Edwin William Stephens or E.W. Stephens was an American journalist, publisher, and civic leader from Columbia, Missouri.
 Born in 1849 into a prominent family he would graduate from the University of Missouri in 1867.
 He was hired by William Switzler publisher of the "Missouri Statesman".
 In the 1870 he went into business for himself, eventually founding the "Columbia Herald", which became famous as "America's model weekly."
 He also founded the E.W. Stephens Publishing Company.
 Stephens served as president of the board of curators for both the University of Missouri and Stephens College, which was named after his father James L. Stephens.
 In 1890 he was president of the Missouri Press Association where he would advocate for the creation of the Missouri State Historical Society and became its first president in 1898.
 His relationship with Walter Williams, who he employed at the Herald, would lead to the creation of the world's first school of journalism: the Missouri School of Journalism.
 Stephens chaired the commission responsible for the design and construction of the current Missouri State Capitol.
Kirk William Stephens (born 27 February 1955) is an English former football player, best known for his time at Luton Town and Coventry City.
William Stephens (16 May 1731 – 11 May 1803) was an English entrepreneur and glass manufacturer who made a fortune in Portugal manufacturing lime after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and then operating the Portuguese Royal Glassworks.
 He was a brilliant organiser, intelligent and charismatic, and he charmed dictators, queens and princes to become one of the richest industrialists in Europe.
Friend William Richardson (born William Richardson) (December 1, 1865September 6, 1943), was an American newspaper publisher and politician.
 A member of the Progressive Party and later the Republican Party, Richardson was elected as the California State Treasurer from 1915 to 1923, and shortly afterwards as the 25th governor of California from 1923 to 1927.
 Richardson's governorship marked a sharp reversal in policies from previous administrations, rolling back many of the Progressive reforms and state governmental agencies put in place by previous governors Hiram Johnson and William Stephens.
Abigail "Nabby" Amelia Adams Smith (July 14, 1765 – August 15, 1813) was the firstborn of Abigail and John Adams, founding father and second President of the United States.
 She was named for her mother.
William Stephens (1859–1944) was a U.S. politician.
William Stephens Smith (November 8, 1755 – June 10, 1816) was a United States Representative from New York.
 He married Abigail "Nabby" Adams, the daughter of President John Adams, and so was a brother-in-law of President John Quincy Adams, and an uncle of Charles Francis Adams.
William Stephens (January 28, 1671 - 1753) was the governor of the Province of Georgia between 1743 and 1751.
The Cobra is a 2010 thriller novel by Frederick Forsyth about the international cocaine trade.
 In it an unnamed Obama-like (said to have a wife named 'Michelle' and a deceased Kenyan father) U.S. president colludes with an unnamed Cameron-like (having a wife named 'Sam') U.K. Prime Minister to put an end to the international cocaine trade and brings in ex-CIA director Paul Devereaux who is basically given carte blanche to accomplish this task by any means necessary.
 The book re-introduces some of the characters from Forsyth's book "Avenger".
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is a cabinet-level agency in the government of California.
 Established in 1919 by the California State Legislature and signed into law by Governor William Stephens, the Department of Food and Agriculture is responsible for ensuring the state's food safety, the protection of the state's agriculture from invasive species, and promoting the California agricultural industry.

Question: Who was William Stephens Smith's wife named after?
Answer: her mother