Milton Cemetery

1 NOTE "Old Tobe: Some Lines of Descent of Tobias SAUNDERSof Westerly,Rhode Island"; by Earl P. Crandall; Higginson Book Co.; 1995, p95.

"Weekly Telephone", Milton Junction, Thursday, Dec 28, 1893.
Died: of dropsy and heart failure on Christmas morning at herresidence, Mrs. Phebe Wilcox Saunders wife of Deacon TrumanSaunders, aged 72 years, 11 months 19 days.
It washoped that Mrs. Saunders would recover from her illness,but death came soon than was expected even by those who hadfears she might not recover. The diseasedwas a women of greatexecutive ability and possessed of a gifted and cultivatedmind.She was educated at Miss Willard's Female Seminary in Troy, N.Y. She wasmarried to Mr. Saunders in 1844. They moved to WestHallock, Ill., in 1854, where after 25 years of industry,economy and benevolence they accumulated a largeand valuableestate and reared and educated a family of six children five ofwhomare still living. She came here to reside over 14 yearsago, where through herconsistent christian life her activityand in every good cause a quite aeffectivuate demeanor, she hadendeared herself to the hearts of all. The church, theW.C.T.Uand the community realize they have lost a valuable member. Shedid notfear the approach of death, was living to live or die asbest pleased her beloved Father. She will be greatly missed byall, but what is Milton's loss is Heaven's gain.

Gravestone photo 7 July 2001.

1. 2. Ellen Augusta SAUNDERS   b. 17 Aug 1845, Berlin,Rensselaer Co.,New York; d. 1 Jun 1924, Milton,Rock Co.,Wisconsin; bur. 3 Jun 1924, Milton,Rock Co.,Wisconsin.
2. 3. Truman Wilcox SAUNDERS   b. 27 Jan 1847, Berlin,Rensselaer Co.,New York; d. 18 Feb 1882, Milwaukee,Milwaukee Co.,Wisconsin; bur. 1822, Milton,Rock Co.,Wisconsin.
3. 4. Charles Rogers SAUNDERS   b. 19 Dec 1848, Berlin,Rensselaer Co.,New York; d. 20 Apr 1917, Farmington,Fulton Co.,Illinois.
4. 5. Edward Bates SAUNDERS   b. 7 Jun 1851, Berlin,Rensselaer Co.,New York; d. 16 Aug 1916, Washington,District of Columbia; bur. 19 Aug 1916, Milton,Rock Co.,Wisconsin.
5. 6. John Barber SAUNDERS   b. 5 Sep 1856, West Halleck,Peoria Co.,Illinois; d. Aft 1924.
6. 7. Holdane Cochran SAUNDERS   b. 4 Mar 1862, West Halleck,Peoria Co.,Illinois; d. Bef 1916.

Milton Academy

At home

Milton Cemetery1 CAUS Angina pectoris, arterio sclerosis


1 NOTE of Milton, Wisconsin in 1894 when her father passed away at herresidence.
of Milton, Wisconsin in her brother Edward's obit in 1916.

