Explore: Cranfordites You Should Know
Avery Sr., James S. – A Lifetime of Service
Batchelder, Wesley – Present at Lincoln’s Assassination
Bates, Elizabeth – Suffragist to Civic Leader
Bates, Fannie E. – “The Mother of Cranford”
Bryant, Joshua – First African American Constable
Cahill, Sylvester – Cranford’s First Mayor
Collins, D.C. – Architect, Musician, Committeeman
Crump, Alice & Leslie – Cranford Artists
Sgt. Culin, Curtis G. – Major Contributor to D-Day
Delano, Hugh S. – Society Trustee & Hall of Famer
Dickinson, Joseph Hunter – Inventor & Craftsman
Dorian, Ira – Cranford Mayor & Distinguished Citizen
Droescher, Severin R. – Businessman & Developer
Drysdale, William – Noted Newspaperman & Author
Eastmond, James – Cranford Business Owner
Evans, Lemuel – Casino Steward
Foster, Nathaniel R. – One of Cranford’s first Fire Fighters
Hall, Homer – Cranford’s Own Josiah Crane
Hayashi, Frank – son of Japanese immigrants
Isenmann, John – Bridge Builder
Lakey, Alice – Food & Drug Crusader & Suffragist
Lockett, Samuel Henry – Cranford’s Rebel Colonel
MacConnell, Joseph Kerr – Cranford’s First Physician
Mendell, William Wallace – Judge
Pelusio, Dominick – Cranford Soldier
Poggi, C. Godfrey – Architect
Rabbi Sidney David Shanken
Scholes, Walter – Businessman
Sperry, Thomas & William Miller – Developers
Thompson, J. Walter – Cranford Developer
Unnold, Francis L. – “A Family’s Letters”
Van Doren, Nathaniel G. – Customs Agent
Vanderver, Henry – Civil War Veteran
Voorhees, Stanley – Cranford Historical Society Founder
Westervelt, William P. – Had Key to Lincoln’s Life
Willsie, Honore – Author & Editor
Wolfe, Deborah Cannon Partridge – Educator
Wolfe, Deborah Cannon Partridge – Educator
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