Middlebury, Vt., Oct. 20, 1831. They resided for a time in
Vermont and then removed West. Two or three children not
named here died young, before the family left Vermont.
Children :
1194—1.
Martha Jane.
1195—2.
Maria Ann.
1196—3.
John Edgar.
1197—4.
Ezra.
1198-5.
James.
1199—6.
Demis.
1200-7.
Eva.
1201. Laura L. Crane'' [845], (Ezra, " James, ^ Ezra,^
Nathaniel, 3 Theophilus,^ Henryi), married James T. Foster,
SEVENTH GENERATION. 149
Jan. 20, 1836, and first settled iu Middlel)ury, Vt., soon removed
from there and was last residing in Astoria, N. Y. Children :
1. Martin T. (Foster).
2. Walter J. (Foster).
3. Henry C. (Foster).
4. Mary E. (Foster).
5. Carrie A. (Foster).
6. Edwin (Foster).
7. Eva (Foster).
8. Laura (Foster).
1202. EvALiNE Melissa Crane' [84G], (Ezra,^ James,^ Ezra,''
Nathauiel,3 Theophilns, 2 Henryi), married 1st, Leonard G. Lester
of Port Jervis, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1849. He was killed June 20,
1864, at battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Ga. She married 2d,
April 11, 1872, J. W. Fields, by whom she had no children.
Child :
1. Charles L. (Lester).
1203. James Edgar Crane''' [847], (Ezra,*' James, -^ Ezra,"*
Nathaniel, 3 Theophilus, 2 Henryi), married April 19, 1841, p:iiza
B. Corlew ; settled in Middlebury, Vt. ; a farmer, and removed
to Sadorus, 111., where he died April 17, 1880. Children:
1204—1. Albert M., b. Feb. 15, 1842. Enlisted in the late war Ans:.,
18G1, and served nntil his death, May IG, 18()4.
1205—2. George W., b. Nov. 27, 184^).
1206—3. Martin F., b. April 4, 1847 : m. ; no children ; is a contractor.
1207—4. Lydia M., b. July 19, 1849.
1208—5. Hattie M., b. Feb. 21, 1851; d. April 17, 1877.
1209. Harriett Eliza CraneV [848], (Ezra,'' James,"^ Ezra,^
Nathaniel,"^ Theophilus,^ Henry^), married R. .]. ^Melius at East
Greenbush, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1858. Afterwards removed to Bath
on the Hudson, where he entered the grocery business. Children :
1. Carrie Viola (Melius), b. Feb. 7, 18G0, at E. Greenbush, N. Y.
2. Harry Ezra (Melius), b. Nov. G, 18G3, at E. Greenbush, N. Y.
3. Mary Eva (Melius), b. Oct. 12, 1867, at Bath on the Hudson, N. Y.
4. Stuart Edson (Melius), b. March 27, 1870, at Bath on the
Hudson, N. Y. ; d. -Tune 11, 1870.
1210. Ervin J. Craix' [8.50], (Charles,^ James,"' Ezra,"*
Nathaniel, 3 Theoplulus,^ Henry'), was born at Stockton. Chau-
tauqua Co., N. Y. Went with his parents to the town of Leroy,
Ohio, about the year 1827. When a young man the family
removed to Indiana and took up a residence near South Bend.
He was a farmer, and married Nancy Keep. His hist icsiih'ucc
was at Hamilton, Steuben Co., Ind. He was killed by :i hull
some years ago. Children :
1211—1. Thomas; m. and living near Los Angeles, Cal.
1212—2. Greely; living in Montana.
1213—3. Melissa ; ra. Carter ; has dau. Naomi. avIio ui. Ivecp.
1214—4. Ervin ; resides in Hamilton, Ind.
1215—5. LurnER; supposed to have l)een killed by Indians.
150 CRANE GENEALOGY.
1216. Leander T. Crain"^ [851], (Charles,^ James, 5 Ezra,^
Nathaniel, 3 Tlieophilus,^ Henryi), was bom in Stockton, Chau-
tauqua Co., N. Y. ; married, Feb. 23, 1842, Aurilla Ferris, at
Jackson, Mich. He removed from there to Ridgeville, 111., and
subsequently to Durand, Wis., where he was residing in 1895.
