Benjamin Green Crandall, son of Peter and Nancy (Blivens) Crandall, was born in Berlin, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1797. In 1818 he came to Amity with his father and brother William, and settled 2 miles south of Belmont. In 1823 he married Anna, daughter of Samuel Van Campen, who had 4 children (one of them Dr. Charles M. Crandall), and died May 3, 1832. His second wife was Mary C. Stebbins (married Oct. 3, 1833, who had 8 children. She died in Friendship Jan. 8, 1888, Mr. Crandall Feb. 18, 1874. ... Benjamin G. Crandall was a carpenter as well as a farmer. He made his home in Eagle (then Allegany county) from the winter of 1835-6 for about 12 years. when he returned to Amity. He was a Whig and later a Republican, and took the Albany Journal for over 40 consecutive years. He was an ardent "militia man," and was commissioned captain of infantry Aug. 30, 1826, by Governor Clinton. He was a Baptist from early manhood.
