Dr. George Sutton was prominent in Aurora and far and wide. A forward thinker, he was instrumental in bringing an end to cholera, which wiped out a large percentage of the population in the Ohio Valley in 1849. Dr. Sutton did extensive study on meteorology, geology, cholera, black tongue (erysipelas), malaria, and trichinosis. He was also the local doctor of the prominent Gaff family and kept his office at 315 Third Street.