[4] George was willed $6 million on the condition that, "after the space of five years continuously he shall abstain from the use of spirituous, vinous, and malt liquors to the extent that he shall not during this period have been intoxicated."

[4] After applying for bonds in his name through the courts in September 1898, on October 27, 1898, he was awarded $500,000 for five years of total abstinence from intoxicants.

[2] When the Consolidated National Bank was organized in New York City on July 1, 1902, the fourteen directors included Crocker, Mortimer Wagar, John W. Griggs, Henry C. Brewster, and Perry Belmont.

[8] Following his 1906 expedition that failed to reach the North Pole, Robert E. Peary reported in his book that he had sighted distant land from the heights of the northwestern coast of Ellesmere Island.

[2] Shortly after moving to New York City, in 1894 he married Emma Rutherford, a widow from California with three grown children.

[13] After completing plans for the church, in March 1905 he sailed for Europe on the White Star liner Cedric for a six weeks trip.

[3] On July 4, 1909, Crocker arranged for a large fireworks displays with rockets and some 20,000 firecrackers in the Ramapo hills.

In November 1909, the Times reported that Crocker had but weeks to live and was in intense pain, and that his brother William had hurried home from Europe.

[3] He had a second operation[4] with William T. Bull for the hopes of obtaining pain relief,[2] and died on December 4, 1909[4] at his home at 1 East Sixty-fourth Street with family members.

[4] With the funeral at St. Thomas's Episcopal Church at 5th Avenue and 53rd Street, he was buried with his wife and parents[2] at the Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California.