Hon. George T. Cranston has been representative since 1881 as a republican. He has been a merchant here since 1877, when he succeeded Absalom N. Gardiner. He was the husband of Elizabeth P. Gardiner
He was born here in 1844. He was the son of Cyrus N. Cranston, grandson of Samuel, great-grandson of Thomas and great-great-grandson of Caleb.
He enlisted for three years in Company E, Third R. I. Heavy Artillery and served eighteen months; was then transferred, and was eighteen months a member of Horse Battery B, First U. S. Regular Artillery. Thirty days after his discharge he re-enlisted in the Tenth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was 17 years old at his first enlistment.
He was a Veteran of the Civil War.
He was the father of a son and a daughter. The daughter was a student in the Rhode Island Normal School.
From: History of Washington and Kent Counties,
Rhode Island
(by J. R. Cole W.W.Preston & Co., New York, 1889)
p. 1232
From FAG contributor Karen Ferency Baker
He was born here in 1844. He was the son of Cyrus N. Cranston, grandson of Samuel, great-grandson of Thomas and great-great-grandson of Caleb.
He enlisted for three years in Company E, Third R. I. Heavy Artillery and served eighteen months; was then transferred, and was eighteen months a member of Horse Battery B, First U. S. Regular Artillery. Thirty days after his discharge he re-enlisted in the Tenth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was 17 years old at his first enlistment.
He was a Veteran of the Civil War.
He was the father of a son and a daughter. The daughter was a student in the Rhode Island Normal School.
From: History of Washington and Kent Counties,
Rhode Island
(by J. R. Cole W.W.Preston & Co., New York, 1889)
p. 1232
From FAG contributor Karen Ferency Baker
Hon. George T. Cranston has been representative since 1881 as a republican. He has been a merchant here since 1877, when he succeeded Absalom N. Gardiner. He was the husband of Elizabeth P. Gardiner
He was born here in 1844. He was the son of Cyrus N. Cranston, grandson of Samuel, great-grandson of Thomas and great-great-grandson of Caleb.
He enlisted for three years in Company E, Third R. I. Heavy Artillery and served eighteen months; was then transferred, and was eighteen months a member of Horse Battery B, First U. S. Regular Artillery. Thirty days after his discharge he re-enlisted in the Tenth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was 17 years old at his first enlistment.
He was a Veteran of the Civil War.
He was the father of a son and a daughter. The daughter was a student in the Rhode Island Normal School.
From: History of Washington and Kent Counties,
Rhode Island
(by J. R. Cole W.W.Preston & Co., New York, 1889)
p. 1232
From FAG contributor Karen Ferency Baker
He was born here in 1844. He was the son of Cyrus N. Cranston, grandson of Samuel, great-grandson of Thomas and great-great-grandson of Caleb.
He enlisted for three years in Company E, Third R. I. Heavy Artillery and served eighteen months; was then transferred, and was eighteen months a member of Horse Battery B, First U. S. Regular Artillery. Thirty days after his discharge he re-enlisted in the Tenth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was 17 years old at his first enlistment.
He was a Veteran of the Civil War.
He was the father of a son and a daughter. The daughter was a student in the Rhode Island Normal School.
From: History of Washington and Kent Counties,
Rhode Island
(by J. R. Cole W.W.Preston & Co., New York, 1889)
p. 1232
From FAG contributor Karen Ferency Baker
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