Isaac was born on the 7th of November 1809, in Somerset County, N. J., where he remained until nine years of age. The family then removed to Marlboro' township, Monmouth County, but soon disposed of the property there owned, and made a second purchase of the land now in possession of the subject of this biography, and within one mile of the original Smock tract. Isaac G., after limited opportunities of education, devoted his energies to labor on the farm, which, on the death of his father in 1836, came to him by inheritance and purchase. Here he has since been engaged in the congenial and healthful pursuits of the agriculturist, though the burden and responsibility has, in later years, been left to others. Mr Smock was, on the 23rd of Decenber 1841 married to Ellen, daughter of John Conover.