"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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HENRY A. SMOCK, attorney at law, is a native of Marion County, Ind., was
born October 11, 1847, and is a son of Abraham V. and Rebecca J. (Brenton)
Smock, the former a native of Kentucky. Henry was reared in Iowa, whither
his parents had removed, and where they afterward died. After working on a
farm he learned the trade of a printer, at which he was employed in several
large cities before coming, in 1870, to Martinsville, where he worked in the
"Republican" office, then purchased a half interest therein, continued until
1874, when he sold said interest to considerable advantage after he had
raised the paper to be a first-class one. November 11, 1873, he married
Miss Dora T. Barnard, and they have had born to them three children--Thomas
B., Mary I. (deceased) and Antoinette. In 1875, Mr. Smock began the study
of law, and was admitted to the bar in 1880, forming a partnership with Mr.
Ferguson; they are doing a good practice. Mr. Smock also manages the real
estate of the Northwestern Life Insurance Company. He is an active
Republican, and has served as Secretary of the Central Committee of this
county since 1880. Mr. Smock is a Knight of Pythias, and owner of a good
farm five miles north of town.
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