For 21 years Mr. Crain followed the occupation of a mariner,
rising in due time from cabin-boy, at the age of 13, through all
the stages of rank to master of the vessel ; sailing ten years on
the lakes. In 1849 he crossed the plains to California, but
returned in 1853, since which time he has followed farming.
Children :
1217—1. Charles W., b. March 17, 1844, at Ridgeville, Cook Co., 111.
1218—2. Morgan, b. April 5, 1845, at Ridgeville, 111. ; d. June 18, 184G.
1219—3. Eugene L., b. Dec. 9, 1846, at Ridgeville, 111.
1220—4. Ladore E., b. Aug. 17, 1848. He is a farmer.
1221—5. Florence, b. June 18, 1850; m. William C. Konkle; d. May
10, 1887.
1222—6. George E., b. Sept. 19, 1855; d. Oct. 10, 1894.
1223—7. Fr.usik J., b. June 28, 1857, at Durand, Pepin Co., Wis. ; d.
May 18, 1886.
1224—8. Albert, b. March 21, 1859, at Durand, Wis.
1225—9. DoLPH J., b. Jan. 14, 1861, at Durand, Wis.
1226-10. Nelson, b. Oct. 4, 1862, at Durand, Wis. ; d. Dec. 15, 1862.
1227-11. Ida May, b. Dec. 30, 1863, at Durand, Wis.
1228-12. John R., b. Jan. 31, 1865, at Durand, Wis. ; d. Jan. 23, 1868.
1229-13. Thad S., b. June 4, 1867.
1230. OsRO A. Crain^ [852], (Charles, *5 James,^ Ezra,^
Nathaniel, 3 Theophilus,^ Henryi), married Olivia Hill about
1844, at Evanston, 111. She died about the year 1873, and he
married Mrs. Siter, whose maiden name was Dama L. Morse.
No children by either marriage. Was a cooper by trade and car-
ried on that business. Was also engaged in the real estate trade
for some years at Evanston. After the death of his sister, Mrs.
Kelley, he adopted two of her children :
1. Olivlv a. See No. 1243.
2. FiDELLv M. See No. 1243.
1231. Anna L. Crain"? [853], (Charles,^ James,^ Ezra,^
Nathaniel, 3 Theophilus,^ Henryi), married Alonzo Burroughs at
Evanston, 111. He was formerly from Ashtabula, Ohio, and
moved from that locality in the year 1842, in company with his
two sisters, making their journey in a "Prairie Schooner," as
those large covered wagons were called in which families per-
formed their migrations when in pursuit of a location for a home
at the then far West. Children :
1. Oscar (Burroughs) ; residence. La Porte, Ind.
2. Charles (Burroughs) ; residence, Chicago, 111.
3. Fidellv a. (Burroughs) ; m. Charles Westerfleld, Waukegan, 111.
4. Frances M. (Burroughs) ; m. WiUis Beebe, Evanston, 111.
5. Florinda a. (Burroughs) ; m. Florin Hubble.
6. Efeie a. (Burroughs) ; m. Charles Wood.
SEVENTH GENEKATION. 151
1232. Charles Grain? [854], (Charles,^ James,-' Kzra,4
Nathaniel,^ Tlieophilus,^ Heuryi), was born in Stockton, Chau-
tauqua Co., N. Y. In 1833 his parents removed to Le Roy, Oliio,
and from there they removed in 1836 to De Kalb Co., Ind. In
1840, at the age of 18, Mr. Craiu went to Dutcliman's Point, now
Glenwood, near Northfield, 111., to work for his cousin John Miller.
After a brief time he returned to his home in Indiana, where he
remained until his mother's death in 1842, when he located in the
village then called Gross Point, afterwards Ridgeville, since 1854
known as Evanston, 111., and entered the employ of William
Foster to learn the trade of a cooper, and for six years carried
on the cooperage business. But in the Spring of 1850 he " caught
the gold fever," and in company with his brother Osro and some
of his neighbors, started overland for California. They made a
very quick trip of it and were styled the "Lightning Express."
Their first mining venture was in a place called in honor of the
party "Greenhorn Caiion," and has since retained that name.
Grain's Gulch, also named for them, still goes by that name.
Charles Grain returned home in March, 1851, and engaged in
market gardening, continuing in that business until 1875, when
he became a dealer in real estate. He married in 1846 Sarah
Burroughs, formerly from Ashtabula, Ohio, sister of Alonzo
Burroughs, who married Anna L. Grain. Mr. Grain died June
2, 1891. Children:
1233—1. MEL^aNA, b. Oct. 23, 1847.
