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Stephen B. Crane

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• References: Buried at Riverside Cemetery (Kalamazoo, Michigan)

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• Birth: about 1794. ||A less reliable census record suggests that he may have been born as early as 1785.^1,2
• Parentage: Stephen was likely the son of Stephen Crane and Polly Masco of Seneca Falls, Seneca County, New York, although as of yet we have been unable to uncover no definitive evidence of his parentage.³
• Military Enlistment: 7 September 1813, Junius, Seneca County, New YorkO. New York State Militia²
• Military Note: between 8 September 1813 and December 1813. He served as a private in Capt. Samuel Blaine's Company during the term of his first enlistment.²
• Military Discharge: 7 December 1813, Buffalo, Erie County, New YorkO.²
• Military Re-Enlistment: 1 May 1814, Junius, Seneca County, New YorkO, New York State Militia. This time was for a six-month term of enlistment,²
• Military Note: from 2 May 1814 to November 1814. He initially served in Capt. Hooper's Company during his second term of service. After Capt. Hooper was killed in action, this regiment was absorbed into Capt Freeman's Company.²
• Military Discharge: 8 November 1814.²
• Marriage: to Eunice McCarty, before 1818.⁴
• Stephen may be the head of household who appeared on the federal census of on 7 August 1820 in Junius, Seneca County, New YorkO, presumably along with Eunice McCarty.⁵
• Land Sale: 14 November 1829, Tyre, Seneca County, New YorkO.
  Stephen B. and Eunice Crane of Tyre sold to Samuel Lay also of Tyre 80 acres of land for $515. The land was bounded on the south by land owned by Darrow Lay, on the west by land owned by Stephen Crane and Moses M. Crane, on the north by land owned by Stephen Crane and the heirs of James Ashbell, and on the east by Mose M. Crane's marsh. The deed was recorded on 20 January 1830, and was witnessed by Jason Smith.⁶
• Census: 1 June 1830, Tyre, Seneca County, New YorkO, federal census of 1 June 1830, head of household, "Stephen B. Crane," who is presumed to be the free white male between the age of 30 and 39.
  Other members of the household include: 1 free white female age 30 to 39, 2 free white males under the age of 5, and 3 free white males between the ages of 5 and 9. These would presumably be his wife Eunice; sons, Thomas, Stephen, and an unknown son who may have died at a young age; and Joseph and Orvis.⁷
  

  Stephen B. Crane household, 1830 census enumeration
• Census: 1 June 1840, Tyre, Seneca County, New YorkO, federal census of 1 June 1840, head of household, "Stephen B. Crane," who is presumed to be the free white male between the age of 40 and 49.
  Other members of the household include: 1 free white female age 40 to 49, 1 free white male under the age of 5, 1 free white male between the ages of 5 and 9, 2 free white males between the ages of 10 and 14, 2 free whtie males between the ages of 15 and 19, 1 free white female between the ages of 5 and 9, and 1 free white female between the ages of 15 and 19. These would presumably be his wife Eunice; son, Ira; son, Martin; sons, Joseph and Orvis; sons, Thomas and Stephen; daughter, Ann; and an unknown teenage female (presumably not his daughter, as she wasn't present in the household in the 1830 census).⁸
  

