard Andrew Smith, was 32 and his mother, Carlotta Eugenia Wilson, was 22. He lived in Justice Precinct 3, Blanco, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 30 July 1953, in Marble Falls, Burnet, Texas, United States, at the age of 66.

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Family Time Line

Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Richard Andrew Smith

1855–1926

Carlotta Eugenia Wilson

1865–1949

Ora D Smith

1884–

Sallie L Smith

1903–

Isaac Ray Smith

1906–

Joseph R Smith

1887–1953

Myrtle A Smith

1889–

James W Smith

1891–

Quinna M Smith

1893–

Quinnie Mary Banks

1893–1953

Carlotta G Smith

1895–

William L Smith

1897–

Parents and Siblings

Richard Andrew Smith

Male1855–1926Male

Carlotta Eugenia Wilson

Female1865–1949Female

siblings

(10)

Ora D Smith

Female1884–Female

Joseph R Smith

Male1887–1953Male

Myrtle A Smith

Female1889–Female

James W Smith

Male1891–Male

Quinna M Smith

Female1893–Female

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World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

Age 3

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company

Age 7

Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.

1905 · Construction of the Praetorian Building

Age 18

Texas completed the construction of the Praetorian Building (Stone Plane Tower) in 1909. It was the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. The building had 15 stories and was 190 ft tall.

Name Meaning

Smith

Joseph

English: occupational name for a worker in metal, from Middle English smith (Old English smið, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Metalworking was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents were perhaps 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 the most frequent of all American surnames; it has also absorbed, by assimilation and translation, cognates and equivalents from many other languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988 ).

Possible Related Names

Blacksmith

Gowan

Nesmith

Smithe

Smithson

Smyth

Smythe

Sources (3)

Joseph R Smith in household of Richard A Smith, "United States Census, 1910"
Joseph R Smith in household of Richard A Smith, "United States Census, 1900"
Joseph Richard Smith, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

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