[1] He then accepted a position as principal of the Dickinson-College Grammar school,[1] and in his third year was listed as "Rev.

Mary Crooks, the oldest daughter, was born in Pennsylvania in 1851, married an Englishman, William Perry, and resided at Chislehurst, Kent.

Daughters Katherine ("Kate") Morgan and Nellie Crooks lived at home for many years and were unmarried.

In 1852 Crooks edited a republication of Butler's Analogy, for which he added an analysis, index, and biography.

[citation needed] In 1848, having returned to the ministry, he was stationed successively at Philadelphia, Wilmington, New York City, and Brooklyn.

[12] According to a commemorative volume, he was seen as one of five professors "whose teaching and leadership shaped the early Drew Theological Seminary.

Crooks, the Bible Society eulogized, His rare linguistic attainments, his extensive knowledge of men, his profound interest in all wise efforts for the evangelization of the world, his reverent trust in the oracles of God and his uniform Christian courtesy combined to make him an influential and agreeable member of this Committee.