"The Janesville Daily Gazette", Monday, June 2, 1924.
Milton - Mrs. A. R. Crandall died at her home in Milton Sundayat 3 a. m., death being due to heart trouble. Mrs. Crandall hadbeen in poor health for a number of years.
Ellen Augusta Saunders, daughter of Deacon Truman Saunders andPhebe Wilcox Saunders, was born in Berlin, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1845,and was 78 years of age. She was the oldestof a family of sixchildren. When she was seven years old, she moved west withherparents to West Hallock, Ill., and 10 years later, at the age of17, she came to Milton, Wis., and entered Milton academy. Whilequite young, Miss Saundersshowed a talent for music which waslater encouraged and developed by study andteaching. While astudent at Milton academy, she was always active in musicalcircles. She was a student of the New England Conservatory ofMusic at Boston, Mass. On Feb. 16, 1874, Miss Saunders wasunited in marriage to Albert Rogers Crandall at West Hallock,Ill. Immediately after their marriage they went to Lexington,Ky., where Mr. Crandall held the position of assistant directorof the state geological survey, his work taking him all over thestate. Twenty years later they moved to Milton, where theylived for five years, and then moved to Alfred, N. Y., where Mr.Crandall taught in the university at that place. In 1903 theyagain returned to Milton, where they have since made their home,and where Mr.Crandall taught in Milton college up until a fewyears ago.
Mrs. Crandall united with the Seventh Day Baptist church at WestHallock, Ill., at the age of thirteen. Later, her membershipwas transferred to the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church. Shehas been an active member of the Women's Missionary board.
Mr. andMrs. Crandall had four children, one, a daughter, dyingin infancy. Those surviving, together with Mr. Crandall, areAlberta Crandall of Milton, Ellen CrandallPlace of Milwaukee,and William Truman Crandall, assistant professor in theagricultural extension department at Cornell university in NewYork.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, June 3, at 2:30 p. m. atthe home. The Rev. Edwin Shawof Milton will have charge of theservices. Burial will be in the Milton Cemetery.

"Milton Journal-Telegraph", Thursday June 5, 1924.
Ellen augusta Saunders was the daughter of Truman and PhoebeWilcox Saunders, born at Berlin, N. Y., August 17, 1845, anddying in her seventy-ninth year at her home in Milton, Wis.,June 1, 1924.
Her early childhood was at West Hallock, Peoria county,Illinois, and it was there she was baptised by Rev. NathanWardner and became a memberof the Southampton Seventh DayBaptist church.
While a student at Milton Academy, where she graduated in theclass of 1867, she met Albert R. Crandall to whomshe wasmarried Feb. 16, 1874. After her graduation from the Academyshe was for a time a student in the New England Conservatory ofMusic at Boston, Mass.
She was the only daughter and the oldest of six children, thebrothers being Truman Wilcox, Edward Bates, Charles Rogers, JohnBarber and Haldane Cochrane, all ofwho have passed on beforeher.
Her husband who survives her is Professor Emeritis of NaturalHistory and Physiology in Milton College. Her brother, Edward,was known throughout the Seventh Day Baptist churches as"Missionary Secretary E.B. Saunders."
There are three children, Miss Alberta Ctandall, the principalofthe School of Music of Milton College; Ellen the wife of MarkH. Place of Milwaukee, Wis; and W. Truman Crandall, one of theprofessors in the Agricultural College of Cornell University atIthaca, N. Y.
Farewell services were held at herhome in Milton on June 3,1924, and burial was made in the Milton cemetery. She, with theother members of her family were member

1. 8. Alberta CRANDALL   b. 20 Apr 1879, Lexington,Fayette Co.,Kentucky; d. 20 Apr 1975, Edgerton,Rock Co.,Wisconsin.
2. 9. William Truman CRANDALL   b. 11 May 1886, Lexington,Fayette Co.,Kentucky; d. Aft 1926.
3. 10. Ellen CRANDALL   b. 19 Sep 1890, Milton,Rock Co.,Wisconsin.
4. 11. Infant Daughter CRANDALL  

Milton Cemetery

1 NOTE "Sabbath Recorder", Vol. 32, No., 28, p 3, 13 Jul 1876.
At the Parsonage of the First Congregational church, Westfield,Mass., July6th, 1876, by Rev. A. J. Titsworth, Mr. Truman W.Saunders, of Milwaukee, Wis.,and Miss Lucy C. Titsworth, ofPlainfield, N. J.

