Allen Smith Jr.

Maleabout 1833–

Brief Life History of Allen

When Allen Smith Jr. was born about 1833, in Indiana, United States, his father, Allen Smith, was 49 and his mother, Edna, was 35. He married Hephzibah Jane Reed on 6 May 1858, in St. Clair, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Washington Township, Washington, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Monegaw Springs, St. Clair, Missouri, United States in 1860.

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Family Time Line

Allen Smith Jr.
1833–
Hephzibah Jane Reed
1838–1918
Marriage: 6 May 1858
William Riley Smith
1851–1880
James Henry Smith
1855–
Levi Benton Smith
1859–1938
Annie Smith
1872–

Sources (6)

  • Allen Smith (brother) in household of Aaron Smith, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Allen J Smith, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Alen Smith (son) in household of Alen Smith, "United States Census, 1850"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    6 May 1858St. Clair, Missouri, United States
  • Children (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1833

    Age 0

    Historical Boundaries 1833: St. Clair County created from Lafayette County, Non-County Areas 15 and 16.

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 3

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    1865

    Age 32

    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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