Bio of CRANDALL, George O. (b.1852 d.1909), Wright Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Diane Hanson Submitted: November 2006 ========================================================================= 1082 HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY George 0. Crandall, for many years a representative farmer of Rockford township, was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, May 27, 1852, and there started to attend school. At nine years of age he moved with his parents to Iowa. In 1863 he returned with them to Ohio, and later came with them to Rockford township, where he completed his schooling and worked on the home place. In 1878 he was married, and went with his bride to Pipestone county, this state, where he took a claim. But the grasshoppers came and devastated the crops, and in July of the same year he returned to Rockford, followed in October by his wife. In the spring of 1879 he purchased eighty acres in Rockford township for $450, paying $200 down and 12 per cent interest on the remainder. Of this only four acres had been broken. He broke and cleared the remainder, grubbed out the stumps, secured suitable equipment, erected appropriate buildings, added to his original purchase until he owned 145 acres, and developed a splendid place. Here he carried on general farming until his death, June 15, 1909. He was highly respected in every way and became one of the leading men of his community, serving as a member and as chairman of the town board, and as a member of the school board. His fraternal affiliation was with Star Lodge, No. 62, A.F.& A.M. Mr. Crandall was married April 17, 1878, to Emma Sherwin, a school teacher. She was born at Belle Plaine, Scott county, this state, attended the schools of her native town, and at the age of thirteen took up her residence in Monticello, this county, where she completed her education. Then she taught school at Monticello Prairie, Rockford and Stockholm, in this county, and in Blakeley, in Scott county. She has proved a most useful member of Rockford society. She is organist of William Downs Relief Corps and Ancona Chapter, 0.E.S., in Minneapolis, and likewise 1083 HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY is a member of the Rockford Episcopal church, and was an active worker in the Guild. Mr. and Mrs. Crandall have had six children: Minnie M. died in infancy. Charles owns the old farm at Rockford, for which he paid $10,500 for 105 acres. He married Edith Carnagie. James 0. is a stationary engineer at Winnipeg, Canada. He married Elsa Naue, and they have one child, Donald. Grace is the wife of Dr. J. H. Higgins, 3202 Cedar avenue, Minneapolis, and they have one child, Lucille. Winfred conducts a gasoline station and lives at home. Sherwin also lives at home. In 1914, Mrs. Crandall took up her home at 944 Twenty-third avenue N. E., Minneapolis, where she still lives.