Heirlooms Reunited: 1870s Autograph Album of Stiles Ashbel Crandall of Mystic, Connecticut, compiled while a student at Connecticut Literary Institute

Friday, April 4, 2014

1870s Autograph Album of Stiles Ashbel Crandall of Mystic, Connecticut, compiled while a student at Connecticut Literary Institute

1870s autograph album of Stiles Ashbel Crandall of Mystic, Connecticut. Stiles Ashbel Crandall evidently went by the name Ashbel or Ashy, at least during this period in this life.

See another post that features the 1880s-1905 autograph album of Stiles Ashbel Crandall's mother, Caroline Lydia (Greene) Crandall.

Ashbel's album contains many pages signed by his fellow students at Connecticut Literary Institute at Suffield, Connecticut, now known as Suffield Academy, and by three fellow students at the State University of Iowa, where he later studied law.

The album is approximately 5-3/4" x 3-1/2" and is rather thick for its linear dimensions. It contains the sentiments of over 100 of Stiles Ashbel Crandall's relatives, friends and schoolmates. An alphabetical list of the signers appears at the end of this post.

From online research, hopefully correct: [corrections and additions welcome!]

Stiles Ashbel Crandall was born 12 October 1851 at Ledyard, Connecticut, the son of Stiles Woodbridge Crandall and Caroline Lydia (Greene) Crandall, who were born at Groton, Connecticut, and Stonington, Connecticut, respectively.

On 25 April 1883, Stiles Ashbel Crandall married Jane Frances Stoddard, daughter of Sanford Billings Stoddard and Mary (Stoddard) Stoddard. The couple had two children:

Mary Stoddard Crandall, born 9 January 1884 at Norwich, Connecticut; married Philip Stoddard Rigg
Billings Francis Stoddard Crandall, born 13 June 1885 at Ledyard, Connecticut; married Mary Louise Haley

Both children signed pages in the album, when it apparently came to light in a later era.l, Mary Stoddard Crandall in 1899 and Billings Francis Stoddard Crandall in 1894.

Sadly, Mary (Stoddard) Crandall died within days after the birth of Billings Francis Stoddard Crandall. I don't believe that Ashbel remarried.

After a stint of teaching, Stiles Ashbel Crandall studied law at the State University of Iowa, from which he graduated in 1878. He set up his practice at Norwich, Connecticut. In 1893 he served in the Connecticut State Senate and ran for lieutenant governor in 1895. He was a Mason and spent the last year of his life in the Masonic Home in Wallingford County, where he died.

Find more information and a photograph of Stiles Ashbel Crandall here.

If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above or information on any of the signers listed below, please leave a comment or contact me directly. Thanks!

Surnames in the album

Abell

Aldrich

Andrews

Atwood

Austin [4]

Avery

Barber

Bartlett

Booth

Brown [4]

Browne

Cadwell

Camp

Crandall [3]

Cummings

Daniels

Davis [2]

Dewhurst

Downs

English

Eno

Flower

Fortune [2]

Freeman

Funk

Gallup [4]

Gardner

Gould

Greene [2]

Halladay

Hastings

Heath

Hempstead

Johnson [2]

Keyes

Kinney

Lamb

Latham

Lawrence [2]

Leavitt

Logan

Maranvill

Mather

Mathewson [2]

McClees

McGurie

Meranda

Middleton

Miller

Mintle

Morse [2]

Myerly

Palmer

Patten

Pease

Phelps

Pickett

Pierpont

Plummer

Post

Prout

Roberts [2]

Robertson [3]

Rogers

Root

Sikes

Sisson

Spencer [2]

Stephens

Stiles

Sweet

Thomson

Tillinghast

Turner

Tyler

Vose

Wheeler [2]

Williams [3]

Woodward

Wright

Young

Signers in the album [Note: Given names within a specific surname may not be in alphabetical order.]

A

Charles B. Abell of Agawam, Massachusetts, signed at Suffield, Connecticut, on November 21, 1870
Annie S. Aldrich of Smithfield, Rhode Island, signed at Connecticut Literary Institute
E. Benjamin Andrews
William Atwood of Montville, Connecticut, signed on August 7, 1877
Julia M. Austin of Suffield, Connecticut, signed at Connecticut Literary Institute on November 3, 1870
Nellie Austin of Suffield, Connecticut, signed at Connecticut Literary Institute on October 2, 1870
Julia Austin of Suffield, Connecticut, signed on November 1, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute
George A. Austin of Suffield, Connecticut, signed on March 11, 1871 at Connecticut Literary Institute
N. Avery of ? Bridge, Connecticut, signed on December 6, 1872; Poqronoc? Pogronoc?

