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Dr John Riggs Crandall

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Dr John Riggs Crandall

Birth
Massachusetts, USA
Death
14 Sep 1885 (aged 77)
California, USA
Burial
Auburn, Placer County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
104
Memorial ID
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Married in 1835 and lived in Illinois for 14 years. First in Pekin and then in Peoria.

The wagon train was organized by Dr. Crandall and set out by way of the Platte River. His wife joined him two years later in December of 1851 via the Isthmus of Panama.

August 1849
Dr. John Riggs Crandall, church leader and businessman, arrives in Auburn with the "Peoria Pioneers".
Placer Herald

1860 census shows him as a clerk with his wife Harriet J.

July 15, 1882
Dr. J.R. Crandall, who has been making money and spending money and making times generally lively in this county for 30 years is building a house between town and the depot which will be the finest residence in Auburn.

Fruit farmer, no children.

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Auburn Daily Journal
October 15, 1915

Old Crandall House on Pine st. destroyed by fire in early a.m. F.W. Little just taken up residence there. Some insurance but not enough.

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Member of the Eureka Lodge

Mason - Master
Married in 1835 and lived in Illinois for 14 years. First in Pekin and then in Peoria.

The wagon train was organized by Dr. Crandall and set out by way of the Platte River. His wife joined him two years later in December of 1851 via the Isthmus of Panama.

August 1849
Dr. John Riggs Crandall, church leader and businessman, arrives in Auburn with the "Peoria Pioneers".
Placer Herald

1860 census shows him as a clerk with his wife Harriet J.

July 15, 1882
Dr. J.R. Crandall, who has been making money and spending money and making times generally lively in this county for 30 years is building a house between town and the depot which will be the finest residence in Auburn.

Fruit farmer, no children.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Auburn Daily Journal
October 15, 1915

Old Crandall House on Pine st. destroyed by fire in early a.m. F.W. Little just taken up residence there. Some insurance but not enough.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Member of the Eureka Lodge

Mason - Master


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