1234—2. Melissa S., b. Aua:- 11, 1849; d. April 3, 18r.fi.
1235—3. Alice Etiie, b. Oct. 21, 1853.
1230—4. Osro A., b. Dec. 17, 1855; ra. Mary Roberts; d. ^March 13,
1887.
1237—5. Lucy J., b. Feb. 14, 1858.
1238—6. William E., b. May 26, 1860; m. April 5, 181)4, Mary 8tow.
1239—7. Charles E., b. Aug. 8, 1862.
1240—8. Frances M., b. Oct. 23, 1804.
1241—9. George H., b. Dec. 15, 1800; resides iu Evanston, 111.
1242-10. Harvey E., b. Jan. 11, 1809.
1243. Fidelia Crain'^ [855], (Charles, ^ James, ^ Ezra,"*
Nathaniel, 3 Theophilus,^ Henryi) . She early in life went to what
is now called Evanston, 111., where her brothers then resided, and
for about eight years was emjJoyed in Chicago, 111. She married
Daniel B. Kelley, and some eight years later died leaving three
daughters. Mr. Kelley died the following year. Children :
1. OLiVLi A. (Kelley) ; m. Willard Hill; residence, Whcaton, III.
2. Fidellv M. (Kelley); m. Charles Turner; residence, Hubbard,
Iowa.
3. Eva D. (Kelley) ; d. at five years of age.
1244. Martha J. Crain^ [857], (Charles,^ James,-^ Ezra,-*
Nathaniel, 3 Theophilus,^ Ilenryi). Before her marriage sjie
passed several years with her brother Osro in what is now
Evanston, 111. Soon after her return to Indiana, where her father
152 CRANE GENEALOGY.
then resided, she married Russell Little and settled on a farm not
far from her father's home. Had ten children. The names of
only four have been obtained :
1. Charles (Little).
2. Ezra (Little).
3. Ida (Little).
4. Oscar (Little).
1245. SoPHRONiA Crane^ [369], (Milton,^ Martin,^ Ezra,-*
Nathaniel, 3 Theophilus,^ Henry^), married Edward Haydon
Morton, Oct. 19, 1852, and had one child. Post-Offlce address,
Middleton, Vt.
1. Mary Eliza (Morton), b. July 18, 18(31; cl. May U, 18(18.
1246. William M. Crane^ [875], (Norman,^ Martin,^ Ezra,4
Nathaniel, 3 Theophilus,^ Henryi), was born at Malone, N. Y. ;
married, Oct. 24, 1848, at Yonge, Ont., Mary Shipman, a native
of that place. Settled at Ogxlensburg, N. Y. ; cabinetmaker by
trade. Children :
1247 — 1. George William, b. Eeb. 18, 1852; m. .Tanie Eliza Peck,
June 29, 1886 ; resides at New Haven, Conn. ; no children.
1248—2. Frederick Martin, b. March 16, 1855.
1249—3. Minnie Louisa, b. March 24, 1858.
1250 — 4. Edwin Normajst, b. June 14, 1864.
1251. Sarah Mehitebel Crane''' [881], (Horace, ^ Martin, -"^
Ezra,4 Nathaniel,^ Theophilus,^ Henryi), married, March 8, 1858,
Amasa Sawyer Tracy, a native of Dover, Me., born March 16,
1829 ; settled in Middlebury, Vt. Children :
1. Helen Aurelia (Tracy), b. Oct. 6, 1859 ; d. Jnne 14, 1863.
2. Horace Crane (Tracy), b. April 19, 1866; rn. Loraine A. Fales
of East Middlebury, Vt., Nov. 26, 1886.
3. Addie Emeline (Tracy), b. May 15, 1868 ; d. Aug. 17, 1868.
4. Lena Fuancks (Tracy), b. Dec. 27, 1871.
5. Lillian- Saii.vii (Tracy), b. Nov. 24, 1875.
6. CiiARLKs Amasa (Tracy), b. Feb. 13, 1879.
1252. Frances B. Crane^ [894], (Aaron,^ Jeremiah,-^ Ezra,^
Nathaniel,3Theophilus, 2 Henryi), married Andrew J. Crain [856].