"The Janesville Gazette", Tuesday, Feb 21, 1882.
Milton - On Friday afternoon, Deacon Saunders received atelegram from Milwaukee announcing that his son Truman W.Saunders had suffereda stroke of apoplexy. Mr. and Mrs.Saunders took the night train for the city,but arrived toolate, their son dieing before their arrival. The sad news sentathrill of horrer through our community, where the deceased waswell known and had a large circle of friends and acquaintances.The deceased dpent a number of years as a student here, andgraduated here. After his graduation at Williams College hebecame a member of our College Faculty, and remained here inthat capacity until he took up his residence in Milwaukee.During his connection with the college he made an extensiveacquaintance with those from abroad who were students, and amonghis fellow citizens. He was highly esteemed for his truemanlinessthrough culture and curteous manners. His untimelydeath, occuring as it did when he was entirely alone, withoutthe kind offices of wife, mother, father or friend makes it oneof the saddest occurances ever brought to our notice. His heartbroken wife and grief stricken relatives have the heartysympathy of our community in this their hour of sorrow.President Whitford and Prof. W. F. Place, a classmate of thedeceased, attended the funeral. It is probable that the remainswill be brought here for interment. The following clippings arefrom the Milwaukee Wisconsin, and Republican and News:
"Truman W. Saunders, an accound of whose sad case appeared inlast night's Wisconsin, died at 2 o'clock this morning.
It is now supposed the bursting of a blood vessel in his brainresulted from violent retching as undigested food which had beenthrown from his stomach was found by the bedside. Thephysicians say that the ??ffusion of blood was so violent thatMr. Saunders could not have been saved had medical attentionbeen summonedat the moment the vessel broke.
Mr. Saunders, who was born in Rensselaer County, N. Y., was oneof the purest and most honorable and faithful members of theMilwaukee bar. His college career was brilliant and his recordas a professor inMarkham Academy first class. He was agraduate of Alfred University, N. Y., Milton College andWilliams College, and in School and at his profession was aconspicuous and untiring student. He had practiced law threeyears in Milwaukee, and for some time had been the trustedattourney of the Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company.
His wife with her father and little child will arrive from theeast tomorrow; his parents arrived from Rock County today.
Mr. Saunders was prominent member of the Allen Council, RoyalArcanum, from which order his widow will receive $3,000."

gravestone photo, July 2001.

1. 12. Laurence SAUNDERS  

1 NOTE Charles and Adelia were 1st cousins.
of Farmington, Ill in his brotherEdward's obit in 1916.

1. 13. Dennis John SAUNDERS   b. 30 Jun 1877, West Halleck,Peoria Co.,Illinois.
2. 14. Charles Clarence SAUNDERS   b. 14 Feb 1879, West Halleck,Peoria Co.,Illinois; d. 1949.
3. 15. Alden Goldsmith SAUNDERS   b. 14 Jun 1884, West Halleck,Peoria Co.,Illinois; d. 3 Jul 1970, Elmwood,Peoria Co.,Illinois.
4. 16. Bethel Lyman SAUNDERS   b. 13 Feb 1888, West Halleck,Peoria Co.,Illinois; d. 3 Jul 1909, West Halleck,Peoria Co.,Illinois.

Name Prefix: Rev.
Milton Cemetery1 CAUS Acute indigestion


1 NOTEPastor of the Rock River (Wisconsin) and Shiloh (New Jersey)churches; Presidentof the Young People's Permanent Committee ofthe Seventh Day Baptist General Conference; engaged extensivelyin evangelistic work; Trustee of Milton College; Director of theAmerican Sabbath Tract Society; Corresponding Secretary of theSeventh Day Baptist Missionary Society.

"Sabbath Recorder", Vol. 81, No. 8, p 227, August 21, 1916.
Sudden death of Rev. E. B. Saunders
At 10:45 a. m., lastThursday morning, we were greatly shockedto receive a telegram from Mrs. Saunders, then at Washington, D.C., telling of the sudden death of her husband, Rev.E. B.Saunders, from acute indigestion. We know nothing further ofthe particulars as to his last hours on earth. On the Tuesdaybefore, Secretary Saunders was in Plainfield [NJ] on his way toconference with his wife and daughter, makingthe trip to Salem,W. Va., in their automobile. It was their purpose to stop inWashington. They left here [Plainfield] Tuesday and this sadtelegram was thenext word that reached us. It states thatburial will be at Milton, Wis.
All hearts will go out in sympathy for the wife, son anddaughter so suddenly bereaved. The General Conference thatconvenes next Tuesday will deeply mourn the denomination's loss,and its sessions will be so saddened as it sits under the shadowof so great a sorrow.

