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(VI) Ira, fifth son of Jeremiah Crane, was born on his father's homestead at West Bloomfield, New Jersey, May 24, 1808, died at Montclair, New Jersey, 1868. He succeed- ed to his father's estate. He was brought up on his father's farm, acquiring the usual com- mon school education of the farmer's son at that period. During his minority he was ap- prenticed to the trade of shoe-maker, which trade he followed about forty years. His shop was on Bloomfield avenue, in Montclair, and he employed many workmen during his years of shoe-making, which in those days
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was mostly of the hand product. He conduct- ed his farm, situated at the corner of Orange road and Union street, then known as "Jer- imy Lane," undoubtedly named after his father Jeremiah Crane. This farm of some fifty acres, mostly tillage, was productive of large crops of market produce which he disposed of in Newark. He was progressive not only as a manufacturer but as an agriculturist, and his farm compared favorably with the best in the locality. After retiring from the shoe business he bought and sold several pieces of farm properties. He purchased the property on South Fullerton avenue, and built a home- stead. This house, altered and remodeled, has since been owned by Dr. Butler. He was a man of note in the community, served on the town committee and other offices of trust and responsibility. He was an old-line Whig. He was a member and officer of the Bloomfield Presbyterian Church. Both he and his wife were devout Christians. He was one of the organizers of the First Presbyterian Church at Montclair. He married (first) Margaret Norwood, born July 22, 1813, died January, 1862. Children: 1. Jarvis G., born February 8, 1831, mentioned below. 2. Angeline, Janu- ary 9, 1833, died September 24, 1896; mar- ried, October 13, 1858, Albert W. Harrison ; children : Clara Billings ; Margaret Norwood, married J. Norman Gibbs; Mary Crane; Al- bert Williams. 3. Israel, born January 16, 1839, died September 5, 1891 ; married, De- cember 19, 1867, Mary Grant Lathrope ; he was a dealer in dry goods and carpetings at Carbondale, Pennsylvania ; children : i. Mar- garet Norwood, born November 12, 1870, died August 4, 1878; ii. Dwight Lathrope, born December 12, 1872; iii. Marion Fraser, born September 7, 1875, married Frank Stocker ; iv. Albert Harrison, born October 3, 1877. Mr. Crane married (second) Mary Saunders.
(VII) Jarvis G., eldest child of Ira Crane, was born February 8, 1831, on the homestead, corner of Harrison avenue and Union street, Montclair, New Jersey, and died in Mont- clair in July, 1889. He received his education up to seventeen years of age in the nearby district school, assisting his father on the farm. During his minority he was bound out . to learn the trade of cabinet-maker to John Jellif, of Newark. Later, preferring the trade of carpenter, he entered the employ of Meeker & Hedden, at Newark, where he was employ- ed a few years. In 1854 he moved to Boon- ton, New Jersey, where he resided five years. Subsequently, in 1859, he engaged in the busi-
ness of contractor and builder, and became the leading man in his line in Montclair, and some of the best houses there were erected by him, namely : Dr. Love's, Samuel Wild's on Fuller- ton avenue, Julius Pratt's in Elm street, Will- iam Torrey's, George S. Dwight's, J. C. Hart's, Joseph Van Vleck's and Robert M. Boyd's being among the many that came under his supervision and building. He continued the contracting business until 1881, when he enter- ed into the hardware business with his son, I. Seymour Crane, in Montclair Centre. The business prospered from the start. Owing to impaired health he retired from the firm Jan- uary I, 1889, the son continuing the business under the name of I. Seymour Crane. Mr. Crane Sr. bought the lot adjoining that of his father on Fullerton avenue and built the home- stead now occupied by his son, Dr. Frank Smith Crane. Jarvis G. Crane was a con- scientious, upright and industrious citizen. His principles of right he strongly adhered to, no matter what the consequence might be. He was patriotic and a devoted admirer of Abra- ham Lincoln and his policies. He was a great reader of the daily papers, keeping in touch with the affairs of the nation and world at large. He was in his younger days a strong Whig, but when the Republican party was launched he accepted its principles, which he ever after followed. He did not accept office in the gift of his citizens, believing like many others, that the first duty of a citizen was with his family. He attended the Presbyterian church. He was a member of Montclair Lodge of Masons, and of the Montclair Odd Fellows Lodge. He married, at Boonton, New Jersey, February 8, 1855, Henrietta Smith, of Boon- ton, who died September, 1886, daughter of William and Amanda (McCarty) Smith, the former of whom was a farmer. Children: I. Ira Seymour, born December 29, 1855, men- tioned below. 2. Frank Smith, born July 4, 1861 ; surgeon dentist in South Fullerton ave- nue, Montclair ; married, December 15, 1886, Sarah Lowndes Crolius, born October 28, 1863, daughter of George Clinton and Cath- erine Mary (Lowndes) Crolius; children : Frank Leroy, born October 24, 1889; Harriet Stevens, November 26, 1890; Dudley Win- throp, January II, 1892. 3. Alice Boyd, born August 3, 1868 ; married, May 24, 1888, Will- iam Yates Bogle, born April 10, 1855, son of William Brooks and Margaret (Williams) Bogle ; children : Margaret, born August 25, 1889; Caroline Crane, September 24, 1892; William Yates Jr., May 23, 1896.
