David Smith

MaleJuly 1862–

Brief Life History of David

When David Smith was born in July 1862, in Madison, Jones, Iowa, United States, his father, John H. Smith, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Smith, was 30. He married Agatha Doran on 28 November 1882, in Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Cass Township, Jones, Iowa, United States in 1900.

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Family Time Line

David Smith
1862–
Agatha Doran
1861–
Marriage: 28 November 1882
John R. Smith
1883–
Elizabeth Smith
1886–
Diana Agnes Smith
1888–1967
Harriet K. Smith
1890–
Florance A Smith
1890–
James Harold Smith
1894–

Sources (13)

  • David Smith, "United States Census, 1900"
  • David Smith in entry for Smith, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
  • Dan W Smith, "United States Census, 1910"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    28 November 1882Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States
  • Children (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (10)

    +5 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1863

    Age 1

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

    1867 · The Burtis Opera House

    Age 5

    The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 34

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    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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