"Sabbath Recorder", Vol. 83, No. 11, p 325, 10 Sep 1917.
Seventy-Fifth Annual Report of the Board of Managers
Death of Secretary E. B. Saunders
The sudden and tragic death of our much beloved and faithfulsecretary while on his way to attend the General Conference atSalem in August of last year cast a shadow of sorrow upon us asa people. Accounts of memorial services, letters ofappreciation, resolutions of love and respect, actions ofvariousdenominational organizations, were published in tehSabbath Recorder of September, October and November, 1916, andmay be found by referring to Vol 81, pages 227, 272, 312, 354,377, 385, 392, 395, 396, 437, 556 and elsewhere. The board puton its records the following among other statements: "The Rev.Edward B. Saunders, eleven years the corresponding secretary forthe Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society, died suddenly inWashiington, D. C., on the 16th day od August, 1916. The aimand effort of his life were for the salvation of lost ones. Asincere lover of men, he worked to save them. As correspondingsecretary, Brother Saunders gave his best. The Board ofManagers would record its appreciation of his strong interestand faithfulness as the representative of our missionary work,and his unwavering loyalty as a servant of Christ.

of Milton, Wisconin in 1894.

"Milton Journal-Telephone"; Milton Junction, Wisconsin,Thursday, August24, 1916, p 1.
The funeral services of Rev. E. B. Saunders were held in theMilton S. D. B. church Sabbath afternoon, Aug. 19. Although theday was excessively hot, the church was crowded, prople beingpresent from Janesville, Albion, Rock River and other places, aswell as from the town villages. The College Male Quartet sang"Beautiful Land", "The Glory Song", "The Riches of Love inChrist Jesus." Pastor H. N. Jordon read the scripture lesson.Rev. Geo. W. Burdick led inprayer. Pastor L. C. Randolphpreached the funeral sermon, Pastor Jordan spokeof BrotherSaunders as leader of Christial Endeavor, and Rev. W. D. Burdickspoke in behalf of the Missionary Society. Pastor C. S. Sayreof Albion led in theclosing prayer. Pastor C. B. Loofbourrowof Walworth participated in the services at the cemetery.
Among those present from away were: Mrs. Saunders and daughterMiss Mildred of Ashaway, R. I., Howard Saunders and wife ofNortonville, Kas.; Miss Arletta Reynolds, Westerly, R. I.; Mrs.and Mrs. Ira Blinn, Wildwood, N.J.; Mr. and Mrs. Mark Place,Chicago; Pastor C. B. Loofbourrow, W. R. and JamesBonham, W. L.Hibbard, M. B. Maxson, H. I. Coon a

1. 17. Howard Bond SAUNDERS   b. Abt 1880.
2. 18. Mildred SAUNDERS  
3. 19. Irma SAUNDERS  

1 NOTE of Morgan Park, Illinois in his father's obit in 1894.
of Bay Minnette, Ala. in his brother Edward's obit in 1916.
did not survive his sister who died in 1924.

1 NOTE of Milton Wisconsin in 1894.
preceded his brother Edward in death.

Milton College1 EMPL
2 PLAC Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
2 NOTE Milton College


Memorial Community Hospital

Milton Cemetery

1 NOTE "Milton Courier", Thursday, Oct 25, 2001.

"Revisiting Milton's Past, THROUGH THE YEARS,Bits and Pieces ofMilton's History".

[Reprint short articles which appeard in the paper in years pastand many times publish a photograph. This is wherethis articlecame from.]

