1863 - 1955

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• Birth	28 Jul 1863	Watson,Lewis Co.,New York
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Mar 1955	Milton,Rock Co.,Wisconsin
  Person ID	I122448	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	05 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Father	George Jay CRANDALL, b. 12 Aug 1839, Brookfield,Madison Co.,New York
  Mother	Elizabeth Ann CHAMPLIN, b. 11 Jun 1839, Sangerfield,Oneida Co.,New York
  Family ID	F47907	Group Sheet
  Family	Esther Amy "Effie" ROOD, b. 14 Sep 1861, Dokata,Waushara Co.,Wisconsin
  Married	15 Oct 1884	North Loup,Valley Co.,Nebraska
  Children	1. Cecile Irma CRANDALL, b. 17 Apr 1886, North Loup,Valley Co.,Nebraska   2. Ada Elizabeth CRANDALL, b. 17 Feb 1888, North Loup,Valley Co.,Nebraska > 3. Persons Jay CRANDALL, b. 14 Apr 1891, North Loup,Valley Co.,Nebraska > 4. George Herbert CRANDALL, b. 21 May 1893, West Hallock,Peoria Co.,Illinois   5. Esther CRANDALL, b. 24 Nov 1894, West Hallock,Peoria Co.,Illinois
  Family ID	F47906	Group Sheet

• Notes

  at home Milton Cemetery1 CAUS Pneumonia 1 NOTE "Elder John Crandall of Rhode Island and His Descendants"; byJohn Cortland Crandall; Higginson Book Co.; 1949, p 496, 606. "The Bicentennial History of Milton", 1976, copyright1977,Milton Historical Society. (Located at the JanesvilleHistorical Society.) Where apples are grown, there is cider. Gardner Saunders...hasgone into the cider business on a large scale, and hasconstructed a large press, and is nowprepared to serve all whomay desire his service in that line. His press has acapacityof 10 barrels per day, ...Cider apples were selling at 25 centsper bushel, and Saunders used four horses to do the grinding,running through sixty bushels in 50 minutes. "He has all theapples brought to him that he can press, some parties coming tenmiles or more to get cider made," and it was observed that"almost every wagon that drives through this village nowadays isloaded with either apples or cider." "Very few persons use itas a beverage, they claim, but is a fact that but little vinegarcan be found in this section." The cider millwas located atthe corner of Highway 26 and Bowers Lake Road. Calvin Crandallbought the property from [Mrs.] Gardner Saunders in 1909 andoperated the cider mill until it was demolished, along with thehouse and other buildings, by the 1911 tornado. Materials fromthe house were used in building the new home, The Poplars, whereMiss Cecile Crandall lives. "Sabbath Recorder", Vol 158, No 15, p192, Apr. 11, 1955. Crandall, Calvin Eugene, son of Rev. George Jay and ElizabethAnn Champlin Crandall, was born July 28, 1863, at Watson, N. Y.,and died athis farm home in Milton, Wis., March 22, 1955. He was married to Esther Amy Rood Oct. 15, 1884, at North Loup,Neb. He was baptized in 1895 by Rev. StephenBurdick. While in WestHallock, Ill., he served as church treasurer. Since coming toMilton, he has been affiliated with the local Seventh DayBaptist Church.He was of the ninth generation of directdescent from Elder John Crandall, of Rhode Island, the firstSabbathkeeper buried in America, in 1676. His sister, Dr. GraceCrandall, a Seventh Day Baptist missionary-physician in China,died in Shanghai in 1947. Surviving him are: three daughters, Cecile, Ada, and Esther(Mrs. Merrill Bingham), all of Milton; two sons, Person J. ofDallas, Texas, and George H. of Madison, Wis.; 7 grandchildrenand 5 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted on Sabbath afternoon in thechurch with Pastor Elmo FitzRandolph officiating. Burial wasin the Milton Cemetery. E. F. R. Rock Co. Death Cert. 39263, informant George H. Crandall. Gravestone photo 7 May 2002