  Stephen B. Crane household, 1840 census enumeration
• Family Event - witness to marriage of son: 12 July 1840, Tyre, Seneca County, New YorkO, Thomas Collins Crane and Mary Ann.^9,10,11,12
• Land Purchase: 8 March 1844, Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. The 80 acre parcel, consisting of the east half of the northwest quarter of section 34, was purchased from the State of Michigan.¹³
• Land Purchase: 7 June 1844, Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. The 80 acre parcel of land, consisting of the east half of the southwest quarter of section 36, was purchased from the State of Michigan.¹³
• On 19 August 1845, purchased in Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, and Mary Ann.¹⁴
• Land Purchase: 20 December 1845, Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. The 40 acre parcel, consisting of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 22, was purchased from Allen Rawson and Sophia Rawson for $120.¹⁵
• Land Sale: 8 June 1846, Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. The 40 acre parcel consisting of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 22, was sold to Lucinda Blackman for $130. S. L. Crane, who may be Stephen B.'s son, Stephen L., and I. C. Crane signed as witnesses to the transaction.¹⁶
• Land Sale: 22 August 1846, Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. The 80 acre parcel, comprising the east half of the northwest quarter of section 34, was sold to Benjamin Burlingame for $400, and the transaction was witnessed by T. Collins Crane and Allen Smith⁹
• Census: 9 July 1850, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, head of household, p. 20, dwelling 157, family 161.
  Stephen B. Crane, age 55, male, farmer, real estate value $1000, born New York
  Eunice Crane, age 53, female, born Massachusetts
  Phebe Crane, age 17, female, born New York
  Martin Crane, age 15, female, born New York
  Ira Crane, age 13, male, born New York
  Orris Crane, age 20, male, born Massachusetts¹⁷
• Military Pension: 6 November 1850, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. By an act of Congress passed earlier that year, Stephen would have been eligible for a bounty land warrant given his service during the War of 1812. He petitioned for 160 acres of land. The warrant was apparently granted and issued on 23 June 1851. It is uncertain from the records we have seen, however, where this land was located.²
• Census: 24 July 1860, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, head of household, p. 122, dwelling 886, family 886.
  Mr. Crane, head, age 75, male, farmer, real estate value $400, personal estate $100, birthplace unknown
  Mrs. Crane, age 65, female, birthplace unknown
  Delevan Crane, age 34, male, farmer, birthplace unknown
  Lucy Crane, age 22, female, birthplace unknown
  Clinton Crane, age 6, male, born Michigan
  Horace Crane, age 4, male, born Michigan
  Mary A. Crane, age 2, female, born Michigan
  Ira Crane, age 23, male, birthplace unknown
  Lavinia Bastin, age 20, female, born New York¹
• Stephen B. Crane witnessed the burial of Clinton Delevan Crane after 29 June 1863 at Riverside CemeteryO in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. He purchased a burial plot for his grandson, Clinton Delevan Crane, for $10 on 29 June 1863.¹⁸
• 
  All in all, the years of the American Civil War were not kind to Stephen and Eunice. Apart from the death of their young grandson in 1863, four of their sons served in the Union Army during the war, and two of them died during the conflict. Their oldest son died in November 1862 in Nasthville after sustaining fatal wounds. Then very near the end of the war, their son, Martin, was killed by a Confederate sharpshooter at Petersburg in March 1865. Another son, Ira, was wounded twice, while only their son, Joseph Delevan, survived the war relatively unscathed.¹⁹
• Military Pension - Witness: 18 July 1864, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, pension of Ira Crane, application for pension. He signed as a witness to his son's application for a military pension.²⁰
• Land Sale: 23 June 1869, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, a lot previously owned by their son, Martin Crane. According to the deed, Stephen and Eunice Crane sold the north half of lot 1 in block 34 in the village of Kalamazoo for $1000.²¹
• Census: 19 July 1870, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1870, head of household.²²
• Family Event - death of spouse: 31 October 1870, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, death of Eunice McCarty, age 74.²³
• Military Pension: 8 March 1871, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. He applied for the pension based on his service in the War of 1812 and an act of Congress passed on 14 February 1872. Stephen appeared before a notary public on 3 July 1871 to be duly sworn for his claim, which was finally granted on 11 July 1871 for the sum of eight dollars per months.²

