At age sixteen he started working for his father's dry-goods and grocery business, starting as a clerk for the first three years and then moving to the counting room for two years. In 1832 the business expanded to include the manufacture of sperm oil and an interest in shipping. He became partners with his father and George T. Baker in a sperm oil manufacturing firm in 1837 and when that firm failed in 1843, he joined his father in a new partnership, Oliver & George Oliver Crocker, that successfully took both the assets and the liabilities of the old firm and within a few years they had paid all its debts, principal and interest.
from "History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches, Part 1" edited by Duane Hamilton Hurd
At age sixteen he started working for his father's dry-goods and grocery business, starting as a clerk for the first three years and then moving to the counting room for two years. In 1832 the business expanded to include the manufacture of sperm oil and an interest in shipping. He became partners with his father and George T. Baker in a sperm oil manufacturing firm in 1837 and when that firm failed in 1843, he joined his father in a new partnership, Oliver & George Oliver Crocker, that successfully took both the assets and the liabilities of the old firm and within a few years they had paid all its debts, principal and interest.
from "History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches, Part 1" edited by Duane Hamilton Hurd
Family Members
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Elizabeth Crocker
1812–1869
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William Stanford Crocker
1815–1839
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Caroline Crocker
1816–1829
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Sophia Tappan Crocker Stevens
1818–1866
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Ann Maria Crocker Lawrence
1821–1865
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Abner Tappan Crocker
1823–1825
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Abner Tappan Crocker
1827–1861
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John Franklin Emerson Crocker
1829 – unknown
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Caroline Crocker
1831–1833
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Mary Hale Crocker Stickney
1834–1916
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