He was born in Stockton, N. Y., in 1826; was son of Charles
and Fidelia (Case) Crain. (See page 114.) For a time resided
at Eau Goalie, Dunn Co., Wis. ; late residence, Farm Hill, Pierce
Co., Wis. Children:
1253—1. Albert A., b. 1857.
1254—2. Belle W., b. 1859.
1255—3. Phebe C, b. 1863.
1256—4. Bella J., b. 18(55.
1257. John Rollin Crane^ [896], (Aaron, ^ Jeremiah,^ Ezra,'*
Nathaniel, 3 Theophilus,^ Henryi), married, November, 1867,
Widow Holland, whose maiden name was Ruth Lavinnia Bi-isfo-s,
SEVENTH GENERATION. 153
she having one son by her first husband. They settled in St.
Charles, Minn. In June, 1872, they removed to New Mexico,
where Mr. Crane died July, 1876. December followino-, the
widow and children returned to Minnesota, and have made thcii'
home at Winona. Children :
1258 — 1. Lettie Lorena, b. Aug., 1808.
1259—2. Eugenia Evai.ena, b. April, 1870.
12fi0— 3. AuuEN John, b. Oct., 1872.
12(11—4. William Maurice, b. March, 1875.
1262. Orrin Johnson Crane'^ [897], ( Aaron, ^ Jeremiah,-''
Ezra,^ Nathaniel,^ Theophilus,- Henryi), married Esther L.
Portis at Cleveland, Ohio. She was a native of Thorn Hill,
Scotland. He enlisted in the Ohio Vol. Infantry, 7th Reg. ; was
captain, and promoted to major and colonel of the same regiment ;
a very brave soldier. He was killed at the battle of Renggold,
Dec. 27, 1863. Children :
12G3 — 1. William Cook, b. .Jan. 20, 1858; m. Miss Axworthy; no
children.
12(U— 2. James Robert, b. June 7, 1800; m. Catherine Wedell ; no
children.
1205—3. Lottie, b. Sept. 13, 1801 ; m. H. L. Smith, and d. Nov. 20,
LsOl ; no children.
1266. William Ezra Crane^ [900], (Orrin, ^ Jeremiah,-'^
Ezra,"* Nathaniel,-^ Theophilus,^ Henryi), married Viola L. Lake,
April 27, I860.- She was a native of Denmark, Lewis Co., N.
Y., born March 28, 1844. Mr. Crane has lived in Rensselaer
Falls, N. Y., and held the office of deputy sheriff and constable
for 32 years. Children :
1207—1. Okin D., b. May 9, 1802.
1208—2. Hattie L., b. May 19, 1869.
1209—3. Otis T., b. May 31, 1876.
1270. Walter A. Crane^ [919], (Ansel," Jeremiah,-'' Ezra,^
NathanieU^ Theophilus,^ Henryi), was a mitive of Stockton,
Chautnu(iua Co., N. Y. Removed Avith his parents to Spring
Valley, Minn., where he married Nellie S. Thayer. Oct. 20. l.SCxS.
Nov. 7, 1894, he was residing at Fargo, N. Dak. Cliildri-n :
1271—1. EvAH Juliette, b. Jan. 21, 1870, at Sprinti Valley, .Minn.;
d. Sept. 14, 1877.
1272—2. Floyd W., b. June 22, 1880, at Spring Valley, Minn.
1273. William W. Crane' [922], (CmIvIu," Jeremiah. •■ Kzra. '
Nathaniel,-^ Theophilus,- Henry'), married 1st, Flora A. Church,
wlio died in 187;'); mai'ried 2(1, Amanda Learned. She dii'd in
1.S.S7, leaving a son Callie or Calvin. He in 1.S91 married .^L^I•is
IJronson. Mr. Crane enlisted, April 16, 1861, for the late war as
private, and was discharged Oct. 29, 1865, as First Lieut., Co. K,
154 CRANE GENEALOGY.
7th Kansas Cav. At the close of the war he went to Nebraska,
and since 1867 has made his home in Ashland. Child :
1274—1. Callie O., b. 1880.
