When Rachael Leah Smith was born on 30 November 1822, in Carroll, Tennessee, United States, her father, Richard Smith, was 30 and her mother, Diana Braswell, was 25. She married Andrew Jackson Ross Jr on 21 September 1837, in Gibson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She immigrated to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and lived in Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States in 1870 and Kanosh, Millard, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 20 December 1894, in Shelton, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Ririe Shelton Cemetery, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
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.
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 NamesRachel Leah Smith Ross Radford Life Sketch Rachel Leah (or Lear/Leer) Smith was the third child of Richard Smith and Deanna Braswell. She was born on November 30, 1822 in Gibson County, Tennessee. H …
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