60 THE NAUTILUS. 



ORESTES A. CRANDALL. 



It is with deep regret that we record the death of Colonel O. A. 

 Crandall, of Sedalia, Missouri, which occurred at West Chester, 

 Pennsylvania, July G. He left home during the latter part of June 

 on a business and pleasure trip East. After staying a few days at 

 Bridgeport, Connecticut, he went to Philadelphia, where he was sick 

 four days, when he went to the home of an old friend at West 

 Chester, hoping that with complete rest he would soon recuperate ; 

 but the extreme heat combined with heart trouble caused his sudden 

 death. Interment was at Sedalia. 



" Orestes A. Crandall was born at Syracuse, N. Y., February 25, 

 1833. In 1835 his parents removed to McHenry county, Illinois, 

 at that time known as the Crystal Lake country, a wilderness in- 

 habited by Indians and wild animals. The nearest settlement was 

 forty miles distant. Thrown upon his own resources at the age of 

 thirteen, Mr. Crandall developed rapidly those sterling qualities 

 which in later years made him prominent among men. 



" In 1853 lie went to California, walking 500 miles of the distance 

 and carrying his bundle on his back. He worked eight years in the 

 Golden State as miner and mineralogist, returning to " The States " 

 in 18G1 and locating in Saline county, Mo. 



" At the outbreak of the war, soon after coming to Missouri, he 

 aligned himself with the Union and went to the il wilderness" of 

 Illinois, where he organized and put two regiments of soldiers in the 

 held. He fought with honor during the war, his last battle being 

 the battle of Sedalia, October 15, 1864, in which he was captured by 

 the Confederate forces. 



" He located permanently in Sedalia in 1804, and in that year 

 was admitted to the bar and practiced his chosen profession until the 

 beginning of the eighties. He married Miss Kate A. Kidd, of that 

 city. 



" In 1875 he organized the Pettis County Bank and was made its 

 president. He was elected president of the Missouri Trust Com- 

 pany in 1880. Under his guidance the company became one of the 

 foremost institutions of its kind in the country." 



Mr. Crandall was well known to many readers of The Nautilus, 

 especially tlmse interested in fresh-water snails. For a number of 

 years his spare time was spent in a study of the genus Physa, the 

 results of which are still being published under the title " The 

 American Physae." 



