Caroline Clara Smith

Brief Life History of Caroline Clara

When Caroline Clara Smith was born on 6 June 1820, in Potsdam, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, her father, John Smith, was 38 and her mother, Clarissa Loomis Lyman, was 29. She married Thomas Callister on 31 August 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 8 January 1895, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Callister
1821–1880
Caroline Clara Smith
1820–1895
Marriage: 31 August 1845
Thomas Callister
1846–1847
Clarissa Callister
1848–1848
Clara Caroline Callister
1850–1892
Philomela Callister
1851–1879
Mary Maranda Callister
1853–1930
Samuel Jay Callister
1856–1856
Bathsheba Smith Callister
1860–1860
Asael Smith Callister
1865–1865

Sources (16)

  • Caroline Callister in household of Thomas Callister, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Caroline Smith, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Caroline Clara Smith Callister, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1841 · The Nauvoo Legion

In 1841, the Nauvoo Legion was organized. It was a group of men formed to protect the people of Nauvoo but also fought in different wars. Joseph Smith was the Lieutenant General of this group. Other leaders included Brigham Young, John C. Bennett, and others. They were part of the Illinois Mormon War (1844-1846), Mexican-American War (March of California, Capture of Tucson), Indian Wars (Battle Creek Massacre, Battle of Fort Utah, Walker War, Ute Black Hawk War, Mountain Meadows Massacre), American Civil War, and Morrisite War. The Legion was disbanded in 1887.

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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CLARA CAROLINE CALLISTER

CLARA CAROLINE CALLISTER 1850-1892 Parents: Thomas Callister and Caroline Clara Smith Married: Francis M. Lyman, 2nd wife, 4 …

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