rom E. Perry CRANDALL & Addie Rae (Bliven) CRANDALL 1938 Genealogy:
Stephen Franklin CRANDALL, fifth child of Benjamin and Margaret (Franklin) CRANDALL, was born in New Shoreham 30 Jan 1803, and with his parents, brother, and three sisters, came to Charlestown in 1807.
He was a journeyman boot- and shoe-maker by trade, and used to go from house to house making boots and shoes for the whole family.
One day he was working at the home of James KENYON in Cross's Mills, and needed a flat iron in his work. He said to the daughter, Susan Perry KENYON, "Susan, if you will bring me one, I will marry you!" Susan brought the flat iron.
They were married 19 Feb 1826 and lived in Cross's Mills on the small farm known as "Cool Springs House". They later moved to Carolina in the town of Richmond.
His religious faith was "hard-shelled Baptist", and Sunday mornings he would walk two or three miles to the church in Shannock rather than attend the Free Baptist Church near his home!
Returning from church services in the village 21 Mar 1877, he dropped dead from heart failure at his own gate! He is buried in Wood River Cemetery in Wyoming, R.I., in the township of Richmond.
REF: CRANDALL genealogy: 7th generation Mentioned in his uncle's (Stephen FRANKLIN's) will. (supra) NOTE: his birth is not recorded on Block Island, but his birth place is given on his death record on p 26 of Richmond death records. [Crandall homepage]
