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     James W. Crandall was born on 12 May 1719 in Westerly, Providence Co. (now Washington Co.), Rhode Island.² He was married first, by William Champlin, J. P., to Demaris Kenyon, daughter of Enoch Kenyon and Sarah Eldred, on 27 February 1742 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island.² He was married second, by Joseph Crandall, J. P., to Elizabeth Chase, daughter of Oliver Chase and Elizabeth Cleveland, on 6 June 1768 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island.²
     He served during the Revolutionary War.² He and his first wife Demaris had the following known children: Eunice (b 24 January 1744), Ezekial (b 11 October 1746), Demaris (b 8 September 1749), Enoch (b 1 November 1752), Christopher (b 11 September 1755), Augustus (b 27 March 1761), Charlotte (b 10 May 1764), James (b 16 July 1766).² He and his second wife Elizabeth had the following known children: Elizabeth (b 8 August 1769), Mary (Mercy) (b 3 August 1771), Oliver Chase (b 30 September 1773), Demaris (b 26 July 1776), twins Nancy (b 4 September 1778) and Fanny (b 4 September 1778).²

     William Edwin Crandall was born on 6 August 1721 in Westerly, Providence Co. (now Washington Co.), Rhode Island.² He married Deborah Crandall on 12 March 1746/47 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island.² He died in 1785 in Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island.²
     On 18 September 1776 William Edwin Crandall signed a Pledge of Defiance against the English forces.² He was serving in Edward Bliven's Co. in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island, on 16 January 1777.² He and Deborah had the following known children, all born in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island: William E. (b 8 October 1751), Henry (b 7 January 1753/54), Ruhamah (b 26 May 1756), Rhoda (b 27 July 1758), Arnold (b 24 October 1760), Rebecca (b 1 May 1763), Barney (b 11 October 1765), Stennett (b 1 November 1767), Joel (b 19 January 1771).²

     Simeon Crandall was born on 15 January 1724/25 in Westerly, Providence Co., Rhode Island.² He was married by Joseph Park, J. P., to Mary Sweet, daughter of William Sweet and Thankful Hamilton, on 23 June 1745.²
     He was a wheelwright.² He served during the Revolutionary War.² He and Mary had the following known children: Amy (b 24 October 1745), Caleb (b 7 April 1747), Deborah (b abt 1753), Jesse (b 1755), Isaac (b abt 1757), Asa (b 30 September 1759), Simeon (b 23 September 1760), Anna (b 1763).²

     Joshua Crandall was born on 15 October 1727 in Westerly, Providence Co., Rhode Island.² He married first Eunice Kenyon, daughter of Ebenezer Kenyon, on 18 September 1750 in Charlestown, Washington Co., Rhode Island.² He married second Abigail Crandall on 20 October 1762.² He died on 12 February 1817 in Berlin, Rensselaer Co., New York, at age 89.²
     He moved to Berlin, Rensselaer Co., New York, with his son Peter in 1797.² He and his first wife Eunice had the following known children, all born in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island: Beriah (b 5 July 1752), Sarah (b 21 April 1754), Tacy (b 2 May 1756), Luke (b 29 May 1758), Luke (b 29 May 1758, d 20 April 1759), Eldredge (b 5 March 1760), Joshua (b 16 April 1762).² He and his second wife Abigail had the following known children, all born in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island: Peter (b 1 August 1763), Joseph (b 18 November 1765), Betsey (b 1 March 1768, d 26 November 1779), Clement (b 7 May 1770), William (b 4 March 1773, d 29 September 1786), Martin Luther (b 28 March 1776), Nathan (b 26 July 1779).²

     Ezekial Crandall was born on 21 November 1730.¹ He died young.¹

     Ann Crandall was born on 2 July 1735 (or 21 July) in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island.² She married James Rhodes on 14 December 1752.³ She died on 21 June 1806 at age 70.³
     She and James had the following known children: William (b 13 September 1753), Nancy (b 20 October 1755), Joseph (b 10 September 1758), Sarah (b 7 June 1761), James (b 20 August 1763), Christopher (b 12 August 1764), Anne (b 9 May 1765), Paul (b 20 September 1767).³

