1845 - 1924

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• Birth	17 Aug 1845	Berlin,Rensselaer Co.,New York
  Gender	Female
  Died	1 Jun 1924	Milton,Rock Co.,Wisconsin
  Buried	3 Jun 1924	Milton,Rock Co.,Wisconsin
  Person ID	I124227	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2002 00:00:00
  Father	Truman SAUNDERS, b. 13 Nov 1814, Berlin,Rensselaer Co.,New York
  Mother	Phebe WILCOX, b. 6 Jun 1821, Berlin,Rensselaer Co.,New York
  Family ID	F48728	Group Sheet
  Family	Albert Rogers CRANDALL, b. 16 Sep 1840, Genesee,Allegany Co.,New York
  Married	16 Feb 1874	West Hallock,Peoria Co.,Illinois
  Children	1. Alberta CRANDALL, b. 20 Apr 1879, Lexington,Fayette Co.,Kentucky   2. William Truman CRANDALL, b. 11 May 1886, Lexington,Fayette Co.,Kentucky > 3. Ellen CRANDALL, b. 19 Sep 1890, Milton,Rock Co.,Wisconsin   4. Infant Daughter CRANDALL
  Family ID	F47529	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Milton Academy At home Milton Cemetery1 CAUS Angina pectoris, arterio sclerosis 1 NOTE of Milton, Wisconsin in 1894 when her father passed away at herresidence. of Milton, Wisconsin in her brother Edward's obit in 1916. "The Janesville Daily Gazette", Monday, June 2, 1924. Milton - Mrs. A. R. Crandall died at her home in Milton Sundayat 3 a. m., death being due to heart trouble. Mrs. Crandall hadbeen in poor health for a number of years. Ellen Augusta Saunders, daughter of Deacon Truman Saunders andPhebe Wilcox Saunders, was born in Berlin, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1845,and was 78 years of age. She was the oldestof a family of sixchildren. When she was seven years old, she moved west withherparents to West Hallock, Ill., and 10 years later, at the age of17, she came to Milton, Wis., and entered Milton academy. Whilequite young, Miss Saundersshowed a talent for music which waslater encouraged and developed by study andteaching. While astudent at Milton academy, she was always active in musicalcircles. She was a student of the New England Conservatory ofMusic at Boston, Mass. On Feb. 16, 1874, Miss Saunders wasunited in marriage to Albert Rogers Crandall at West Hallock,Ill. Immediately after their marriage they went to Lexington,Ky., where Mr. Crandall held the position of assistant directorof the state geological survey, his work taking him all over thestate. Twenty years later they moved to Milton, where theylived for five years, and then moved to Alfred, N. Y., where Mr.Crandall taught in the university at that place. In 1903 theyagain returned to Milton, where they have since made their home,and where Mr.Crandall taught in Milton college up until a fewyears ago. Mrs. Crandall united with the Seventh Day Baptist church at WestHallock, Ill., at the age of thirteen. Later, her membershipwas transferred to the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church. Shehas been an active member of the Women's Missionary board. Mr. andMrs. Crandall had four children, one, a daughter, dyingin infancy. Those surviving, together with Mr. Crandall, areAlberta Crandall of Milton, Ellen CrandallPlace of Milwaukee,and William Truman Crandall, assistant professor in theagricultural extension department at Cornell university in NewYork. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, June 3, at 2:30 p. m. atthe home. The Rev. Edwin Shawof Milton will have charge of theservices. Burial will be in the Milton Cemetery. "Milton Journal-Telegraph", Thursday June 5, 1924. Ellen augusta Saunders was the daughter of Truman and PhoebeWilcox Saunders, born at Berlin, N. Y., August 17, 1845, anddying in her seventy-ninth year at her home in Milton, Wis.,June 1, 1924. Her early childhood was at West Hallock, Peoria county,Illinois, and it was there she was baptised by Rev. NathanWardner and became a memberof the Southampton Seventh DayBaptist church. While a student at Milton Academy, where she graduated in theclass of 1867, she met Albert R. Crandall to whomshe wasmarried Feb. 16, 1874. After her graduation from the Academyshe was for a time a student in the New England Conservatory ofMusic at Boston, Mass. She was the only daughter and the oldest of six children, thebrothers being Truman Wilcox, Edward Bates, Charles Rogers, JohnBarber and Haldane Cochrane, all ofwho have passed on beforeher. Her husband who survives her is Professor Emeritis of NaturalHistory and Physiology in Milton College. Her brother, Edward,was known throughout the Seventh Day Baptist churches as"Missionary Secretary E.B. Saunders." There are three children, Miss Alberta Ctandall, the principalofthe School of Music of Milton College; Ellen the wife of MarkH. Place of Milwaukee, Wis; and W. Truman Crandall, one of theprofessors in the Agricultural College of Cornell University atIthaca, N. Y. Farewell services were held at herhome in Milton on June 3,1924, and burial was made in the Milton cemetery. She, with theother members of her family were member