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 *All images are the property of the Cranford Historical Society and may not be shared or distributed for personal use.