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(VIII) Ira Seymour, eldest child of Jarvis G. Crane, was born at Boonton, New Jersey, December 29, 1855. At the age of four years he removed with his parents to West Bloom- field (now Montclair), New Jersey. The best educational advantages then to be had in the town were given to him by his parents, and in 1873 he graduated from the high school. Preferring a trade to begin life with, he learn- ed carpentering of his father, following this faithfully for eight years up to 1881. When the senior Crane purchased the hardware busi- ness, which has since grown to large propor- tions, he took his son Ira S. in company. The business was bought of William S. Morris, who established it in 1834, and was then situ- ated on the north side of Bloomfield avenue, near the Centre. It later became William S. Morris & Son. Just previous to the purchase of the business it was moved to the present location, and when the senior Crane admitted his son, Ira Seymour Crane, the firm became J. G. Crane & Son, and continued until Janu- ary 1, 1889, when Mr. Crane purchased his father's interest, and the firm name became I. Seymour Crane. The business consists of gen- eral hardware, building supplies, plumbing, heating apparatus, etc. Mr. Crane enjoys a large patronage both in Montclair and sur- rounding towns.
I. Seymour Crane is one of the most public- spirited and progressive men of the present generation, as well as one of the most popular. He assisted in organizing the fire department, and was elected assistant foreman of the com- pany. In 1880 he was made fire chief, and under his able management the department has increased in efficiency and strength, and is one of the best conducted fire departments connected with any suburban town in the state. He is a Republican in politics. In 1891 he be- came a member of the town committee, and was made the first township treasurer on the creation of that office. He has given eminent satisfaction to the taxpayers by the able man- ner in which he has discharged the duties of his office. He is president of Oak Lane Realty Company, a corporation under New Jersey laws for the buying and developing of lands, building and selling real estate, in Montclair ; he has been a member of the security com- mittee of the Building and Loan Association of Montclair for twenty years, director and manager of the Savings Bank of Montclair since its organization, and managing director of the Bank of Montclair, vice-president of Montclair Trust Company, director of Rose-
dale Cemetery at Orange, New Jersey. He is a member of the Montclair Club. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Montclair, has been trustee for fifteen years, and deacon since 1899. He lives in a beautiful residence which he erected on Church street, near Montclair Centre.
He married (first) at Montclair, September 25, 1882, Caroline Amelia Doremus, born in August, 1853, died October 14, 1892, daughter of Joseph and Caroline (Mead) Doremus, of Montclair. Joseph Doremus was a searcher of titles and registrar of Essex county since 1840, and up to eighty years of age was con- sidered the best authority on titles in the coun- ty. Children: I. Henrietta Mead, born De- cember 24, 1883. 2. Joseph Doremus, de- ceased. 3. Ira Seymour Jr., born March II, 1888; now machinist for Sanitary Can Com- pany at Fairport, New York. Mr. Crane mar- ried (second) at Verona, New Jersey, June 20, 1895, Sarah Maud Walker Priest, born No- vember 17, 1864, daughter of Rev. Dr. J. Addison Priest, D. D., pastor at Montclair, 1858-62, and Frances (Walker) Priest. Chil- dren : 4. Wolcott Bogle, born March 13, 1896. 5. Paul Howard, October 17, 1897. 6. Theo- dore Jarvis. August 8, 1906.
