Hannah C Smith

Brief Life History of Hannah C

When Hannah C Smith was born on 16 March 1838, in Unadilla, Unadilla, Otsego, New York, United States, her father, Joseph Chapman Smith Sr, was 46 and her mother, Eunice Maynard, was 35. She married Lemuel Post on 26 January 1858, in Unadilla, Unadilla, Otsego, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Butternuts, Otsego, New York, United States in 1850. She died on 6 June 1903, in Unadilla, Unadilla, Otsego, New York, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Sand Hill Cemetery, Unadilla, Unadilla, Otsego, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lemuel Post
1824–1895
Hannah C Smith
1838–1903
Marriage: 26 January 1858
Ida E Post
1860–1935
Charlotte E. Post
1862–1948
Elsie A Post
1865–1929
Milo Theodore Post
1867–1946
Gilbert W Post
1874–1961
Benjamin Eugene Post
1877–1957

Sources (9)

  • Hanna Post in household of Peter Rogers, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Hannah C Post, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
  • Hannah Post in household of Lemuel Post, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (7)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

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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