- DR. J. B. CRANDALL, born in Rhode Island May 3, 1818; son
of Christopher CRANDALL,
- who was of old English stock; Mr. J. B. CRANDALL studied
medicine in Connecticut, and built up an extensive practice;
then went to Madison, Wis., in 1855, and engaged in buying stock
and grain; in 1862, went to Green Bay; was there until 1872;
Mr. CRANDALL is a graduate of Hahnemann College, Chicago, and
has an extensive practice in Clinton and surrounding country;
attends 350 families as family physician. Married Maria HERRICK,
a native of Connecticut, March 18, 1839; have had three children
- Helen N. (married Judge Ezra T. SPRAGUE, who enlisted in the
First Wisconsin Regiment at the first call to arms; was afterward
promoted to Adjutant of the Eight Regiment, and afterward was
Assistant Adjutant General under Gen. Asboth, in regular service;
was stationed at Pensacola, Fla.; served his time, and was appointed
Colonel of the Forty-second Wisconsin Regiment, and was also
Post Commander at Cairo, and was afterward brevetted Brigadier
General; at close of war, was appointed Judge of Circuit Court
in Wisconsin; went to Utah for his health, and is now U.S. Commissioner
for Utah); Casper L. (is practicing medicine in Burlington, Wis.;
is a graduate of Hahnemann College; has a large practice; married
Nellie COBB of Clinton); Clarence (is living in Nebraska, in
Adams Co.; married Letty KEE, of Scotch descent; she died Jan.
9, 1979). Mr. CRANDALL and family are members of the Congregational
Church.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 778.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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