     Benjamin Crandall was born on 29 November 1736 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island.² He was married by Joseph Crandall, J. P., to Alice Kenyon, daughter of Enoch Kenyon and Sarah Eldred, on 26 June 1758 in Charlestown, Kings Co., Rhode Island.² He died on 29 November 1793 in Hopkinton, Washington Co., Rhode Island, at age 57.²
     He served during the Revolutionary War.² His will was dated 29 October 1793 and proved 6 January 1794.² He and Alice had the following known children: Anna (b 25 June 1760), Luke (b 15 August 1761), Amelia (b 4 February 1763), Rowland (b 25 April 1764, d young), Benjamin (b 5 December 1765), Sarah (b 2 January 1767), Barbara (b 1769), Rowland (b 25 June 1769), Prudence (b 10 July 1771).²

     Demaris Kenyon was married by William Champlin, J. P., to James W. Crandall, son of Joseph Crandall and Ann Langworthy, on 27 February 1742 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island.¹
     She and James had the following known children: Eunice (b 24 January 1744), Ezekial (b 11 October 1746), Demaris (b 8 September 1749), Enoch (b 1 November 1752), Christopher (b 11 September 1755), Augustus (b 27 March 1761), Charlotte (b 10 May 1764), James (b 16 July 1766).¹

     Elizabeth Chase married first Elisha Saunders.¹ She was married second, by Joseph Crandall, J. P., to James W. Crandall, son of Joseph Crandall and Ann Langworthy, on 6 June 1768 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island.¹
     She and her second husband James had the following known children: Elizabeth (b 8 August 1769), Mary (Mercy) (b 3 August 1771), Oliver Chase (b 30 September 1773), Demaris (b 26 July 1776), twins Nancy (b 4 September 1778) and Fanny (b 4 September 1778).¹

     Deborah Crandall was born in 1726.¹ She married William Edwin Crandall, son of Joseph Crandall and Ann Langworthy, on 12 March 1746/47 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island.¹ She died in 1785.¹
     She and William had the following known children, all born in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island: William E. (b 8 October 1751), Henry (b 7 January 1753/54), Ruhamah (b 26 May 1756), Rhoda (b 27 July 1758), Arnold (b 24 October 1760), Rebecca (b 1 May 1763), Barney (b 11 October 1765), Stennett (b 1 November 1767), Joel (b 19 January 1771).¹

     Edward Ernest Diederick Dobbeck was born on 23 July 1905 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.¹ He was baptized on 27 August 1905 by Rev. Louis von Rague at the Kloeckner Memorial Church in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.² He was married by R. B. Fiedler, Pastor, to Martha Anna Christina Hanson, daughter of Carl W. Hanson and Jennie Ofelia Nilsson, on 4 September 1929 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. The witnesses were the groom's brother Albert Dobbeck and the bride's sister Agda Hanson.³ He died from colon cancer on 6 February 1985 at the Presbyterian Home in Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois, at age 79.^4,5 He was buried on 9 February 1985 at Memorial Park Cemetery in Skokie, Cook Co., Illinois. Funeral services were held at Northminster Presbyterian Church in Evanston.^4,5
     He was confirmed on 13 April 1919 at the Golgotha Evangelical Church, R. B. Fiedler, Pastor.⁶ He graduated from the Walton School of Commerce in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.⁷
     In 1919, at age 14, he began working at the First Trust & Savings Bank, which later became the First National Bank, in Chicago.^5,7 He joined the Uptown State Bank in Chicago in 1930, where he served as assistant cashier and auditor.⁷ He served as a director of the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Banking from 1935-1937, and as treasurer in 1938, vice president in 1939, and president in 1940. He also served as chairman of the Committee on Committees.^8,9 He headed the Chicago delegation at the 39th annual convention of the American Institute of Banking in San Francisco, California, stopping on the way at Yosemite National Park for a one-day visit.⁹
     In 1955 he organized the Uptown Chicago Commission, and served as its first president.⁵ He also served as a board member of the Robert R. McCormick Chicago Boys Club and of the Ravenswood YMCA, as secretary of the Uptown Lions Club, and as director of the Sunnyside Oil Co.⁵
     He retired from the banking business in 1970.⁵
     After their marriage he and his wife Martha lived at 838 Massasoit Ave. in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.¹⁰ In 1932, when their daughter Jeanne was born, they were living at 1712 N. Natchez Ave. in Chicago.¹¹ They moved to 1753 N. New England Ave. in Chicago in 1934^12,13, then to 2522 Lawndale Ave. in Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois, in 1949^14,15, and then to 1215 Canterbury Lane in Glenview, Cook Co., Illinois, in 1972.^14,5 They were members of the Northminster Presbyterian Church in Evanston, where he served as trustee and treasurer.^15,14

