Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . e, the latter having beenwholly in my charge since I was eighteen years ofage. The numerous persons in our employ—andthere were in former years from twenty-five tothirty in the printing-office alone—were paid infull every Saturday night. The first large workwe published was Scotts Family Bible (0 vols.,8vo, 1820;. It was an experiment, and many of theolder booksellers prophesied that we should not besuccessful. The result was entirely 20 Nov., 1880, Mr. Crocker celebrated the sev-enty-fifth anniversary of his partnership with
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . e, the latter having beenwholly in my charge since I was eighteen years ofage. The numerous persons in our employ—andthere were in former years from twenty-five tothirty in the printing-office alone—were paid infull every Saturday night. The first large workwe published was Scotts Family Bible (0 vols.,8vo, 1820;. It was an experiment, and many of theolder booksellers prophesied that we should not besuccessful. The result was entirely 20 Nov., 1880, Mr. Crocker celebrated the sev-enty-fifth anniversary of his partnership with A number of distinguished people wereassembled at his home to congratulate the twononogenarians. Among them were Dr. OliverWendell Holmes. Dr. Samuel Herrick, FrederickD. Ames, ex-Gov. Rice, and Ames. Eachjjnest was presented with a portrait of these mer-chant princes, and a member of the Brewster fam-ily contributed a poem in commemoration of thediamond wedding festivity. See Mr. Crockers Autobiography (Boston, 1809).. CROCKETT, David, pioneer, b. in Limestone,Greene co., Tenn., 17 Aug., 1780; d. in Texas, 6March, 1880. His father, a Revolutionary veteranof Irish birth, moved to eastern Tennessee after thewar. and about 1793 opened a small tavern on theroad from Knoxville to Abingdon. When Davidwas about twelve years old his father hired himto an old Dutchman, with whom he went 400 mileson foot, but, after remaining a few weeks with hismaster, ran away atid succeeded in reaching afterward he was sent to school, but onthe fourth daygave one of thepupils with whomhe had quarrelleda sound beating,and, after playingtruant for a timeto avoid a flog-ging, ran awayfrom home to es-cape the venge-ance of his fa-ther. For threeyears he workedfor teamsters inTennessee, Mary-land, and Vir-ginia, and foreighteen monthswas bound to ahatter in the last-named state. Tired of wander-ing about, he finally returned home, and short-ly afterward worked hard for
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