Lathan Augustus Crandall

Background

Crandall, Lathan Augustus was born on September 20, 1850 in Plymouth, New York, United States. Son of Review J. M. and Lucy A. (Sisson) Crandall.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Hillsdale College, 1873, Master of Arts, 1874. Ordained Free Baptist ministry, 1873. Pastor Free Baptist churches, Racine, Wisconsin, 1874-1876, Fairport, New York, 1876-1879.

Bachelor of Divinity, Rochester Theological Seminary, 1881.

(Doctor of Divinity, Hillsdale, 1889).

Career

Ordained Baptist ministry, 1881. Pastor Owego, New York, 1881-1884, 23d Saint Church, New York, 1884-1889, Euclid Avenue Church, Cleveland, 1889-1892, Memorial Church, Chicago, 1892-1904, Trinity Church, Minneapolis, 1904-1920. Editor The Baptist, 1920-1921.

Associate pastor Hyde Park Baptist Church, Chicago, since 1921.

Chairman American Committee of Baptist World Alliance, 1905. President Interdenominational Commission of Minnesota, 1908.

Chairman child welfare committee, Civic and Commerce Association, 1911. Vice president Children’s Protective Society.

Trustee Carleton College, Frances Shimer Seminary Author: A Calm View of Christian Science, 1900.

Days in the Open, 1914. Henry Lyman Morehouse, A Biography, 1919. Home: Chicago, Illinois.

Achievements

• Lathan Augustus Crandall has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Nellie L. Hart, December 8, 1892.

Father:

Review J. M. Crandall

Mother:

Lucy A. (Sisson) Crandall

Spouse:

Nellie L. Hart