     Martha Anna Christina Hanson was born on 19 June 1907 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.^3,4 She was married by R. B. Fiedler, Pastor, to Edward Ernest Diederick Dobbeck, son of August Julius Dobbeck and Louisa Hogrefe, on 4 September 1929 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. The witnesses were the groom's brother Albert Dobbeck and the bride's sister Agda Hanson.⁵ She died on 13 May 2003 in Olmsted Falls, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, at age 95.^6,4 She was buried on 17 May 2003 at Memorial Park Cemetery in Skokie, Cook Co., Illinois. Funeral services were at Northminster Presbyterian Church in Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois, with Rev. Dr. William M. Youngblood officiating. Her granddaughter Jane Bowditch also spoke, and presented many reminiscences about her life.^6,4,7
     In late 1912, when she was five years old, she and her family moved back to Sweden due to her mother's health. She recovered^8,4, and they returned to the United States in 1914. They left Gothenburg, Sweden, on 29 April on the ship Salmo, bound for Grimsby, England.^9,10 From there they must have traveled overland to Liverpool, England, where they sailed on the SS Caronia on 2 May, arriving in New York on 11 May.¹¹
     She was confirmed on 8 May 1921 at the Messiah Lutheran Church in Chicago.³
     After their marriage she and her husband Edward lived at 838 Massasoit Ave. in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.¹² In 1932, when their daughter Jeanne was born, they were living at 1712 N. Natchez Ave. in Chicago.¹³ They moved to 1753 N. New England Ave. in Chicago in 1934^14,15, then to 2522 Lawndale Ave. in Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois, in 1949^4,16, and then to 1215 Canterbury Lane in Glenview, Cook Co., Illinois, in 1972.^4,17 They were members of the Northminster Presbyterian Church in Evanston.^16,4 In 1992, due to failing health, she moved to The Renaissance, a retirement community in Olmsted Falls, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, where she was closer to her daughter Jeanne's family.^4,1
     She loved gardening, and grew flowers in her yard and beautiful African violets indoors. Other interests included cooking, reading, music, and family gatherings.⁴