(For early generations see Jasper Crane 1).
(V) Samuel Crane, son of Noah CRANE Crane (q. v.), was born at Crane- town, New Jersey, October 9, 1746, died February 28, 18II, at Caldwell, New Jersey. He settled in that part of Cald- well known as "Westville," December 3, 1774, when the first church was organized at Cald- well, his name appears on the first list with Mary and Phebe Crane. He was elected dea- con in 1784. He was a properous farmer, and an influential man in his community. He served in the revolutionary army. Dr. Wicks, in his "History of the Oranges," makes several quotations from Jemima Cunditt's diary of revolutionary events ; one of these contains the following reference to Samuel Crane: "Sept ye 12 1777 on Friday there was an alarm our Militia was Called. The Regulars Came over into Elizabethtown Where they had a Brush with a Small Party of our People then march- ed Quietly up to Newark & took all the Cattle they Could, there was five of the militia of Newark. They killed Samuel Crane & took Zadock and Allen Neady & Samuel Freeman Prisoners. One out of five run and escapt." ( The report of the death of Samuel Crane was an error, although he had it recorded as such).
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Samuel Crane married, 1768, Mary Bald- win, born October 3, 1747, died January 26, 1817, daughter of John and Elizabeth Bald- win. Children: I. Caleb, born August 28, 1769, died January 10, 1844, married, April 6, 1793, Lydia Personett; children: i. Maria, born April 29, 1794, died October 14, 1830; ii. Samuel Gibson, born February 17, 1797, died August 21, 1820, married Lydia S. Crane, had child, Ann Maria Gibson, died 1839; iii. Elizabeth Baldwin, born May 4, 1800, married Gershom Freeman; children: Zenas Gibson; Eliza, married Richard C. Campbell; Ann Maria Gibson, married Wesley Taylor; iv. Moses Personett, born August 19, 1801, mar- ried Sarah Hedges, children : a. Caleb Gibson, born July 2, 1833; married Mary Maynard; children : Etta Amelia, Sarah Augusta, Waldo Maynard and Mary Ernestine; b. William Wallace, died April 28, 1837 ; c. Edward Nel- son, died January II, 1840; d. Edward Wal- lace, born March 31, 1843; married Elmira Maynard; children: Edward Lincoln, died 1890, and Adele ; v. Zenas C., born October 22, 1804, died July 10, 1883 ; married, October II, 1833, Mary Harrison; children: a. Marcus Harrison, born October 10, 1842, married Effie Muzzy, children: Edgar Melvin, Maria Steele and Frances ; b. Caleb, born October 22, 1844 ; married, May 1, 1878, Rachel Jacobus ; children: Lewis Martin, born September 17, 1879 ; Zenas Gibson, December 11, 1882; Mary Harrison, February 24, 1884, died September 9, 1898; Raymond Lockward, December 24, 1886; b. Anna Maria, born October 28, 1846; married Lewis G. Lockward ; children : Lewis Gibson, Robert and Lynn Grover; vi. Lydia P., born April 20, 1809; married George C. Steele ; children: a. Gibson; b. Maria Crane ; c. Aaron D. Crane; d. George Whitfield; e. Jane L. Crane. 2. Zenas, born 1772, drowned 1801 ; married Abbie Grover ; chil- dren : i. Clarinda, married Collins Hasslet ; children : Clarinda, Ann, Louise, Maria, Cath-
erine Jane, Wesley ; ii. Sarah, married Samuel Dobbins ; iii. Zenas, married Mary Stiles ; chil- dren: Mary, Emily, Cyrus, Cynthia, Martha,
Alice, Zenas. 3. Cyrus, died in infancy. 4. Dorcas, married Timothy Crane; children: i.
