Henry A. Smock

    Henry A. Smock, attorney at law, is a native of Marion County, Indiana, 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 therin, 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.

Source: Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884.