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Holland Smith

1 January 1821–14 June 1863 (Age 42)
Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

The Life Summary of Holland

When Holland Smith was born on 1 January 1821, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, his father, Josiah Smith, was 30 and his mother, Cloe (Chloe) Harkness, was 30. He married Jane Ludlow Ross about 1853, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 14 June 1863, in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Holland Smith
1821–1863
Jane Ludlow Ross
1823–1911
Marriage: about 1853
Jennie May Smith
1849–1850
Grace Smith
1854–1918
Walter Smith
1855–1886
Frank Warren Smith
1861–1916

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1853Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
    • Children

    (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (1)

    World Events (7)

    1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
    Age 0
    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.
    1825 · The Crimes Act
    Age 4
    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.
    1836 · Remember the Alamo
    Age 15
    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.

    Name Meaning

    English: occupational name for a worker in metal, from Middle English smith (Old English smið, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Metalworking was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents were perhaps 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 the most frequent of all American surnames; it has also absorbed, by assimilation and translation, cognates and equivalents from many other languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988 ).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Blacksmith
    Gowan
    Nesmith
    Smithe
    Smithson
    Smyth
    Smythe

    Sources (11)

    • Holland Smith, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Holland in entry for Edward E. Adams and Grace Smith, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
    • Holland Smith, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"

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