• Last Edited: 3 March 2024

Citations

1. [S3728] 1860 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Kalamazoo, p. 122 (penned), dwelling 886, family 886, Mr. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 548.
2. [S4648] Declaration for Pension, 8 Mar 1871, Stephen B. Crane, pension application S.O. 1602, S.C. 993; service of Stephen B. Crane (Private, Capt. Samuel Blaine's Co., NY Militia, Capt. Hooper's and Freeman's Co., NY Militia), War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, compiled ca. 1871 - ca. 1900, documenting the period 1812 - ca. 1900, Record Group 15: National Archives, Washington D.C.; imaged in "War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files," Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/306597040 : accessed 6 Jul 2020), page 23.
3. [S2812] Supposition by author. No record of parentage has been found., No record definitively establishing parentage has been found
4. [S2748] Supposition by author, no marriage record has been found., No marriage record has been found
5. [S3783] 1820 U.S. census, Seneca County, New York, population schedule, Junius, p. 422 (penned), Brant Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M33, roll 75.
6. [S5896] Seneca County, New York, Deed Records, Vol. V, p. 163-164, indenture by Stephen B. Crane et ux to Samuel Lay, recorded 20 Jan 1830; consulted as "Deed records, 1804-1904; index, 1804-1967," browsable images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WN-JFTK : accessed 17 May 2020), image 430-431 of 639; citing FHL microfilm 7162194.
7. [S3786] 1830 U.S. census, Seneca County, New York, Tyre, p. 36 (penned), Stephen B. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 109.
8. [S3791] 1840 U.S. census, Seneca County, New York, town of Tyre, p. 272 (penned), Stephen B. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 339.
9. [S2315] Kalamazoo County Deed Registrations, Volume: Liber K (Kalamazoo County Register of Deeds, Kalamazoo, Michigan)
10. [S3747] 1850 U.S. census, Van Buren County, Michigan, population schedule, town of Hamilton, p. 135B (stamped), dwelling 42, family 43, Thomas C. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 363.
11. [S3348] Thomas C. Crane Family Bible, Family Info: Family data, Present Owner: in possession of Mary A. Crane as of December 1862, Location: Owosso, Michigan, Edition: as detailed/copied in widow's military pension file application
12. [S3347] Military pension file of Thomas C. Crane, Record Type: military pension file, Name Of Person: Thomas C. Crane, Series: Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861- ca. 1910, File Number: WC17691 (Record Group 15, Department of Veteran Affairs)
13. [S4898] E. Gray;Ethel W. Williams, compilers, Kalamazoo County, Michigan: internal boundary changes and township development: first land owners (Kalamazoo, Michigan: n.p., 1970.)
14. [S5508] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Deed Records, Vol. J, p. 446, indenture from Thomas C. and Mary Ann Crane to Stephen B. Crane, recorded 23 Aug 1845; consulted as "Deed records, 1831-1901," browsable images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QW-H9C3-P?i=241&cat=214225 : accessed 12 Apr 2021), image 242 of 680; citing FHL microfilm 983360.
15. [S517] , editor, Kalamazoo County Deed Registrations (Kalamazoo, Michigan: Kalamazoo County Register of Deeds), 399.
16. [S517] , Kalamazoo Co. Deeds, 32.
17. [S3746] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Kalamazoo, p. 10B (stamped), dwelling 157, family 161, Stephen B. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.
18. [S5521] Riley Blodgett; John Terwillegar, "Account Book Maintained by a Blacksmith, 1851," (handwritten business records, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1851); FHL microfilm 932044, item 3.
19. [S2323] American Civil War Soldiers, Url: http://www.ancestry.com (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah)
20. [S6165] Ira M. D. Crane (private, Michigan, 3rd Infantry, Company G, Civil War), pension no. S.C. 33801, application for invalid pension, 18 Jul 1864, p. 40-1, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Record Group 15 : Records of the Department of Veteran Affairs; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; prepared 19 Mar 2017 for T. L. Cunningham.
21. [S4896] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Deed Records, Vol. 33, p. 278, warranty deed by heirs of Martin Crane to Ann Williams, recorded 25 Jun 1869; consulted as "Deed records, 1831-1901," browsable images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QW-C95N-5 : accessed 26 Sep 2020), image 147 of 673; citing FHL microfilm 983385.
22. [S3709] 1870 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Kalamazoo, p. 179 (penned), p. 227 (stamped), dwelling 1283, family 1252, Stephen G. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 680.
23. [S4497] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 1 : 40, no. 705, 1 Jun 1871, Eunice Crane entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Eunice McCarty

