William B. Crooks (1803 - 1856)

Born Feb 1803 in Butler, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 1856 at about age 52 in Parke Co.

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Biography

Birth

Birth:

Date: FEBRUARY 1803

Place: Butler Co, Ohio on Cotton Run about 8 mi. northwest of Hamilton^[1]

Death

Death:

Date: 1856

Place: Parke Co.^[2]

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1825

Place: Butler Co., Ohio^[3]

Residence:

Date: 1826

Place: settled on a farm near Bridgeton for 5 years^[4]

Note: They settled on a farm near Bridgeton, where his father practiced his profession and farmed. Here they lived five years, when they went successively to Waynetown, Michigan City, and Lake County, living from two to three years in each place and finally, in 1838, returned to their original Indiana home, near Bridgeton.

Event

Event:

Date: 1826

Place: moved to Parke Co.^[5]

Note: His father, who was also a physician, removed to Parke County when James was one year old.

Census

Census:

Date: 1830

Place: age 30-40, Parke County, Indiana

Note: page 109, line 12

Head of Family: William Crooks

Free White Males

under 5: 1

30-40:1

Free White Females

under 5: 1

20-30: 1

Occupation

Occupation: a physician

Occupation: farmer

Note

• He was a successful physician, was justice of the peace, associate judge in Lake Co, a friend to the poor, in politics a democrat

Sources

1. ↑ He settled in Butler Co, Ohio on Cotton Run about 8 mi. northwest of Hamilton. At this place Dr. Crook's father, William B. Crooks and his uncle, Thomas Crooks of Adams Twp were born. CONT The father of the doctor was b. in 1803.
2. ↑ Data: Text: died in 1856 in Parke Co.
3. ↑ CROOKS, James, A.M., physician, surgeon & druggist, Bridgeton, was born in Butler Co, Ohio Oct 26, 1825.
4. ↑ Source: #S395
5. ↑ The subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in this work, came with his parents to this county in 1826.

• Source: S395 Author: James D. VanDerMark Title: Parke County, Indiana Abbreviation: Parke County, Indiana Publication: Note: Unless otherwise noted, all biographies are taken from: Beadle, J.H. 1880 History of Parke County, Indiana (from Historic notes on the Wabash Valley and History of Vigo & Parke County) Chicago: HH Hill & N. Iddings, Publishers Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
• Source: S396 Title: Portrait & Biographical Record, Fountain, Montgomery & Parke Counties Abbreviation: Portrait & Biographical Record, Fountain, Montgomery & Parke Counties Publication: Chapman Bros. Note: County History Preservation Society CONT