Albert Kendrick, son of Albert B. and Fannie Stillman Crandall, was born in Brookfield, N. Y., January 1, 1833, and died in the town of Genesee May 1, 1920.
He came westward with his parents when but a little child, and they settled in the town of Genesee, the settlement since known as West Genesee. Here his parents lived until their death, and here the son spent the most of his long and useful life. He was the oldest of a large family of children, none of whom survive him, except a foster sister, Mrs. Nettie Austin, of Olean, N. Y.
At nineteen years of age, Kendrick was baptized by Elder Phineas Crandall and united with Third Seventh Day Baptist Church of Genesee, in whose membership he continued in faithful service until the church was disbanded a few years ago. For many years he was chorister and church clerk.
In 1855 he married Lovisa Maxson. To this union were born two children - Delwin, New Mexico, and Mrs. Elsie Cornell, whose home adjoins her parents. Mrs. Crandall survives her husband, in whose companionship she has walked over sixty-five years.
Mr. Silas Burdick and his wife, Martha A. Irish Burdick, say of him, "Our dear Brother Crandall was a good man, a faithful Christian gentleman, a pillar of the church he served so long and well. We can not remember when we did not know him, and we never heard of any act or word of his that was unworthy of a Christian. We shall miss him very greatly."
Funeral services were held at the home May 3rd, conducted by Pastor E. F. Loofboro, of Little Genesee. E. F. L.