Cyrus; ii. Zenas, married Eliza Speer ; chil-
dren : Dorcas Maria, Cyrus and Emma. 5. Colonel Cyrus, born October 23, 1779, men- tioned below. 6. Polly, born September 15,
1784, died March 19, 1858; married Samuel Harrison ; children : i .. Joanna, born June 20, 18II, died March 20, 1888; married Asher Baldwin Crane; ii. Mary; iii. Rhoda C., mar-
ried Daniel Baldwin ; children: Samuel, Will- iam Henry, Elizabeth M., Anna Maria and Sarah Marinda; iv. Samuel Orton, born De- cember 17, 1816; married (first) Elizabeth Baldwin; children : Amelia and Elizabeth; married (second) Sarah A. Baldwin ; children : Samuel Edgar, Edward Clark, Mary A., Lizzie, Samuel Ezra; married (third) Gertrude I. Budd; children : Helen and Annie; v. Cyrus, married (first) Sarah Crane; (second) Abbie M. Baldwin; vi. Zenas Gibson, married Fran- ces Reeve; children: a. Elston M .; b. Ed- ward N., married Addie Canfield and had Helen and Howard; c. Hattie R .; d .- e. Clar- ence D. and Clifford B., twins ; vii. Marinda T. 7. Betsey, born 1787; married Matthias Can- field ; children : i. Samnel, married Lydia Bond ; child, George Munson; ii. Esther, married John J. Moore ; children : Wallace, Smith and Myron; iii. M. Smith, married Elizabeth Van Amberg; iv. Cyrus, married Eliza Courter ; children : a. Caroline, married John Francisco; b. Milton H., married (first ) Molly Budd ; mar- ried (second) and had two children ; v. Mary ; vi. Emeline, married Nathaniel Bald- win ; vii. Isaac Newton, married Caroline Con- dit ; children : Ann Augusta and Mary Emma. 8. Major Nathaniel, born 1789 ; married (first) February 20, 1809, Jane L. Duryea ; children : i. Samuel, born 1810, died 1874 ; married Maria Pierson ; children : a. Jane L., married George W. Steele ; b. Nathaniel Nelson, married Eu- phemia Colyer ; children : Ida, Grace and Maria; c. Anna Maria Gibson; d. Eliza C., married George Poole ; children : Samuel, John, Robert, Raymond and Clarence; ii. John Dur- yea, born 1813, died April 3, 1888, married (first) Ann S. Day; (second) Charlotte Thompson ; (third) Rachel Speer; iii. Caleb, born 1815, died 1851 ; married Rhoda M. Dodd; children : a. Aaron D., married Maria Steele ; b. Henry D., married Abbie L. Cook; child, Frederick; c. Maria Dodd, married Frank M. Wheeler, and had children: Henry G., Julius P., Mary L., Samuel C., Ruth, Frank A. and Edgar T .; d. Louisa W., married C. Alexander Cook ; children, Helen, Louise and
Alexander ; iv. Henry Wilson, born 1817, died 1890; married Sarah Duryea ; children : a. Gil- bert D., married (first) Edna Dickerson ; chil- dren : Frank W. and Reta; married (second) Sarah Van Patten: child, Catherine Duryea ; b. Cornelia J .; c. Edward W .; d. Laura, mar- ried Albert Brugler ; child, Helen; e. Mary Lea, married Jacob G. Rockefellar ; child, Ken- neth D .; f. Carrie W., married James C. Car- ter, children, Miriam and Donald; v. Jane
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Eliza, married Caleb N. Pierson ; children : Joseph, Maria, Janette, married Cyrus Crane, Walter, Orville, Caleb, John D., Julia; vi. Delphin Edgar, born 1822, died 1827; vii. James Harvey, born 1824, married Abbie Har- rison ; children : a. William M .; b. Ella, born 1852, married Thomas Gould, children : Olive and Thomas; viii. Phebe Maria, born 1826, married William Gould, died February 17, 1910; ix. Cyrus Edgar, born 1829; married (first) Mary L. Stiles; (second) Josephine Fields ; children: Lillie and Willie; x .. Julia Hedges, born 1835, married Rev. L. S. Pot- win; xi. Joseph; xii. Joseph Wilmot, born 1842; married Annie Parkhurst; children : May, Herbert and Julia. Major Nathaniel married (second) Julia F. Hedges; (third) Janette E. Cook.