1275. Ida J. Crane^ [923], (Cahin,6 Jeremiah,^ Ezra,4
Nathaniel,:* Theophilus,^ Henryi) , married, in 1867, James Tyler ;
reside in Lincoln, Neb. Children :
1. Fred (Tyler), b. 1868.
2. Calvin (Tyler), b. 1872.
3. Flora (Tyler), b. 1876.
4. Mena (Tyler), b. 1882.
1276. Adell a. CranfJ [924], (Calvin,^ Jeremiah,^ Ezra,^
Nathaniel, 3 Theophilus,^ Henry^), married E. B. Woodbury in
1861 ; reside at Ashland, Neb. Children :
1. Bella (Woodbury).
2. Sylvia (Woodbury).
1277. Edward J. Crane^ [928], (Harmon, ^ Simeon,^ Ezra,^
Nathaniel, 3 Theophilus,^ Henryi), married Delia Curtiss at
Ravenna, Ohio, in 1841. She was born in Ravenna in 1822.
In early life Mr. Crane followed the millwright business, but
enlisted in 1862 to serve in the war with the 68th Ohio Vols.
Late residence, Paw Paw, Van Buren Co., Mich. Children, born
in Ravenna :
1278—1. Etta Elvira, b. 1843; m. George P. Booth, M.D.; resi-
dence, Muskegon, Mich., where he is a practicing physi-
cian.
1279—2. Lucy A., b. 1845.
1280. George S. CranfJ [930], (Harmon, e Simeon,^ Ezra,-"
Nathaniel,^ Theophilus,^ Henry^), married Margaret Bradley of
Camden, Mich., July 4, 1858. Had one child :
1281—1. Harmon C, b. July 9, 1859.
1282. Henry T. Crane^ [931], (Harmon,^ Simeon,^ Ezra,^
Nathaniel,^ Theophilus,^ Henryi), married Ester Bradley of
Camden, Mich., Dee. 24, 1863, and settled in that place, where
he died Feb. 16, 1872, leaving an only daughter:
1283—1. Ray H., b. Nov. 26, 1871.
1284. Austin S. Crane^ [944], (Arza,^ Asa,-^ Ezra,^ Nathan-
iel,2 Theophilus,^ Henry^), was born in Canton, St. Lawrence
Co., N. Y. ; married, March 27, 1851, Fidelia Brainard, a native
of Gustavus, Trumbull Co., Ohio, where they reside. He fol-
lows the occupation of a steamboat pilot. Children :
1285—1. CH.VRLES S., b. Nov. 28, 1857.
1286—2. Allin E., b. Oct. 31, 1859.
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1287. Henry Clay Crane^ [946], (Wimam,^ Aaron, -^ Ezra,4
Nathaniel, 3 Theopbilus,^ Henryi), married, Aug. 12, 1851, Jane
Eliza Bunker, a native of New York City, and born April 2fi,
1833. For a few years resided in that city, but from 1860 to
1888 made tlieir home at Yonkers, N. Y. During the latter year,
Mr. Crane being in feeble health, returned to New York City,
where he died in April, 1890. Children :
1288—1. William Franklin, b. April 23, 1852, in New York City.
1289—2. Mary Abigail, b. Nov., 1854, in New York City; d. Sept.,
1855.
1290—3. Thomas Durant, b. Oct., 185(!, in Irvina^ton, N. Y. ; d. at
Sing Sing, N. Y.
1291—4. Helen Holmes, b. Jan. 28, 1858, at Sing Sing, N. Y.
1292—5. Gertrude, b. Sept. 18, 1860, at Yonkers, N. Y.
1293— G. EMU.IE Louise, b. March 31, 1862.
1294—7. Hainseord, b. 1864, in Yonliers, N. Y.
1295—8. Ida Eugenia, b. March 28, 1866, in Yonkers, N. Y.
1296—9. Henry Clay, b. Aug. 12, 1869, in Yonliers, N. Y.
1297-10. Charles Bunker, b. April 24, 1874, in Yonkers, N. Y.
1298. Sidney Crane^ [947], (William,^ Aaron,^ Ezra,^
Nathaniel, 3 Theophilus,^ Henryi), born at Rondout, N. Y. ;
married, Feb. 11, 1858, at Silver Hill, N. C, Jannette p:iizabeth
Swing, a native of Randolph Co., N. C, born Feb. 5, 1843.
Residence at present (1894) at Corinth, N. Y. Children:
1299-1. Jane Eliza, b. Aug. 5, 1860, at Silver Hill, N. C.
1300—2. Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept. 25, 1862, in Guilford Co., N. C.
1301—3. William Henry, b. Aug. 10, 1865, at Omaha, Neb. ; d. 1868.
