Keeping Up with the Smiths--

Keeping Up with the Smiths--
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 514
Release: 1998
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Wesley (or Westley) W. Smith was born in 1823 in Alabama. He is believed to be the son of James, Jr. and Harriet Wilson Pulliam Smith. He married in 1845 in Tennessee to Rachael Emeline Lemond. They had 13 children. Wesley died between 1872 and 1880. Descendants lived in Tennessee, Colorado, Texas, and elsewhere.

Keeping Up with the Smiths

Keeping Up with the Smiths
Author: B. Keeling
Publisher:
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2017-09-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9781974252671

Do you carry the name Smith? Do you know somebody who does? Or perhaps you just like reading about ordinary people doing extraordinary things? From a hermit who lived in a bothy, to a public executioner, the Captain of the Titanic and an intrepid explorer, the story of the western world is packed full of ingenious and memorable characters called Smith...

Only Smiths

Only Smiths
Author: David James Smith
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2019-07-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 024449875X

How a Smith aided William Wallace win at Stirling Bridge, in Norman dominated Scotland. James Smith wanted to find his own way in life. Born in Badenoch, southwest Highland Scotland, he was determined to help William Wallace fight against Norman dominance for independence. Smiths were victims of a Moray clearance when Oengus, or Angus Chief of the Chattan and last Mormaor or King of Moray, had fallen at Stracathro to be replaced by a Norman Earl. James, a 3rd generation blacksmith, crossed the Causey Mounth cattle drover road to emerge at Fetteresso, before Durris on the east coast armed with a self-made sword, targe, adaptable skills, and handed down family history shaped by war. His skills served another Earl Moray who declared for Wallace burning out Normans from Dunnottar castle still smoking as they went south for Dundee and Stirling Bridge. This decision shaped the destiny of east-coast Smiths, now told.

Only the Smiths

Only the Smiths
Author: David James Smith
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2019-07-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 0244802920

The local Smith trade expanded in Fetteresso and Glenbervie, Aberdeenshire, as a farming family, supplying wars and feeding people. Mary I was influenced by living in France. The Pope declared a crusade against England, Spain sent armadas. The Union of crowns saw King James VI of Scotland the I of England neglect Scotland. Montrose changed allegiance to stop Cromwell and failed, prisoners to the Americas. England conspired against the Darien investment and bribed investor negotiators for votes for Union. People, without a vote, protested as a right since the Declaration of Arbroath 1320. Landlord Keith, Scotland's Marischal, kin to Smith tenants from the same tribe of Chatti in Europe, proclaimed the true King of Scotland. Pope-given honours safe. Smiths with Burnes neighbours, ancestors of Robert Burns the national poet, on their march to Culloden. Prince Charlie, Regent to correct UK Sovereignty, his father the nearest heir. The people fought to replace the Sovereign, freedom, and independence.

Now You Know Absolutely Everything

Now You Know Absolutely Everything
Author: Doug Lennox
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 3090
Release: 2013-12-06
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 145972478X

This bundle presents Doug Lennox’s popular trivia book series in its entirety. These books will provide years and years of fun, with countless questions to be asked and tons of knowledge to be learned. The books cover general trivia but also such topics as sports (baseball, hockey, football, golf, soccer, among others), Christmas and the Bible, disasters and harsh weather, royal figures, crime and criminology, important people in Canada’s history, and so much more! Along the way we find out the answers to such questions as: Why do the British drive on the left and North Americans on the right? What football team was named after a Burt Reynolds character? Who started the first forensics laboratory? Which member of the British royal family competed at the Olympics? Lennox’s exhaustive series is fun for all ages. Includes Now You Know Now You Know More Now You Know Almost Everything Now You Know, Volume 4 Now You Know Big Book of Answers Now You Know Christmas Now You Know Big Book of Answers 2 Now You Know Golf Now You Know Hockey Now You Know Soccer Now You Know Football Now You Know Big Book of Sports Now You Know Baseball Now You Know Crime Scenes Now You Know Extreme Weather Now You Know Disasters Now You Know Pirates Now You Know Royalty Now You Know Canada’s Heroes Now You Know The Bible

Now You Know

Now You Know
Author: Doug Lennox
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2003-09-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1770701540

Why are golf assistants called caddies? Why do the British drive on the left and North Americans on the right? Why is football played on a "gridiron," and a leg injury called a "Charlie horse"? The answers to these questions and the origins of hundreds of other expressions and customs are brought together in this fascinating collection of the history behind everyday words and routines. With all the conciseness of his original radio scripts, Doug Lennox "cuts to the quick" in telling you the things you always wanted to know.

I Didn't Know that

I Didn't Know that
Author: Karlen Evins
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2007
Genre: Clichés
ISBN: 1416532382

A dictionary of everyday expressions shares the stories and origins behind such phrases as "ants in the pants" and "the whole nine yards."

Who Said That First?

Who Said That First?
Author: Max Cryer
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2011-03-25
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1458785599

Believe it or not, this is probably the first book to attempt to identify the original sources of some of the English language's most common expressions. We might think we know who first said famous for fifteen minutes, annus horribilis, the cold war and let them eat cake. It's a no brainer, you might say, but Max Cryer has a surprise or two in ...

The Gathering

The Gathering
Author: William Kienzle
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0740786474

The Gathering was the twenty-fourth in Kienzle's series of mysteries, featuring Father Robert Koesler as a Roman Catholic priest whose intuitiveness and caring nature have led him to an unusual calling: solving mysteries, mostly of the murderous kind. In this entry, revisit Koesler's adolescent and teen years, to a time when young Catholic men and women were encouraged, even expected, to become priests and nuns, whether or not their vocation was real. We meet his group of six young aspiring religious (four men and two women) who underwent the rigors of the seminary and the convent together. We learn of their individual struggles with their faith, their mentors, and their commitments to difficult choices. And we painfully discover how one member of this group is inflicted with undeserved guilt by an unspeakably cruel superior and how this dooms his life. Now in their seventies, the group gathers together, a reunion of sorts, that is cut short when one of their number is found dead. Suspicions arise, and once again Father Koesler's acumen is called on to solve the puzzle.