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                                                    GEO W CROCKER
Jackson Township Bio, Pike County, Ohio

George Washington Crocker , son of Harrison Crocker, was born in Southampton County, Virginia in 1826, and for nineteen years was a resident of a slave state, but was never subjected to the treatment imposed on others of his nationality.  In 1846 he came to Pike County, Ohio where slavery was unknown, and in 1860 he purchased his present farm of 225 acres in Jackson Township.  Politically he is a Republican, and a strong supporter of the principles of his party.   He is a member of the United Brethren Church.  He was married in 1853 to Susan Artis, who died in 1880, leaving one daughter - Josephine, now the wife of Louis Jones.  In 1882, he married Mary Lewis.  They have one daughter: Jennie India Elizabeth.  Mrs. Crocker is a member of the Baptist Church.


History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - 1884
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