Person:Elizabeth Champlin (3)

Adopted by John and Alzina (Taylor) Maxson.

Census: 1880 Lynn, Clay Co., Nebraska: age 40

Cause of death: Heart failure, pneumonia

1.   The Milton Journal
   June 25, 1908.

   Mrs. Elizabeth Crandall, widow of the late Rev. George J. Crandall, died on Tuesday, June 9th, at her home after a brief illness. Mrs. Crandall was for many years an invalid on account of rheumatism and was lately somewhat more feeble, but the organic trouble that caused her death was not manifest until a few days ago. Her husband will be remembered by the most of our readers as the pastor for some years of the Seventh-day Baptist church in this village; both he and his wife were endeared to their friends and respected by the community for their lives of uprightness and kindliness. Since her husband's death a few years ago, Mrs. Crandall has lived with her daughter, Dr. Grace I. Crandall, who with other children and grandchildren ministered to her in her last hours.
   Mrs. Crandall was born in New York state in 1839 and was nearly sixty-nine years old at the time of her death. Bereft of her parents in early infancy, she was brought up in the family of a Mr. and Mrs. Maxson, in Brookfield, N. Y. With them she lived till her marriage in 1861. In early life she united with the Seventh-day Baptist church and has always been devoted to the interests of that faith. She was educated in the Brookfield Academy and at De Ruyter Institute. She had six children, four of whom are living: Mr. Calvin E. Crandall of Milton; Mrs. G. L. Hutchins of North Loup, Neb.; Linton B. Crandall of Plainfield, N. J., and Dr. Grace I. Crandall of Milton Junction.
   Funeral services were held at the home of Dr. Grace Crandall at 2 o'clock an at the Seventh-day Baptist church at half past two o'clock, on Thursday, June 11th, conducted by President Daland of Milton college, and the Rev. Dr. Platts of Milton.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 The Sabbath Recorder . (New York City, New York; later Plainfield, N. J.)
   64:25:796, June 15, 1908.

   At her home in Milton Junction, Wis., June 9, 1908, of pneumonia, Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Maxson Crandall, widow of the late George J. Crandall, in the sixty-ninth year of her age.
   
   Mrs. Crandall was the daughter of Josiah Bliss Champlin and Fanny Tallett, and was born in Sangerfield, N. Y., July 11, 1839. While she was an infant, her mother died, and although her father lived for many years, she was taken into the family of John and Almira Maxson, of Brookfield, N. Y., with whom she lived till her marriage to the Rev. Mr. Crandall in 1862, when she removed with him to Watson, N. Y., where he began his work as a minister. She was baptized in early young womanhood by the Rev. J. M. Todd and united with the Second Brookfield Seventh-day Baptist Church. She was educated in the Brookfield Academy and at DeRuyter Institute. The Rev. and Mrs. Crandall were the parents of six children: Calvin E., who is living near Milton, Wis., Herbert L., who died in young manhood, Myra A., Now. Mrs. G. L. Hutchins, of North Loup, Neb., Nathan H. who died in infancy, Linton B., a teacher in North Plainfield, N. J., and Dr. Grace I., a practicing physician at Milton Junction, Wis.
   
   Though for many years an invalid on account of rheumatism and recently somewhat feeble, Mrs. Crandall by her loving interest in others and by the sweet graces of her life endeared herself to all her friends. After her husband's death in 1905, she lived with her daughter, Dr. Grace Crandall, who with others of her children ministered to her in her last illness.
   
   Funeral services were held at the Seventh-day Baptist church in Milton Junction, Wis., June 11, 1908, conducted by President William C. Daland and the Rev. Dr. Lewis A. Platts. Interment was made at Milton Junction.
   W. C. D.