(VI) Colonel Cyrus Crane, son of Samuel Crane, was born October 23, 1779, in the old Hatfield house, situated on the Crane farm at "Westville," township of Caldwell. He was brought up on his father's farm, acquiring the usual common school education of a farmer's son at that period. When eighteen years of age his father, with the assistance of Cyrus, built the first Crane homestead, where his de- scendants have since lived. Colonel Cyrus Crane followed his chosen occupation of farm- ing throughout his life, and with his brothers Caleb, Zenas and Nathaniel, and sisters Betsey and Polly, were joint owners in the saw mill, the brothers running it week about in their own and their sisters' interests. At the death of Cyrus in 1827, his share in the mill property descended to his children. He became deeply interested in military affairs and rose to the office of colonel of state militia. He served in the war of 1812, having a command at Brook- lyn at that time. He was a public spirited man and prominent in affairs pertaining to the busi- ness of his town. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Caldwell.
Colonel Cyrus Crane married, February 26, 1807, Hannah Crane, born September 15, 1781, died May 1, 1849, daughter of William and Lydia (Baldwin) Crane; William Crane was lieutenant and captain in the revolution and in the war of 1812. Children: I. Dorcas, born January 25, 1808, died about 1895; married, December 14, 1823, Demas Harrison; chil- dren: i. Hannah Maria, born April 7, 1827, died August 5, 1832 ; ii. Marcus, born June 24, 1830; married, October 4, 1854, Frances Crane ; children : a. Theodore, married Hattie Herdman ; child, Marcus L .; b. Joseph Leslie, married Nora Bond; child, Benjamin D .; iii.
Mary, born September 24, 1838; married, No- vember 10, 1864, George Ougheltree ; iv. Joseph, born October 7, 1842, died January 22, 1846; v. Rufus A., born November 29, 1844, died October 5, 1884; married, May 1, 1876, Emily Taylor; children: George, died in California about 1904, and Frank, born November, 1882, died June 6, 1885; vi. Phebe, born April I, 1847, died November 28, 1862. 2. Asher Bald- win, born November 30, 1809, mentioned below. 3. Marcus E., born October 5, 1811, died September 22, 1843. 4. Mary B., born February 28, 1814; married George Pierson ; children: i. Cyrus M .; ii. Anna E .; iii. Will- iam W., married (first) Alexma McWhorten ; (second)- , child, Anna A .; iv. Emma Caroline, married Stephen Brown; child : Ethelwyn May; v. Asher Crane; vi. Mary Amelia. 5. Joseph B., born April 19, 1816, died March 25, 1832. 6. Elizabeth Marcia, born August 13, 1818; married, March 7, 1843, Aaron G. Baldwin; children : i. Sarah C., born March 13, 1844; married, April 27, 1870, George Chandler; children: Frank H. and Mabel; ii. Ida H. M., born June 26, 1845; married, November 18, 1869, Charles S. Bald- win; children: Grover E., died February 14, 1886; Charles S., George E. and Elizabeth Marcia ; iii. Stephen, born May 22, 1847, died June 19, 1854; iv. Lucasta C., born Septem- ber 17, 1852 ; v. George P., born April 8, 1855 ; married, October 27, 1886, Harriet A. Lovett ; children : Aaron Grover and Orton Roswell; vi. Silas K., born February 4, 1858; vii. Jo- seph C., born February 4, 18 -; viii. Marcus G., born December 13, 1861. 7. Sarah, born September 19, 1820; married Cyrus F. Harri- son ; children: Joseph Wilber, Emma, Laura, Minnie C. and George.
(VII) Asher Baldwin Crane, son of Colo- nel Cyrus Crane, was born November 30, 1809, on the old homestead built by his grandfather in that part of Caldwell known as "Westville." His educational training was limited to the district school, where he improved his spare opportunities, and with constant reading in after years became thoroughly versed in the affairs and topics of the day and world at large. At eighteen years of age, on the death of his father, he being the eldest son, the care and conduct of the farm was given to him and he continued conducting it until his marriage. In his father's will he received his share of the property. He gradually acquired the shares of the other heirs by purchase, and at last owned upwards of one hundred and seventy- five acres of the best farm property in Essex
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county. He conducted an extensive lumbering business and had a share in the mill property left him by his father, who received, among other heirs of his grandfather, Samuel Crane, his equal share. About 1853 the mill was destroyed by fire and soon rebuilt. Asher B. Crane, with his cousins, Samuel and Moses P. Crane, formed a partnership under the firm name of Samuel Crane & Company. The busi- ness prospered, the cousins remaining together until the death of Samuel, when his son, Nel- son N. Crane, took his father's interest. The business was reorganized under the firm name of Nathaniel N. Crane & Company, Asher B. Crane remaining active in the concern up to his death, March 4, 1888, when his interest was taken up by his sons, Cyrus B. and Marcus S. Crane, the older brother later selling his interest to the younger, March 1, 1894. The firm of Nathaniel N. Crane & Company did a general mill supply business, getting out frames for houses, bridge timber, oak, ash and hickory wagon stock.
