Biography

04/03/1863 - 08/18/1929

SMITH, Frederick Bigelow, a Representative from Tioga County; born in Tioga, Tioga County, Pa., April 3, 1863; attended, Cornell University, 1883-1885; A.B., Columbia College Law School, NY, 1888; lawyer (1888-1929); records clerk, Wellsboro (1889); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1897 and 1899 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1900); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1900); director, Miners’ National Bank of Blossburg (1900-1912); president, Miners’ National Bank of Blossburg (1912-1929); died, August 18, 1929 in Blossburg, Tioga County, Pennsylvania; interred, Evergreen Cemetery, Tioga, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.