Clarence H. Barber of Canton Center, Connecticut, signed on November 8, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute
Jennie A. Bartlett, signed on November 3, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute; Class of 1873
G. Booth of Derby, Connecticut, signed on November 9, 1870; Class of 1872
Albert Z. Brown of Ledyard, Connecticut, signed on June 1, 1873
George Brown of Washington, Connecticut; middle initial might be T.
F. H. Brown of Colchester, Connecticut, signed on November 8, 1870
William J. Brown of Ledyard, Connecticut, signed on June 1, 1873
Inez Browne of Tolland, Connecticut, signed on November 1, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute

C. A. Cadwell of Southington, Connecticut, signed on November 7, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute, Class of 1872
Mary F. Camp of Wolcottville, Connecticut, signed at Connecticut Literary Institute
S. A. Crandall of Mystic, Connecticut; Stiles Ashbel Crandall, album owner. He went by Ashbel or Ashy, at least during this period.
Mary S. Crandall of Old Mystic, Connecticut, signed on January 2, 1899; Stiles' daughter Mary Stoddard Crandall
Billings F. S. Crandall of Ledyard, Connecticut, signed on January 17, 1894; Ashbel's son Billings Francis Stoddard Crandall
May Cummings of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, signed at Mystic, Connecticut, in 1877

A. E. Daniels of Suffield, Connecticut, signed on November 9, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute; Class of 1873
Orlando J. Davis of West Acton, Massachusetts, signed on November 8, 1870; presumably at Connecticut Literary Institute
M. A. Davis of Groton Centre, Massachusetts, signed on November 1, 1870
Fred E. Dewhurst, Colby University 1878; signed at Mystic, Connecticut, on August 30, 1877
Mary A. Downs of Sandisfield, Massachusetts, signed in 1871 at Connecticut Literary Institute
John English, signed November 21, 1870; middle initial either N or M

Lewis G. Eno of Simsbury, Connecticut, signed at Connecticut Literary Institute

J. H. Flower of Agawam, Massachusetts, signed on November 5, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute
Lizzie Fortune of Elizabeth City, New Jersey, signed at Connecticut Literary Institute, on February 26, 1871
David J. Fortune of Elizabeth, New Jersey
S. H. Freeman of Southington, Connecticut
Frank W. Funk of Keota, Iowa, signed on September 15, 1877

Jennie W. Gallup of Ledyard, Connecticut, signed at Gallup Hill on May 2, 1871
Emily Gallup, signed at Mystic, Connecticut, on July 22, 1871
Noyes P. Gallup of Mystic, Connecticut, signed on August 20, 1871
Mary E. Gallup, signed at Mystic, Connecticut, on July 13, 1871
Eugene S. Gardner of Norwich, Connecticut, signed on March 4, 1871; Ashbel's classmate in Latin, presumably at Connecticut Literary Institute
Frank W. Gould of Moline, Illinois, signed at Connecticut Literary Institute; Class of 1872
James Greene of Savannah, Georgia, signed on September 29, 1881; perhaps related to Ashbel's mother Caroline Lydia (Greene) Crandall.
F. L. Greene of Savannah, Georgia, signed October 29, 1881; Ashbel's aunt

Edmund Halladay of Suffield, Connecticut, signed in Spring 1871 at Connecticut Literary Institute; " 6 ft 3 in"
Judson W. Hastings of Suffield, Connecticut, signed on November 9, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute; Class of 1872
Lillie M. Heath of Hartford, Connecticut, signed on February 27, 1871 at Connecticut Literary Institute
E. J. Hempstead of New London, Connecticut, signed on August 16, 1876

A. C. Johnson of Malone, New York, signed on November 7, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute
M. M. Johnson of Malone, New York, signed on November 7, 1870, at Connecticut Literary Institute

Rachel Keyes of Suffield, Connecticut, signed on February 28, 1871
Myron W. Kinney of Washington, Connecticut, signed on October 1, 1870; Class of 1872, presumably at Connecticut Literary Institute, as he mentioned a group that other C.L.I. students mentioned.

