rom E. Perry CRANDALL & Addie Rae (Bliven) CRANDALL 1938 Genealogy:
Elisha Perry CRANDALL, youngest son of Elisha and Lillias (Congdon) CRANDALL, was born 20 Jul 1878 in the house his father built on Christian Hill in Kenyon, R.I. He was about four years old when the family moved to the Benjamin Hoxsie Farm, which was his home until 1918, and where he brought his bride, Maud Lillian TAYLOR, whom he married 21 Apr 1909.
He obtained his education at the district school, known as the Cookestown School, which building was burned 7 MAY 1934. He was always interested in music, especially the violin, which he started to play when about thirteen years old.
He worked hard to get the money for music and lessons, and was interested not only in learning to play well, but also in the construction of violins, tone qualities, etc. He acquired some books on the art of violin making, and became an expert, not only in repairing old violins, but also in improving and increasing the value of inferior violins.
In 1936 he built a shop and equipped it for making and repairing violins, and turned out a number of very fine instruments.
He acquired the farm which his 3rd great-grandfather, Simeon CRANDALL, had purchased from the Indians in the early 1700's, and which adjoined the property left him by his mother, a part of the Benjamin HOXSIE farm, already mentioned.
Buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Ashaway, R.I., with his two wives, his son, Fred, and his daughter, Marion.
NOTES FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH HIS SON, FRED P. CRANDALL in Feb 1987:
He served on Charlestown, R.I. Town Council. He worked for the railroad before he was married. He was an avid genealogist. He taught violin to some people from Bradford.
He and his brother, U. Everett, could speak fluent Italian -- which was helpful when they were both foremen at the Klondike Quarries. [Crandall homepage]