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 15 April 1796, VermontO.¹
• Marriage: to Stephen B. Crane, before 1818.²
• Eunice McCarty may be one of the inhabitants enumerated in the federal census of on 7 August 1820 in the household of Stephen B. Crane in Junius, Seneca County, New YorkO.³
• On 14 November 1829, sold in Tyre, Seneca County, New YorkO.⁴
• Census: 1 June 1830, Tyre, Seneca County, New YorkO, federal census of 1 June 1830, household of Stephen B. Crane, "Stephen B. Crane," who is presumed to be the free white male between the age of 30 and 39.
  Eunice was most likely the free white female age 30 to 39 in the household.⁵
  

  Stephen B. Crane household, 1830 census enumeration
• Census: 1 June 1840, Tyre, Seneca County, New YorkO, federal census of 1 June 1840, may be a female between the ages of 40 and 49 in the household of Stephen B. Crane, "Stephen B. Crane," who is presumed to be the free white male between the age of 40 and 49.
  Eunice was most likely the free white female age 40 to 49 in the household.⁶
  

  Stephen B. Crane household, 1840 census enumeration
• Family Event - witness to marriage of son: 12 July 1840, Tyre, Seneca County, New YorkO, Thomas Collins Crane and Mary Ann.^7,8,9,10
• On 8 June 1846, along with Thomas and Mary, sold in Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹¹
• On 22 August 1846, sold in Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁷
• Census: 9 July 1850, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Stephen B. Crane, p. 20, dwelling 157, family 161.
  Eunice Crane, age 53, female, born Massachusetts¹²
• Census: 24 July 1860, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Stephen B. Crane, p. 122, dwelling 886, family 886.
  Mrs. Crane, age 65, female, birthplace unknown¹³
• 
  All in all, the years of the American Civil War were not kind to Stephen and Eunice. Apart from the death of their young grandson in 1863, four of their sons served in the Union Army during the war, and two of them died during the conflict. Their oldest son died in November 1862 in Nasthville after sustaining fatal wounds. Then very near the end of the war, their son, Martin, was killed by a Confederate sharpshooter at Petersburg in March 1865. Another son, Ira, was wounded twice, while only their son, Joseph Delevan, survived the war relatively unscathed.¹⁴
• On 23 June 1869, sold in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, to Ann Crane.¹⁵
• Census: 19 July 1870, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1870, household of Stephen B. Crane.¹⁶
• Death: 31 October 1870, age 74, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹

• Last Edited: 30 January 2023

Citations

1. [S4497] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 1 : 40, no. 705, 1 Jun 1871, Eunice Crane entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [S2748] Supposition by author, no marriage record has been found., No marriage record has been found
3. [S3783] 1820 U.S. census, Seneca County, New York, population schedule, Junius, p. 422 (penned), Brant Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M33, roll 75.
4. [S5896] Seneca County, New York, Deed Records, Vol. V, p. 163-164, indenture by Stephen B. Crane et ux to Samuel Lay, recorded 20 Jan 1830; consulted as "Deed records, 1804-1904; index, 1804-1967," browsable images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WN-JFTK : accessed 17 May 2020), image 430-431 of 639; citing FHL microfilm 7162194.
5. [S3786] 1830 U.S. census, Seneca County, New York, Tyre, p. 36 (penned), Stephen B. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 109.
6. [S3791] 1840 U.S. census, Seneca County, New York, town of Tyre, p. 272 (penned), Stephen B. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 339.
7. [S2315] Kalamazoo County Deed Registrations, Volume: Liber K (Kalamazoo County Register of Deeds, Kalamazoo, Michigan)
8. [S3747] 1850 U.S. census, Van Buren County, Michigan, population schedule, town of Hamilton, p. 135B (stamped), dwelling 42, family 43, Thomas C. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 363.
9. [S3348] Thomas C. Crane Family Bible, Family Info: Family data, Present Owner: in possession of Mary A. Crane as of December 1862, Location: Owosso, Michigan, Edition: as detailed/copied in widow's military pension file application
10. [S3347] Military pension file of Thomas C. Crane, Record Type: military pension file, Name Of Person: Thomas C. Crane, Series: Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861- ca. 1910, File Number: WC17691 (Record Group 15, Department of Veteran Affairs)
11. [S517] , editor, Kalamazoo County Deed Registrations (Kalamazoo, Michigan: Kalamazoo County Register of Deeds), 32.
12. [S3746] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Kalamazoo, p. 10B (stamped), dwelling 157, family 161, Stephen B. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.
13. [S3728] 1860 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Kalamazoo, p. 122 (penned), dwelling 886, family 886, Mr. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 548.
14. [S2323] American Civil War Soldiers, Url: http://www.ancestry.com (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah)
15. [S4896] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Deed Records, Vol. 33, p. 278, warranty deed by heirs of Martin Crane to Ann Williams, recorded 25 Jun 1869; consulted as "Deed records, 1831-1901," browsable images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QW-C95N-5 : accessed 26 Sep 2020), image 147 of 673; citing FHL microfilm 983385.
16. [S3709] 1870 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Kalamazoo, p. 179 (penned), p. 227 (stamped), dwelling 1283, family 1252, Stephen G. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 680.

