Jairus Crandall was born in 1799. He followed the sea, and was also a cloth dresser. About 1832 he came to Genesee, bought 100 acres on lot 5. and made his first clearing on the farm which is still owned by the family. He married Julia A., daughter of Harris Wells of Groton, Ct. His children were Lucy C. (Mrs. Thos. A. Green of Alfred); William H., killed at the battle of Jonesboro, Ga., two weeks after his death his commission as second lieutenant, on account of bravery, was received; George H., and Thomas G. of Genesee, Albert R. for 10 years assistant geological surveyor of Kentucky, now resides in Milton, Wis., and John H. of Bolivar. All of these 5 sons served in the Civil War. Jairus Crandall died in February, 1883. His widow born in 1808, during the last years of her life was cared for in the homes of her children and died in Genesee at the home of her son, Thomas G. Crandall, Dec. 21, 1895.
