The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 113

E. W. AND H. C. CRANDALL.

E. W. and H. C. Crandall are owners of twenty acres on Naches Heights which they
are carefully cultivating and bringing to a high state of fertility. The
brothers are representatives of old New England families. E. Crandall was born
in Dane county, Wisconsin, November 28, 1863, a son of Silas H. and Harriett N.
(Stillman) Crandall. The father's birth occurred in Montville, Connecticut,
while the mother was born in Allegany county, New York. The former was a son of
H. B. Crandall, who was born at Waterford, Connecticut, in 1798, and in 1838
removed to Rock county, Wisconsin. There he took up government land where Milton
junction now stands and continued to reside thereon to the time of his death.
The house which stood upon the old homestead is still owned by his daughter. The
maternal grandfather of the Crandall brothers was John C. Stillman, of New
York, who went to Rock county, Wisconsin, in the fall of 1839 and he, too, cast
in his lot with the earliest settlers, aiding in reclaiming a wild and
undeveloped region for the purposes of civilization. The parents of E. W. and H.
C. Crandall were married in Wisconsin and began their domestic life upon a farm
in that state, where they continued to reside until called to their final rest,
occupying the old homestead property throughout the entire period. They were
among the highly respected residents of that community, closely associated with
its agricultural development.

E. W. Crandall, spending his youthful days under the parental roof, acquired a
public school education and was early trained to the work of the fields,
becoming familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the
crops. He purchased land in North Dakota but never removed to that state and
continued in active identification with the farming interests of Wisconsin until
1908, when he came to Yakima county, where he rented land for seven years.
Subsequently he spent one year on the Parker Bottoms and for six years was in
the employ of L. O. Meigs. In the fall of 1917 he purchased twenty acres of land
on Naches Heights and now has nine acres in apples, while the balance is plow
land. He has built a house upon this place and is rapidly transforming it into
one of the most valuable and highly productive ranch properties of the
district.

H. C. Crandall, the younger brother, was born in Rock county, Wisconsin, May 20,
1868. The brothers have always been associated in their farming interests and
have won a very creditable position among the representative agriculturists of
the region in which they live. They have never married and they always looked
after their mother, who for twenty years was an invalid. Their sister Minnie
acts as their housekeeper, managing household affairs while the brothers
concentrate their efforts and attention upon the development of the farm. In
their political views they are republicans and their aid and influence is given
to all plans and measures for the general good. They have reached a very
creditable position as ranchmen of the district and what they have undertaken
they have accomplished. They follow progressive methods in their farm work and
their energy and enterprise are producing results greatly to be desired.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.