Francis M Smith

15 May 1834–12 December 1888 (Age 54)
Virginia, United States

The Life Summary of Francis M

Francis M Smith was born on 15 May 1834, in Virginia, United States. He married Orrissa Adeline Augusta Haymond about 1861, in Carson City, Ormsby, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 12 December 1888, in Wells, Elko, Nevada, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Wells, Elko, Nevada, United States.

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Family Time Line

Francis M Smith
1834–1888
Orrissa Adeline Augusta Haymond
1845–1922
Marriage: about 1861
Marion Melvin Smith
1862–1905

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1861Carson City, Ormsby, Nevada, United States
    • Children

    (1)

    World Events (8)

    1836 · Remember the Alamo
    Age 2
    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.
    1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
    Age 10
    In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
    1856
    Age 22
    Nevada is the 36th state.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Smithe
    Smither
    Smithey
    Smyth
    Smythe
    McGowan
    Smead
    Faber

    Sources (3)

    • Francis Smith, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Francis M Smith, "BillionGraves Index"
    • Francis M. Smith, "Find A Grave Index"

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