David Smock Papers, 1840-1878 - Finding Aid

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Scope and Content: A set of journals and ephemera written by David Smock between 1840 and 1878, including extensive entries about life in Indiana in the mid-1800’s. This collection also includes ephemera such as personal notes, letters, tax information, and church information. Smock writes of his daily life and his opinions on some subjects such as: people he meets, happenings in the local communities he visits, and happenings within the churches he visits. Many of these subjects include his time as a travelling minister for the Presbyterian Church around Indiana and later in Iowa. It also contains a family history of the Smock family, with particular focus on Samuel Smock.

Historical Note: One of twelve children, David Vancleave Smock was born on Nov 13, 1808 in Jefferson County, Indiana. Growing up, he read newspapers at the post office and attended John Finley Crowe’s Bible School held in the local grammar school building. His father offered each of his 8 sons 80 acres of land, but David instead accepted a college education. David was the third enrollee at Hanover College. David went on to attend and graduate from Indiana Theological Seminary, becoming a Presbyterian minister in Indiana and serving as a trustee of Hanover College between 1845 and 1852. He moved to Iowa to continue his pastoral career, and died in Keota on December 31, 1878.

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  • Indiana, Indiana, United States

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  • 34b51900-6bf9-476b-b5a6-7c04d92b7f20

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Smock, David. David Smock Papers, 1840-1878 - Finding Aid. Indiana, Indiana, United States: Hanover College. 1840. hanover.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/34b51900-6bf9-476b-b5a6-7c04d92b7f20?locale=en.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

S. David. (1840). David Smock Papers, 1840-1878 - Finding Aid. https://hanover.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/34b51900-6bf9-476b-b5a6-7c04d92b7f20?locale=en

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Smock, David. David Smock Papers, 1840-1878 - Finding Aid. Indiana, Indiana, United States: Hanover College. 1840. https://hanover.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/34b51900-6bf9-476b-b5a6-7c04d92b7f20?locale=en.

Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.