Samuel P. Crandall, son of Paul and Prudence Chapman Crandall, born Dec. 13, 1792, in Rhode Island, married Jan. 1, 1818, Anna, daughter of Ezra and Anna Park Crandall (born in Connecticut Nov. 9, 1797, died at Friendship March 22, 1869) and died at Friendship Sept. 17, 1878. In 1822 he located as a farmer in Wirt, as it is now called, purchased and developed 150 acres of land. Children: Samuel P., born Sept. 7, 1818, married Marian A. Weber; Ezra, born June 8, 1820, married Mary Smith, who died in Milton, Wis., in 1888; Anna (Mrs. Rodney T. Smith), born Dec. 13, 1821, and died May 6, 1855; John C., born Oct. 22, 1824, married Mrs. Sarah A. Green (widow of Philo), who died Nov. 3, 1889; Almira (Mrs. W. W. Gardner), born Aug. 19, 1827; Rosena (Mrs. Elisha Hyde), born Sept. 30, 1829; William D., born March 4, 1832, married Sarah C. Coon; Charles C., born April 3, 1834, died Oct 24, 1895; Henry W., born June 22, 1836, died July 31, 1856; Laura M. (Mrs. M. T. Mills), born Feb. 8, 1840. The first three were born in Brookfield, N. Y., the others in Friendship except Mrs. Mills who was born in Wirt.
