And though his surroundings were most gloomy and his hardships and inconveniences many, he was equal to the test of the pioneer times. In 1791, his father and two brothers, with their families, joined his settlement. Mr. Cranmer was a man of great industry, endowed with a big heart and a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Cranmer married for his second wife Miss Sarah Hubbel. He died April 8, 1896.
All towns mentioned except as otherwise noted are in Bradford County.
I have looked in another history by Bradsby which is substantially the same as the material copied and enclosed. Noadiah Cranmer came to Monroe from Sussex County, N. J., at an early day. He owned the property where the village stands, and up as far as Mason's Mills. His sons, John and Samuel, had log houses and improvements. The father was an old man of about eighty years when he came into the county and he lived alone.