Charles Edison Smith

Brief Life History of Charles Edison

When Charles Edison Smith was born on 14 February 1872, in Marion, Iowa, United States, his father, Chauncey Smith, was 45 and his mother, Anna Rosetta Rogers, was 38. He married Amelia or Millie Artemesia Jenkins on 2 March 1895, in Altoona, Wilson, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Corvallis, Ravalli, Montana, United States for about 20 years and Election Precinct 18 Glenwood Park, Missoula, Montana, United States in 1940. He died on 1 December 1958, in Missoula, Missoula, Montana, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Corvallis Cemetery, Corvallis, Ravalli, Montana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Edison Smith
1872–1958
Amelia or Millie Artemesia Jenkins
1878–1949
Marriage: 2 March 1895
Rosetta Virginia Smith
1895–1969
William Jennings Bryan Smith
1896–1929
Zola May Smith
1898–1993
Charles Clark Smith
1900–1970
Warren Wickliff Smith
1901–1971
Eldon Jenkins Smith
1902–1928
Martha or Mirthy Ann Smith
1905–1981
Mamie Aurelia Smith
1905–1993
Thomas E. Smith
1908–1979
Ralph Thornton Smith
1909–1976
Vernal Jeanette Smith
1917–1995
Leonard B. Smith
1919–1934

Sources (30)

  • C Edson Smith, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Charles E Smith, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
  • Charles Edson Smith, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1893

Historical Boundaries - 1893: Ravalli, Montana, United States

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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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