J. Curtis Lamb of Centre Groton, Connecticut; at Connecticut Literary Institute
Frank T. Latham of Orient Point, Long Island, New York
Miss Cora D. Lawrence of West Meriden, Connecticut; Ashbel's schoolmate at Connecticut Literary Institute
Virginia M. Lawrence of Malone, New York
Julius A. Leavitt of Cornish, New Hampshire, signed at Connecticut Literary Institute, Class of 1871
Scott Logan of Mount Holly,New Jersey, signed at Connecticut Literary Institute

Rosie Maranvill of Sunderland, Massachusetts, signed on November 3, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute
H. F. Mather, signed on October 29, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute, Suffield, Connecticut
G. Henry Mathewson of Rhode Island, signed on November 7, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute
Marie Mathewson of Durham, Connecticut
Charles H. McClees of Norwalk, Iowa, signed on September 15, 1877
E. ? McGurie of Ledyard, Connecticut, signed at Ledyard on August 26, 1874. Not sure of surname.
Mary Meranda of Waterbury, Connecticut, signed at Connecticut Literary Institute; mentioned "Good skating February 23, 1871
Arthur Middleton of Brooklyn, New York, signed November 7, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute. "Remember the box in Latin that came from Brooklyn"
Henry A. Miller of Southwick, Massachusetts, signed on March 3, 1871 at Connecticut Literary Institute
Robert L. Mintle of Waterbury, Vermont, signed on October 29, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute; not sure of surname
Lena Florence Morse of Brooklyn, New York, signed on November 1, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute
Hannah Morse, signed on August 12, 1871 at Ledyard, Connecticut
Joseph I. Myerly of Des Moines, Iowa

Lizzie M. Palmer of Norwich, Connecticut, signed in 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute; Class of 1872
Thomas Patten of Waterbury, Connecticut, signed on October 29, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute
Henry Pease of South Windsor, Connecticut, signed in 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute
Lottie A. Phelps of Windsor, Connecticut, signed on February 27, 1871, at Connecticut Literary Institute
Lizzie Pickett of Waterville, Connecticut, signed in 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute; middle initial might be T or L or S or ?
Nellie C. Pierpont of Waterbury, Connecticut, signed on February 26, 1871 at Connecticut Literary Institute
Albert J. Plummer of Norwich, Connecticut, signed on November 7, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute
Idylle G. Post of Deep River, Connecticut, signed November 3, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute
Alice M. Prout of Suffield, Connecticut, signed on November 1, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute

J. M. Roberts of Feeding Hills, Massachusetts, signed on Octoer 29, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute; Class of 1872
Lydia K. Roberts of Agawam, Massachusetts
Margretta Robertson of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, signed on March 14, 1879
Alice Robertson of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, signed on August 30, 1877
Sara S. Robertson of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, signed on August 30, 1877
Ellen Rogers of New London, Connecticut, signed August 16, 1876
Ellen M. Root of Granville Corners, Massachusetts; presumably a student at Connecticut Literary Institute as she mentioned a group name that C.L.I. signers mentioned

Bethena M. Sikes of Suffield, Connecticut, signed on February 28, 1871
Fred W. Sisson of Moodus, Connecticut, signed on November 7, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute
Clinton Spencer of Suffield, Connecticut, signed in 1871 at Connecticut Literary Institute
William H. Spencer of Suffield, Connecticut, signed on November 8, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute; Class of 1873
V. A. Stephens of Moline, Illinois, signed in 1871 at Connecticut Literary Institute
Ida E. Stiles, signed on November 1, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute at Suffield, Connecticut
W. W. Sweet of Deans Corners, New York

Minnie Thomson of Monterey, Massachusetts, signed on February 26, 1871 at Connecticut Literary Institute
T. A. Tillinghast of Plainfield, Connecticut, signed during the Fall Term of 1870, presumably at Connecticut Literary Institute
Maria F. Turner of Baltimore, Maryland, signed on August 30, 1877; not sure of given name
Joseph H. Tyler of Baltimore, Maryland, signed on November 9, 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute. "Remember me in your will." Class of 1873

Edward F. Vose of Rhode Island, signed on "11-7-70" at Suffield, Connecticut, possibly a student at Connecticut Literary Institute

Lillie M. Wheeler of Mystic, Connecticut
Samuel N. Wheeler of Mystic, Connecticut, signed at M.V.I. Institute
Lucy H. Williams of Providence, Rhode Island, signed on August 12, 1871
John E. Williams of Providence, Rhode Island
Jennie E. Williams, signed at Gales Ferry, Connecticut, on May 18, 1873
Newell S. Woodward of Torringford, Connecticut, signed on March 6, 1871 at Connecticut Literary Institute
Nellie J. Wright of Suffield, Connecticut, signed in November 1870 at Connecticut Literary Institute; not positive of middle initial