     Frederick Tryon Bowditch was born on 3 October 1897 in Urbana, Champaign Co., Illinois.^1,2 He was baptized by his maternal grandfather Harvey Seth Tryon, who was a minister, at his grandfather's home in Mahomet, Champaign Co., Illinois.⁴ He married Eleanor Lucille Wise, daughter of Manuel E. Wise and Maude Elizabeth McKinnie, on 30 December 1920 in Cerro Gordo, Piatt Co., Illinois.^5,1 He died on 9 February 1989 at Fairview Hospital in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, at age 91.² He was cremated, and buried at East Frantz Cemetery in Unity Twp., Piatt Co., Illinois.^6,2
     About January 1899 ("at 15 months of age") he was seriously ill with "membranous croup."⁷ In early July 1912, while spending the summer at the family farm in Michigan, he contracted typhoid fever and was seriously ill for several weeks. His father and brothers Russell and Lawrence returned home to Illinois when school started in September, but he and his mother stayed until October when he was well enough to travel.⁸
     He graduated from Urbana High School in Urbana, Champaign Co., Illinois, in 1915⁹, then from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in 1919 with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.¹⁰
     On 1 October 1918 during his senior year, near the end of World War I, he enrolled in the U.S. Navy at Peoria, Illinois, for four years service. The war ended on 11 November, and he was released from active duty on 20 December 1918 and placed on inactive status in the Naval Reserve Force, Ninth Naval District, Great Lakes, Illinois. He was honorably discharged on 30 September 1921.¹¹
     After graduating from college he moved to Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, and in January 1920 was living there at 1880 East 86th St. as a lodger with John and Edith O'Donnell.¹² He began his working career on 1 July 1919 at the Aluminum Castings Co.'s Lynite Laboratories on Harvard Ave. (which was acquired by Alcoa the following year). He left that job on 15 May 1920 and five days later joined the National Carbon Co., part of Union Carbide, as a physicist and radio engineer.¹³
     In 1921, soon after his marriage, Union Carbide moved all of the corporation's research activities to labs in Long Island City at the extreme western end of Long Island, and he and Eleanor moved to the borough of Queens, New York.¹⁰ They returned to Ohio in 1925 when the company's "centralized research" concept was abandoned, and the National Carbon staff moved into its new Edgewater Research Lab in Lakewood, Cuyahoga Co.¹⁴
     He and Eleanor are listed at 1259 Bonnie View in Lakewood in the 1930 and 1940 censuses.^15,16 They moved to Strongsville, Cuyahoga Co., about 1950. When Interstate 71 was being built in 1963 the state bought their property for construction of the southbound exit ramp at Royalton Rd., and they moved into a new house they had built on Virginia Dr. in Fairview Park, Cuyahoga Co.¹⁷
     After returning to the Cleveland area Fred worked on the design and construction of the first battery-operated radios. He was also active in carbon arc technology, a field that was especially important in the movie industry, and in the late 1930s was named head of illuminating carbon research. During World War II he worked on various military projects, including research on reserve batteries for torpedo propulsion and for proximity fuses in rocket missiles.^14,10 In the early 1950s he was sent to Switzerland to investigate light source technology for projecting TV images.¹⁸
     In the latter part of his career he served in various administrative positions at National Carbon, starting in 1950 when he was appointed associate director of research. He was assistant director of the Carbon Division from 1956-57, assistant to C. E. Larson and R. G. Breckenridge from 1957-59, and manager of research services from 1959 until his retirement in 1962. He also played a key role as the research lab's representative in the design and construction of a new research facility in Parma, Ohio.¹⁹ During his career he authored more than 20 journal publications and almost 100 technical reports, and was awarded five patents.^10,13
     He was a member of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (later the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) and served on its standards committee, as chairman from 1944 to 1948. He was made a fellow of the society in 1945, became engineering vice president in 1950, and was chairman of the first Meeting on International Standardization of Cinematography held in New York in 1952. He also served as chairman of the Cleveland section of the Institute of Radio Engineers, and was a member of several committees of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.^10,14 After his retirement he was active in the Men's Garden Club of Greater Cleveland and the Cleveland Farmer's Club, and was an honorary member of the Cleveland Association of Research Directors.²⁰
     He and Eleanor enjoyed traveling all over the world, making trips to India, Africa, Australia, and the South Pacific, as well as multiple trips to Europe.^21,17 He was an avid photographer, and for many years designed and printed the Christmas card he and Eleanor sent to family and friends.¹⁷ He was also interested in family history, and is the author of the book The Bowditch Family of Salem, Massachusetts - North Carolina Branch, 1524-1964, which he distributed to family members.²²

More Information / Background

• National Carbon Co., from The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
  
• Pictures of the National Carbon Co. facilities in Lakewood, Ohio
  
• National Carbon Company.
  

     Eleanor Lucille Wise was born on 2 June 1897 in Milmine, Piatt Co., Illinois.³ She married Frederick Tryon Bowditch, son of Frederick Darlington Bowditch and Helen Louise Tryon, on 30 December 1920 in Cerro Gordo, Piatt Co., Illinois.^4,2 She died on 11 July 1995 at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, at age 98 from congestive heart failure.⁵ She was cremated, and buried at East Frantz Cemetery in Unity Twp., Piatt Co., Illinois.⁶
     She graduated in 1920 from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's degree in home economics⁷, and worked for a time after graduation as a dietitian at the YWCA.⁸
     In 1921, soon after their marriage, she and her husband Frederick moved to the borough of Queens, New York.⁹ They returned to Ohio in 1925¹⁰, and are listed at 1259 Bonnie View in Lakewood, Cuyahoga Co., in the 1930 amd 1940 censuses.^11,12 They moved to Strongsville, Cuyahoga Co., about 1950. When Interstate 71 was being built in 1963 the state bought their property for construction of the southbound exit ramp at Royalton Rd., and they moved into a new house they had built on Virginia Dr. in Fairview Park, Cuyahoga Co.¹³ After her husband's death in 1989 she moved into an apartment at The Renaissance, a retirement complex in Olmsted Twp., Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.¹³
     While living in Lakewood she was active in various local organizations, including the Red Cross, scout mothers groups, and the PTA, serving as president of the Lincoln Elementary School chapter.^8,14 She was also a charter member of the Lakewood College Club (now College Club West), serving on its board for six years and as president from 1948-49. After moving to Strongsville she became an active member of the Strongsville United Church of Christ.⁸
     She enjoyed many activities well into her 90s, including bridge, bowling, reading, and knitting afghans for the elderly.⁸ She and her husband Fred also enjoyed traveling all over the world, making trips to India, Africa, Australia, and the South Pacific, as well as multiple trips to Europe.^8,13