As an agriculturist Asher B. Crane was enterprising, industrious and progressive. He followed the best methods and improved his land, raising the common crops, grain and hay. He· maintained a herd of cattle, made butter and raised young stock for the market. He was considered one of the enterprising and in- fluential citizens of Caldwell. He lived a high- ly useful and honorable life, and stood in high esteem of his neighbors and townsmen. He was a man of great force of character. His social and amiable disposition, together with his first consideration of others, gained for him a host of friends which he always retain- ed. He took a deep interest in the affairs of his native town, and kept in touch with the affairs of the nation and world at large through reading the daily papers. During the trying times of the war he became a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln and his policies, and was a staunch Republican up to his death. He was a chosen freeholder of Caldwell, and served on the town committee, being ever ready to fur- ther the best interests of the community. He was a member of the old First Presbyterian Church of Caldwell, his wife being also a devoted member. He gave liberally to its sup- port, and at the time of his death was a deacon, tristee and ruling elder.
Asher B. Crane married (first) April 22, 1840, Eunice Baldwin, born February 26, 1810, died April 14, 1848. Children : I. Cyrus Bald- win, born October 21, 1843, mentioned below. 2. Joseph Emmons, born September 6, 1846,
died June 23, 1876; married Annie Sears ; child, Asher Sears, died young. Married (sec- ond), December 4, 1850, Joanna Harrison, born June 20, 18II, died March 20, 1888, daughter of Samuel and Polly (Crane) Harri- son. Children: 3. Mary Elizabeth, born Octo- ber 1, 1851, died March 21, 1863. 4. Marcus Spencer, mentioned below.
(VIII) Cyrus Baldwin Crane, son of Asher Baldwin Crane, was born in his father's home- stead, at Westville, Caldwell, New Jersey, Oc- tober 21, 1843. His early educational training was limited to the district school nearby, and at the age of fourteen years he attended the private school of Arthur B. Noel four terms, supplemented by a course during the winter terms at the Newark Academy under Head Master Samuel A. Farrand, LL. D., up to twenty years of age. He assisted his father in the conduct of the farm and remained in liis employ until his marriage, and began farm- ing on a part of the homestead farm, which came to him by inheritance. At the death of the senior Crane, Cyrus B. received by his father's will eighty-five acres of the homestead prop- erty, and the other son, Marcus S., a like share, each brother receiving an equal interest in their father's mill. This interest was sold to Marcus S. when the mill plant was purchased by the latter of the other heirs, March 1, 1894. Mr. Crane has in the neighborhood of one hundred acres of fine farm property, consisting of thirty acres of tillage, twenty-five acres of pasture, and the remainder in meadow and woodland. He is progressive and enterprising, and is numbered among the staunch citizens of Cald- well, having served in town affairs to the credit of his townspeople and himself. He has fol- lowed the course of true Republicanism, and in the gift of the citizens has been elected town- ship committeeman and borough councilman of West Caldwell. He has also acted as com- missioner of appeals. He served as one of the board of visitors of the State Agricultural Col- lege connected with Rutgers College for eight years ; has served for six years as president of the Essex County Board of Agriculture, which organization is identified with the State Board ; has served as a member of the board of man- agers of the Montclair Savings Bank since its organization in 1893; and in December, 1909, was one of the organizers of the Citizens' Na- tional Bank of Caldwell, New Jersey, and was elected vice-president of the same. Mr. Crane is a member of Caldwell Grange, No. 107, Patrons of Husbandry. Mr. and Mrs. Crane are members of the First Presbyterian Church
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