1302—4. IIi'NUY Clay, b. Sept. 10, 1868, at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
1303—5. Anna Maria, b. May 1, 1871, at Saratoga^Springs, N. Y.
1304—6. Sidney, b. July 11, 1872, at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
1305—7. Jannette E., b. April 27, 1875, at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
1306—8. Charles, b. Aug. 31, 1877, at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.; d.
Sept. 7, 1877.
1307 — 9. Emma Louise, b. Nov. 15, 1878, at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
1308. Samantha or Mattie Crane^ [949] , ( William,^ Aaron,^
Ezra,^ Nathaniel, 3 Theophilus,^ Henryi), married M. F. Rowe,
Yonkers, N. Y. ; removed to Sing Sing, N. Y., where Mr. Rowe
and his son are proprietors of a newspaper. Children :
1. William Henry (Rowe).
2. Mattie (Rowe).
1309. Jennie Crane"^ [950], (William,''' Aaron, •''' Ezra,"*
Nathaniel, 3 Theophilus,^ Henryi), married, in 1.S67, William
Harkisheimer, a native of New York City, born 1847, and
removed to Jacksonville, Fla. Children :
1. Howard E. (Harkisheimer).
2. Mattie R. (Harkisheimer).
3. Jennie M. (Harkisheimer).
1310. William Oramel Crane' [959], (Jason,'" William, ■■
Ezra,4 Nathaniel, 3 Theophilus,- Henryi), married, Oct. 13, 1SG9,
156 CRANE GENEALOGY.
at Burlington, Vt., Margaret Hood Hill, a native of Nashua, N.
H., born Dec. 11, 1850. He was born at Cambridge, Vt. ; en-
listed as a soldier in the late war, serving in Virginia during Win-
ter of 1862 and 1863. Settled for a time at Burlington, Vt., but
in 1894 was residing at St. Albans, Vt. ; an express agent.
Children :
1311—1. Daisy Jannrtte, b. Jan. 22, 1871.
1312 — 2. Henry Chambkrlin, b. Dec. 31, 1875; clerk in a hardware
store.
1313. Robert P. Crane^ [978], (Robert W.,^ Robert,^
Robert Gr.,^ Silas, ^ Henry,^ Henryi), married Dora Wakefield,
daughter of Elder Edwin W. Conley, March 4, 1873. Children :
1314—1. RoBKUT W., b. July 29, 1878.
131.5—2. Mauy C, b. Sept. 12, 1883.
1316. Ellery Bicknell Crane^ [985] , (Robert P.,'^ Eleazer,^
Robert Gr.,^ Silas, ^ Henry,^ Henry'), born at Colebrook, Coos
Co., N. H., Nov. 12, 1836; married Salona Aldrich Rawson,
May 13, 1859, at the home of his uncle, Samuel B. Cooper,
Esq., in Beloit, Rock Co., Wis., Rev. C. P. Bush performing
the ceremony. In the Summer of 1837, his mother, in com-
pany with her brother, George W. Bicknell, Eleazer Crane and
his wife, grandfather and grandmother of the subject of this
sketch, together with his aunt, Sarah T. Crane, set out from the
town of Colebrook for their new western home, which the father,
Robert P. Crane, had already gone to establish. A private team
carried them to Burlington, Vt., where they took a steamboat for
Whitehall, N. Y. ; thence by canal via Troy to Buffalo, N. Y. ;
again patronizing the steamboat to Detroit, Mich. ; thence by
team to Pittsfield, Mich., where a short stop was made at the
home of an uncle Prudden. After a few weeks' delay the journey
was again taken up, the mother travelling the remaining distance
to Beloit, Rock Co., Wis., in a lumber wagon drawn by four
horses driven by Capt. Thomas Crosby. The party from Pitts-
field to Beloit consisted of the mother, Mrs. R. P. Crane, and
baby (Ellery), Thomas Crosby, his wife and baby (George), Mr.
Crosby's mother, and Mrs. James Cass, all from Colebrook, N.
H. They arrived at their destination August 9, thoroughly ex-
hausted from the trials of the journey, and on that day Ellery
Bicknell Crane was lacking three days of being nine months old.
In this then new western town Mr. Crane was reared, receiving
his education in the schools there, both common and select, and
was a pupil at the seminary when it was transferred from the
basement of the Congregational Church to the first Beloit College
building at the beginning of the Winter term of 1849.
