1840 - 1926

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• Birth	16 Sep 1840	Genesee,Allegany Co.,New York
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Jan 1926	Milton,Rock Co.,Wisconsin
  Buried	15 Jan 1926	Milton,Rock Co.,Wisconsin
  Person ID	I124228	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2002 00:00:00
  Family	Ellen Augusta SAUNDERS, b. 17 Aug 1845, Berlin,Rensselaer 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

  Name Prefix: Prof. age 10 Milton Academy Milton College - BA1 EMPL 2 DATE 1874 2 PLAC Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky 2 NOTE State Geological Survey Milton College - MA Milton College - Ph D.1 EMPL 2 DATE 1896 2 PLAC Alfred, Allegany Co., New York 2 NOTE Alfred University 1 EMPL 2 DATE 1903 2 PLAC Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin 2 NOTE Milton College Milton Cemetery1 CAUS Heart failure due to exhaustion, chronic nephritis 1 NOTE There is a 75 acre A. R. Crandall farm on the NW corner of sec34in Milton Township in 1928. "The Janesville Daily Gazette", Thursday, Jan. 14, 1926. Milton - Funeral services for Prof. Albert Rogers Crandall, 85,will be held Saturday at 2:15, the Rev. James Skaggsofficiating. Services will be held in the Seventh Day BaptistChurch. Prof. Crandall was one of the best knownmen in the educationalfield in the state. He earned his degree in the local college,and has been professor of natural history at Milton since 1903. He was born in New York state in 1840 and entered AlfredUniversity there in 1858. Hisstudies were interrupted by theCivil war, in which he won the rank of lieutenant. Later heentered Milton college, winning degrees of B. A. in 1873; M. A.in 1876 and Ph. D. in 1885. Prof. Crandall then taught at Big Foot academy, Walworth, laterentering Harvard as a special student for five years. Until1896, he was engaged as a geological instructor and in researchwork in various places, and in that year became a member of theAlfred university faculty. Seven years later he came to Miltoncollege. Prof. Crandall has published a number of reports, besides papersand addresses. Surviving are three children, William Truman, Ithaca, N. Y.;Mrs. M. H. Place and Miss Alberta, the later two being connectedwith the Milton college of music. His wife, formerly Ellen A.Saunders, whom he married in West Holleck, Ill. on Feb. 16,1874, preceded him in death. Burial will be in Milton. "Sabbath Recorder"; Vol 100, No 6, p 171,172; February 8, 1926. obituary on file. "The Journal-Telephone"; Milton, Wisconsin; January21, 1926, p1. obituary on file Gravestone photo 7 Jul 2001. Rock Co. Death Cert. 13561, informant Miss Alberta Crandall,Milton.