Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Smith, William H. August 9, 1816 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Smith, William H., was born on the farm where he now lives in Litchfield 
August 9, 1816. He was justice of this town eight years, town clerk two years, 
and has held other minor offices. He married in April, 1874, Janette M. 
Wheelock of this town. He was a son of Richard Smith, second, who came irom 
New Jersey and settled here about 1798. He was born September 25, 1774, and 
married, April 3, 1794. He died January 25, 1840. He was one of the first 
settlers of this town, and traveled to mill at Herkimer by marked trees. He 
was justice of Litchfield for about twenty years, and received his first 
appointment from governor of New York State. He was a member of Assembly in 
1825 from Herkimer county. He was a son of Abner Smith of New Jersey.

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source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.


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