In the year 1860 Mr. Crane made the trip overland to Cali-
fornia with private team. After si)ending little more than two
years in California and Oregon he returned via the Isthmus to
SEVENTH GENERATION. 157
New York City, intending to proceed to his old liome at Beloit,
Wis., but was persuaded by friends of his Avife to locate in
Boston, Mass., where he remained little more than four years, as
salesman and bookkeeper for a lumber merchant. lii Ai)ril,
1867, he removed to Worcester, where he located a lumber-yard
and established himself in that business, and now (l.S'J5) after
28 years' experience is still continuing the same trade in the city
of his adoption, and where he has enjoyed the confidence of his
fellow-citizens in so far as having been elected to represent his
ward both in the Council and Aldermauic chamber for a term of
years, and recently elected to rei)resent the 21st District (his
ward) in the Massachusetts Legislature. For 12 years he was
President of the Worcester Society of Antiquity ; has been a
member of the Board of Trustees of the Worcester County
Mechanics Association for several years, its Vice-President two
years and President two terms ; a member of the Board of
Directors of the Worcester Board of Trade and one of its Vice-
Presidents. Mr. Crane has always been an active, public-spirited
citizen, ever ready to contribute a portion of his time to the
service of the public weal. For several years he was President
of the Builders' Exchange, also one of the founders of the associa-
tion known as the Sons and Daughters of New Hampshire and
for three years its President. He compiled and published in
1875 the Revised Eawson Family Memorial, and has always been
deeply interested in matters of local history and family genealogy.
Child :
1317 — 1. Morton IIawson, b, Feb. 25, 1870, at Worcester, Mass.
1318. Mary Crane^ [987], (John N.,« Phineas,^ Rol^ert G.,"
Silas, 3 Henry, ^ Heury^), married Ralph Muuson ; settled in Beth-
lehem, Conn., and had three children. He died Nov. 2;), 18'.M,
in the 71st year of his age. Children :
1. Emogene a. (Munson), b. June C,, 1S4G.
2. M.ULViNA A. (Miinson), b. Oct. 21, 1849.
3. Flouence (Munson), b. March 22, 1857.
lol9. Charles S. Crane- [98.S], (.lohu X.,'- Phiiieas,'"'
Robert CI.,** Silas, ^ Henry,- Henry'), married Imogene .7. MoitIs
(^f Woodbury, Conn., Feb. IG, 1847, and for a short time lived in
that place. About 1856 removed to Monroe, Conn. ; subsecinently
he removed to Breckenridge, Mo., but in 1894 was residing in
Proctorville, Mo. Children :
1320 — 1. RoREKT L., b. March I'.t, 1S50; ni. Alice W atrous ; resides
in Chicago, III. ; no children.
1321—2. Arthur J., b. Sept. 14, 185(;.
1322—3. Lizzie I., b. June 4, 185s.
1323—4. IIoiiART M., b. July 11, isdl.
1324. Harvey Crane"^ ['.»'S9], (.lolni X..'' I'liincas,'' Kohort
158 CRANE GENEALOGY.
G.,4 Silas, 3 Henry,2 Henryi), married Cornelia Serry, Nov. 18,
1851 ; settled iu Bethlehem, Conn. Children :
1325—1. Ella J., b. Oct. 29, 1852.
1326—2. Charles E., b. Aug. 26, 1854.
1327—3. Lillian A., b. Dec. 16, 1859.
1328. P:lizabeth L. Crane^ [990], (John N.,^ Phineas,^
Robert G.,^ Silas, ^ Heury,^ Henryi), married Gilbert Allen,
March 11, 1852, in Bethlehem, Conn. Children:
1. Julia E. (Allen), b. Feb. 16, 1856; d. young.
2. Hattie E. (Allen), b. March 10, 1858.
3. Mary M. (Allen) ; d. young.
4. Sarah (Allen).
5. Della (Allen).
1329. Sarah N. Crane^ [991], (John N.,*^ Phineas,^ Robert
G.,^ Silas, 3 Henry,2 Henry^), married Francis E. Judson [979]
at Bethlehem, Conn., April 29, 1873. He for many years was
engaged in business there as a merchant, but failing in health was
obliged to retire from active trade, and for the past few years
has resided in Allston and Cambridgeport, Mass., assisting and
caring for his brother Henry during his entire sickness. Since
whose death he has removed to Woodbury, Conn. Have one
child :