Margaret was the fifth child and oldest daughter of Abigail and Daniel McBride. In 1811 when she was 16 years old, she was married to David Crandall. She became the mother of 12 children, eight of whom grew to maturity.
Three missionaries found the McBride family in New York. The missionaries were: Evan Green (secretary to the Prophet Joseph Smith), Amasa Lyman, and William Cahoon. These men toured New York state as missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
The McBrides were very kind to the elders who were traveling without purse or script. They were good listeners, believed the religion, and were baptized in June 1833. They shared their shelter and urge to gather with the Church, and sold at great sacrifice (as many converts did) their farms and homes and moved to Kirtland, Ohio one hundred thirty-five miles away.They assisted in the building of the city and gave of their means for the building of the Kirtland temple, they also went through the trials and tribulations of Kirtland and Nauvoo.
When her youngest son, Nelson D Crandall, was 11 years old, Margaret died at age 51 at LaHarp, Hancock county, Illinois in August 1845. LaHarp is just a few miles from Nauvoo. Her husband, David Crandall, married again and remained in Illinois where he died in 1861.
One of the greatest tributes to Margaret McBride Crandall is the loyalty of her children. They did what their mother would have them do. They came to the Salt Lake Valley with the Saints, and they came together and stayed together. Her daughters were skilled in the arts of homemaking which involved many arts in those days, they in turn passed their skills on down to their daughters.
Ancestral Line: Janeal Kindred Smith... Kent Lewis Kindred... Fred Lewis Kindred... Luanna Mariah Bird... Emeline Crandall... Margaret Ann McBride
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