ALBERTA CRANDALL WAS A WOMAN OF MUSICAL TALENT

In1909 Dr. Jairus M. Stillman resigned from his post aschairman of the Department of Music at Milton College. Hissuccessor was the first, and only, woman to hold the post, MissAlberta Crandall.
Crandall had been a teacher in the department since 1903, firstas an instructor in Piano Playing, next as instructor of Violin,Viola and Violincello
Playing.
She was born on April 20, 1879 in Lexington, KY. A graduate ofMilton College, Crandall studied at the college's SchoolofMusic from 1893 to 1898.
Not only an instrumental music instructor, CRANDALL was also anaccomplished composer. Her song 'Where the Elm Trees Bend TheirBranches,' was sung traditionally by the college's Treble Clefall female choir.
Treble Clef was organized and directed in 1913 by Prof. L. H.Stringer. The following year the membership enlarged andCrandall was given the
position of director.
By 1921 the choir had grown to include 32 girls. During thatyear Crandall suffered poor health. She gave up her work nearthe end of first semester, brought in Miss Beth BINGHAM to takecharge of her classes and went to Californiato rest andrecuperate.
Her health restored, she returned to Milton in 1922 andcontinued her career. In June of 1948 CRANDALL was presentedthe Milton College alumni 'Pillar of Milton' award, the highesthonor bestowed by the alumni association.
Crandall never married, but she was affectionately known as'Miss Alberta' by her students. In 1949, after 45 years ofteaching, she retired, only toreturn in September of 1949 toserve as an assistant in the music department until June of1950. She continued to teach music out of her home followingher retirement."

Caption for accompanying photo..."Alberta Crandall and her peers-From top left is former Milton College Music Department headJairus Stillman. Next is his successor, Alberta Crandall. Inthe next row are her parents, A. R.Crandall and Frau Crandalland the second president of the college, W. C. Daland. In frontis Alberta's teaching partner and sister, Ellen Crandall-Place.The inset is a photograph of Alberta as she appeared in laterlife."

"Sabbath Recorder", Vol 197, No 6, p 27, Jun 1975.
Alberta Crandall was born April 20, 1879at Lexington, Ky., anddied at Memorial Community Hospital, Edgerton, Wis., onApril20, 1975 after a long illness.
She was the daughter of Prof. Albert R. and Ellen SaundersCrandall. She received her music education at Milton Collegeand New England Conservatory of Music. She returned to Miltonin 1903 to begin her teaching at the college. In 1948 shereceived the "Pillar of Milton" award.She retired from thecollege in 1950. She was a member of the Milton church forovereighty years.
Funeral services were held at the church on April 22, 1975byher pastor, Rev. Earl Cruzan. Interment was in Milton Cemetery.E.C.

Name Prefix: Prof.
1 EMPL
2 DATE 1924
2 PLAC Ithaca, Tompkins Co.,New York
2 NOTE Cornell University


1 NOTE of Ithaca, New York in 1924and 1926.

1. 20. Frances Crandall PLACE   b. 1909; d. 1912.
2. 21. Joan PLACE  
3. 22. Phillip PLACE  

Name Prefix: Dr.
1 NOTE of New York City in his mother's 1908 obituary

1 NOTE Notations of Sirilla Saunders (1815-1905); Peoria Co. Atlas Map(1873);West Halleck, IL Cemetery Records; Farmington, ILCemetery Records.

1. 23. Norris SAUNDERS   b. 1906/1907, West Halleck,Peoria Co.,Illinois; d. 1906/1907, West Halleck,Peoria Co.,Illinois.
2. 24. Donald Crouch SAUNDERS   b. 5 Feb 1911, West Halleck,Peoria Co.,Illinois; d. 2 Oct 1978, Farmington,Fulton Co.,Illinois.
3. 25. Lois Marie SAUNDERS  

Milton College

1 NOTE This is the Howard Saunders that was a member of theMiltonCoronet Band pictured in "The Bicentennial History of Milton."

of Shiloh, New Jersey in his 1901 college graduation notice

of Nortonville, Jefferson Co., Kansas in his father's 1916 obit

1 NOTE "whose home has been with her parents" in her father's obit in1916.

1 NOTE of Wildwood, NJ in her father's obit in 1916.