Zachariah Frederick Smith

Background

Smith, Zachariah Frederick was born on January 7, 1827 in Henry County, Kentucky, United States. Son of Zachariah and Mildred (Dupuy) Smith.

Education

Educated Bacon College, Kentucky.

Career

Engaged in farming; president Henry College, New Castle, Kentucky, during Civil War. Superintendent public instruction of Kentucky, 1867-1871, and author of post-bellum school system of Kentucky. Originator, and president Cumberland and Ohio Railroad Company, 1869-1873.

Engaged in railway construction in Texas.

4 years manager of a department for Doctorate. Appleton & Company, publications, New New York One of founders and 12 years president Kentucky Christian Education Society.

A curator of Kentucky (now Transylvania) University, Lexington, since 1858. Author: History of Kentucky.

Memoirs of the Mother of Henry Clay.

School History of Kentucky, 1889. Battle of New Orleans. History of the Reformation of the 19th Century, Inaugurated, Advocated, and Directed by Barton West. Stone, of Kentucky, 1800 to 1832.

Address: Louisville, Kentucky.

Achievements

• Zachariah Frederick Smith has been listed as a notable author by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Sue Helm, January 27, 1852. Married second, Anna A. Pittman, June 5, 1890.