 1832 - 1912 (80 years)
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| Name |
Elisha Kenyon Crandall |
| Born |
21 Mar 1832 |
Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
 [1] |
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| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
12076
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| _AMTID |
190111193639:1030:113173531
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| Died |
10 Jun 1912 |
Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
[1] |
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| Buried |
Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
[1] |
Address:
Wood River Cemetery
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| Notes |
- From E. Perry CRANDALL & Addie Rae (Bliven) CRANDALL 1938 Genealogy:
!Elisha Kenyon CRANDALL, third child of Stephen Franklin and Susan (Ken
yon)
CRANDALL, was born 21 Mar 1832 at "Cold Spring House", Cross's Mills. W
hen he
was a small child the family moved to Carolina, town of Richmond.
!He attended school for about three months, and at the age of eleven ye
ars went
to work in the mill [Kenyon's Mills].
!He married (1) 1 Jun 1851 Mary Jane Sherman.
!At the beginning of the Civil War in 1861, he enlisted in Company G, 7
th Rhode
Island Volunteers. He was wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg and t
aken to
a hospital at Portsmouth Grove, and then honorably discharged.
!He built a home on what is known as Christian Hill in Kenyon, R.I., an
d was
overseer of the weave room in Kenyon's Mills under Elijah KENYON.
After the death of his first wife*, he married (2) 6 Aug 1873 Lillias J
ane
CONGDON. He then moved to the Benjamin Hoxsie Farm (once occupied by h
is
grandfather, Benjamin CRANDALL) on 18 Mar 1883, and engaged in farming.
!In his political leanings he was a Republican. He was a member of the F
irst
Baptist Church of Charlestown [at Quonochontaug], yet he leaned toward t
he
Advent Faith. He was a member of Charity Lodge #23, F. & A. M. in Hope V
alley.
!He died 10 Jun 1912 in the house next to the Benjamin Hoxsie Farm, a h
ouse
which had been built by his son, Ulysses Everett CRANDALL.**
!*Mary Jane SHERMAN's death was by her own hand.
!**That house is currently [1994] owned by Bowen Franklin BLIVEN, a 3rd
great-grandson of Elisha Kenyon CRANDALL.
!ADDITIONAL NOTES FROM CRANDALL NOTES OF MILDRED (CRANDALL) FALVEY (198
7):
!David I. CRANDALL's first memory of his father was his return from the W
ar Of
The Rebellion on crutches. He received a miniball through the leg.
!He sent for his son, David, before he died and asked him to pray with h
im.
He had been a "hard man". David told me that he had never had ice crea
m as a
child, only one pair of shoes a year, and once when he hung up his stoc
king at
Christmas, his father put a lump of coal in it.
!REF: CRANDALL genealogy: 8th generation
!NOTE: according to his Civil War Pension files he was 5'4" tall.
!Buried in Wood River Six Principle Baptist Church Cemetery in Wyoming, R
.I.
with both his wives and two of his children.
Elisha Crandall
-- Residence Richmond RI;
-- Enlisted on 8/15/62 as a Private.
-- On 9/4/62 he mustered into "G" Co. RI 7th Infantry -- He was discha
ged for
disability on 9/21/63
-- He was listed as:
-- Wounded 12/13/62 Fredericksburg, VA (Sent to Hospl)
!Sources:
- Register of Rhode Island Volunteers 1861-1865
A play, entitled "'Lisha K.", written about Elisha Kenyon CRANDALL, by t
he
author, Earl P. CRANDALL in 1992, appears in the appendix of this genea
logy.
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| Person ID |
I12014 |
Megan's Big Tree |
| Last Modified |
17 Oct 2016 |
| Father |
Stephen Franklin Crandall, b. 30 Jan 1803, New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
, d. 21 Mar 1877, Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
(Age 74 years) |
| Mother |
Susan Perry Kenyon, b. 2 Jun 1810, Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
, d. 11 Feb 1899, Wyoming, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
(Age 88 years) |
| Married |
19 Feb 1826 |
Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
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| Family ID |
F4539 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Mary Jane Sherman, b. 16 Feb 1833, Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
, d. 13 Oct 1872, Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
(Age 39 years) |
| Married |
1 Jun 1851 |
Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
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| Children |
| | 1. Sally Ann Crandall, b. 28 Oct 1852, Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
, d. 18 Jun 1854, Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
(Age 1 years) |
| | 2. George Elliott Crandall, b. 20 Aug 1854, Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
, d. 9 Jan 1917, Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
(Age 62 years) |
| | 3. David Irving Crandall, b. 17 Aug 1857, Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
, d. 2 Feb 1934, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
(Age 76 years) |
| | 4. Ermine Eunice Crandall, b. 28 May 1866, Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
, d. 27 May 1939, Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
(Age 72 years) |
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| Last Modified |
4 Jul 2019 |
| Family ID |
F4578 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Lillias Jane Congdon, b. 10 Apr 1845, North Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States
, d. 5 Sep 1931, Voluntown, New London, Connecticut, United States
(Age 86 years) |
| Married |
6 Aug 1873 |
Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
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| Children |
| | 1. Ulysses Everett Crandall, b. 8 Oct 1875, Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
, d. 27 Sep 1967, Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
(Age 91 years) |
| | 2. Elisha Perry Crandall, b. 20 Jul 1878, Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
, d. 4 Jan 1954, Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
(Age 75 years) |
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| Last Modified |
4 Jul 2019 |
| Family ID |
F4579 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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