Biographical Sketch of E. M. Crandall, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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E. M. Crandall, foreman machinist of the Kansas City, St. Joseph & 
Council Bluffs Railroad shops, is a native of Ashland County, Ohio,
and was born March 16, 1833; was raised to manhood and learned his 
trade at Mt. Vernon, Knox County.  His father, Nathaniel, was a 
tanner by trade, and died when E. M. was ini his fourth year.  At
the breaking out of the rebellion our subject enlisted in the first
three months call in Company H, Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
For a number of years he was in the employ of the Pittsburg & Fort
Wayne Railroad, and was located at Crestline, Ohio, and at Richmond
and Indianapolis, Indiana and other points; he came to St. Joseph in
1869, and has since been with the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council
Bluffs Company, with the exception of two years, when he was engaged
as engineer on the construction of the bridge, operating the pumps.
Mr. Crandall is numbered among the accomplished workmen in the
country and stands high in railroad circles.  He was married in 1861,
to Miss Nattie Biger, who died in 1879.  He was again married in 1880,
to Mrs. A. E. Myers, of St. Joseph.  He is a Master Mason and also a
member of the chapter and commandery.

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