bio-Crandall

CRANDALL

Jefferson Township and town of Laclede:

“EGBERT D. CRANDALL, son of Maj. W. E. Crandall, was born in Cattaraugus county,

New York, July 3, 1847. In 1850 his parents removed to Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin and in 1859, to Linn county, Missouri, locating at St. Catharine. At the early age of fourteen years, Mr. Crandall enlisted January 1, 1862, in Company G, Twenty-third Regiment, Missouri Volunteers, and participated in the battle of Shiloh. After this he was taken sick and discharged by the government on account of being so young, but his patriotic spirit would not allow him to remain idle and he enlisted again in 1864, in Company A, Forty-second Missouri Volunteers. He served in the Army of the Cumberland in Tennessee, under General Milroy, until the close of the war, participating in numerous skirmishes and engagements. He was mustered out in August, 1865. Returning home he learned plastering and bricklaying, being a first class workman and very successful in the business. Mr. Crandall removed to Linneus, Linn county, Missouri, in 1870, and a year later located in Laclede, where he has resided ever since, being recognized as a useful and highly respected citizen. He has filled the office of justice of the peace two years. Mr. Crandall was married in 1867 to Miss Ellen S. Stewart, of Linn county, Missouri, formerly of Illinois. By this union there were six children, five of whom are living: Clarence A., Emma J., Annie O., Edith May, and Claude S. Crandall.”

Brookfield and Brookfield Township:

“MONTEVILLE M. CRANDALL. The gentleman who name heads this sketch is a native of Linn county, and was born on a farm near St. Catharine, July 6, 1857. His parents are Watson E. and Ann O. Crandall, and are old residents of this county. Monterville lived with them at his birthplace till he was eighteen years old and was mostly educated in the public schools, though he studied language and the higher mathematics under private instructors. He began the study of law in his eighteenth year in the office of Huston & Brownlee of Brookfield. He was under their preceptorship till February 1879, when they dissolved and Mr. Crandall continued to practice alone till May, 1881. He then became associated with W. H. Brownlee in the name of Brownlee & Crandall, and they have continued together till the time of this writing. In April, 1879, he was elected city attorney of Brookfield, and has been twice elected his own successor. Mr. Crandall was married June 22, 1879 to Miss Gabriella, daughter of E. E. Lee, an old resident of the county. They have one child, a daughter named Ethel, born at Brookfield October 21, 1880.”

“WARREN D. CRANDALL, Editor and proprietor of the Brookfield Gazette, was born at Fayetteville, New York, July 8, 1838. His parents were Daniel and Susannah Crandall, who, when he was four years old, removed to Marine, Madison county, Illinois, he living with them until the breaking out of the war. He received the rudiments of his education in the public school and the academy at Marine, and afterward attended the Jacksonville College, Illinois. A complete course there was interrupted by his entering Company D, Ninth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, designated as the Fifty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. At the organization of the company in Marine, in July 1861, he was chosen first lieutenants, receiving his commission from Governor Gamble. This company, with many others, at that time having been formed in Illinois, entered Missouri in regiments and served under General Curtis in his campaign against General Price in western Missouri and Arkansas which ended at the battle of Pea Ridge, in March 1862, in which memorable engagement Lieutenant Crandall commanded his company, losing several men killed on the field, among them his youngest brother, Eugene. He was detailed soon after this for special service in the Mississippi ram fleet, under command of Colonel Charles R. Ellet, being placed in command of one of the boats of the fleet, called Lioness, and was engaged in the battle of Memphis. His service in that department of the war continued until the winter of 1862, at which time he was promoted to be captain and assistant adjutant-general, and was commissioned to assist in organizing the Mississippi Marine Brigade, commanded by Colonel Alfred Ellet, the duty of which organization was the patrolling of the lower Mississippi and its tributaries. The brigade having accomplished its mission, was disbanded at Vicksburg, in August, 1864. Captain Crandall was then assigned to duty on the staff of General Rosecrans, at St. Louis, serving in that capacity until the following October, when he was ordered to the Army of the James under General Butler, where he was assigned to duty as brigade adjutant-general, which he held until January, 1864, and then resigned. Captain Crandall after this made his home in St. Louis, entering the law office of E. W. Pattison, studying until July, 1865, when he was admitted to the bar at St. Louis. Captain Crandall came to Brookfield in the following August, and entered upon the practice of the law. In 1867 he, with Henry Ward purchased the Brookfield Gazette, just established, they publishing it in the firm name Crandall & Ward. In 1870 Mr. Ward retired from the firm, when our subject found it necessary to abandon the practice of law, and devote his whole time to the conduct of the Gazette, which he still owns and edits. October 8 1863, Mr. Crandall was married to Miss Georgie M. Nance, then principal of one of the public schools of St. Louis. They have two children, Maude and Claude. They have lost two, Minnie and Pearl. Mr. and Mrs. Crandall are members of the Baptist Church. He, himself, has long been prominently identified with the temperance cause in this State and one of the leading workers here. At present he is grand secretary of the order of Good Templars, in Missouri, and publishes the official organ for that order. His paper, the Gazette, never goes to press without a good word and sound argument in favor of temperance. Mr. Crandall is also prominently connected with the A. O. U. W., having been a charter member of his home lodge, in Brookfield, and now holding the office of grand overseer in the State Grand Lodge of that order. Mr. Crandall has been for many years a member of the Missouri Press Association; was elected vice-president in 1880; and recording secretary in 1881.”