Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Smith, Frederick January 9, 1826 - 
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Smith, Frederick, Norway, was born in Norway January 9, 1826.  He was reared 
on a farm and educated in the common and select schools.  He clerked in Norway 
about six years and then followed farming.  In 1871 he went to Herkimer and 
was deputy county clerk for five years.  November 20, 1851, he married Maria 
E. Service of Norway, born September 5, 1830, who bore him five children:  Ida 
E., Zenas B., Arthur I., Ruth and Phebe D., all of whom are living.  In 
politics Mr. Smith was an Abolitionist, a Republican, and is now a 
Prohibitionist.  He has been overseer of the poor, justice of the peace, town 
clerk, and supervisor of Norway.  He was census enumerator of Norway in 1865 
and Salisbury and Norway in 1870.  He published the "Norway Tidings" for four 
years, beginning January 1, 1887.  He has been correspondent of the county 
press and Utica papers for over thirty years.  He and his wife are 
Methodists.  Mrs. Smith is a daughter of Jacob and Eliza Service.  The parents 
of Jacob Service were Wm. W. and Asenath Winegar, who settled in Norway in 
1880.  The father of Fred Smith was Johnson Smith, a son of Jared Smith, jr., 
whose father was Jared Smith.  Jared Smith, sen., was born in Huntington, 
Conn., July 25, 1741.  August 20, 1761, he married Dorcas Beecher.  She was 
born in Huntington June 15, 1744.  She was a great-aunt of Henry Ward 
Beecher.  The children of Mr. Smith and wife were four sons and one daughter.  
Dorcas Smith died August 20, 1779, and May 5, 1783, Mr. Smith married Mary 
Johnson of South Britain, Conn.  Mr. Smith died March 13, 1813, in Salisbury, 
Conn.  His second wife died July 17, 1815.  Jared Smith, jr., was born at 
Southbury April 11, 1766.  January 14, 1787, he married Dorcas Johnson of the 
same town.  In 1797 Mr. Smith and family came to Norway.  The family of Mr. 
Smith and wife consisted of one son and five daughters.  In politics he was a 
Whig.  In 1816 he was appointed justice of the peace and held the office eight 
years.  He was lieutenant and afterwards captain of a military company. He 
died in Norway March 26, 1845.  His wife died May 16, 1851.  Johnson Smith was 
born in Norway October 30, 1798.  January 13, 1825 he married Sarah Salisbury, 
born in Fairfield September 6, 1798.  They had six children.  In politics he 
was a Whig, Know Nothing, and afterwards a Republican.  He held minor town 
offices.  He was a member of the M.E. Church.  His wife died in 1844 and Mr. 
Smith in 1844 married Harriet Hine of Norway, a daughter of Russell and Allie 
Hine.  His second wife died in 1892. Mr. Smith died in Norway March 30, 1869.  
He was a kind parent and good citizen.

Additional Comments:
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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