Streets of Cortland – Crandall Street
Judge Hiram Crandall was born in Chenango County in 1818 and died in Cortland County in 1881 after living much of his life here. Crandall Street is named after this much loved citizen of Cortland Village. Hiram Crandall’s parents were Richard Crandall and Abigail Ransom Crain. Richard operated a distillery in Norwich in the 1820s but lost everything. He moved to Hornby , Steuben County, and started another, smaller, distillery which also had financial difficulties. He moved to Burdette, Schuyler County, and operated a large distillery for five years before moving to Cortland. It would seem that Richard was a man with a bitRead More →