death_date death_place children birth_place image_size parents birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
3 august 1920 brooklyn , new york elsie dewitt crandall , lizzie , annie , hattie , fred westerly , rhode island 150 benjamin potter crandall mary elizabeth brown 20 october 1834 mary dawson jesse_armour_crandall_as_young_man . jpg jesse armour crandall
 jesse armour crandall inventor and toy-maker
jesse armour crandall

jesse armour crandall -lrb- october 20 , 1834 -- august 3 , 1920 -rrb- was an american inventor and toy-maker .
he had taken out over 150 patents on toys in his 75 years of inventing .
crandall 's father , benjamin potter crandall , was also a toy-maker as well as three of jesse 's brothers -lrb- benjamin , charles thompson and william edwin -rrb- .
unlike his brothers who remained primarily associated with their father 's toy business in new york city , jesse started his own company in brooklyn .
it was a friend , perhaps henry ward beecher , who named him `` the child 's benefactor '' .
this became his trademark and slogan .
