BIOGRAPHIES: Walter CROCKER, M.D., Dunnville, Dunn County, WI

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WALTER CROCKER, M.D., born Sept. 5, 1808, at Augusta, Oneida Co., N.Y. 
moved to Ohio when young, locating in Amherst. Afterward in Madison, Lake 
Co., where he married May G. Curtis, in April 1829, who lived with him one 
year after their golden wedding, when he died, in January, 1880. After his 
marriage, he lived in Jackson, Miss., where he practiced dentistry.  
Afterwards he went to Meadville, Pa., and began the practice of medicine, 
having graduated in 1845.  In 1854, he came west, and was two years in 
Illinois and Iowa, and finally in 1856, came to Dunnville, where he remained 
in business as a physician and surgeon until a few days before his death. 
He was a Mason of forty years standing, and his life was active and full 
of adventures.  The rattle of his buggy could often be heard long distances 
from home on stormy nights, and he always brought comfort and consolation 
to the afflicted. He was sadly missed when taken away. 


-- From "History of Northern Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth,
Development and Resources; an Extensive Sketch of its Counties, Cities, 
Towns and Villages." Volume 1.  Chicago: the Western Historical Company, 
A.T. Andreas, Proprietor, 1881, page 282