Ira Crane

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 11 August 1837, Tyre, Seneca County, New YorkO.²
• Census: 1 June 1840, Tyre, Seneca County, New YorkO, federal census of 1 June 1840, may be a male under the age of 5 in the household of Stephen B. Crane, "Stephen B. Crane," who is presumed to be the free white male between the age of 40 and 49.
  Ira was probably the free white male under the age of 5 in the household.³
  

  Stephen B. Crane household, 1840 census enumeration
• Census: 9 July 1850, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Stephen B. Crane, p. 20, dwelling 157, family 161.
  Ira Crane, age 13, male, born New York⁴
• Census: 24 July 1860, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Stephen B. Crane, p. 122, dwelling 886, family 886.
  Ira Crane, age 23, male, birthplace unknown¹
• Residence: May 1861, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+. There is some conflicting evidence however, as in a 1915 questionnaire he completed for the military pension office he reported that he lived in Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan prior to being mustered in on 10 June 1861. So it is unclear if he lived in Owosso prior to enlisting in May 1861 -- perhaps moving there because his older brother, Thomas, lived there -- or if he went there in between the time of his enlistment and actually being mustered in.^5,2
• Military Enlistment: 13 May 1861, Grand Rapids, Kent County, MichiganO, Michigan Third Infantry, company G. The record states that he was 22 years old at the time of his enlistment for a term of 3 years.⁵
• Military Mustered In: 10 June 1861, Grand Rapids, Kent County, MichiganO.^5,6
• Military Wounded: 31 May 1862, Fair Oaks, Henrico County, VirginiaO, sustained minor wounds in battle.^7,8
• Military Wounded: 30 August 1862, Prince William County, VirginiaO, wounded at Second Battle of Bull Run. According to his lieutenant, Homer L. Thayer, he was wounded in the leg. Lt. Thayer visited him a few days after his injury and brought him some changes of clothing.^8,9
• Military Promotion Rank: January 1864. corporal⁷
• Military Wounded: May 1864. again and said to be in the hospital⁷
• Military Discharge: 1 July 1864, Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D.C.O. He was discharged on account of disability resulting from gunshot wound injury to his left hip sustained at the Battle of Chancelorsville on 3 May 1863, which caused ankylosis of his hip joint. He was further described as being 5 feet 7 1/2 inches tall, with a light complexion, gray eyes, and dark hair.⁶
• Marriage: to Annie E. G. Burroughs, 2 July 1864, Washington, D.C.O, age 26.¹⁰
• Military Pension: 18 July 1864, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, application for pension. He was a printer at the time of his application. Richard Wilson and his father, Stephen B. Crane, signed as witnesses to the application.¹¹
• Military Pension: 22 October 1864, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, initiation of monthly pension. He was approved for a monthly military pension at $6 per month, retroactive to 1 July 1864.¹²
• Residence: 14 November 1884, Owosso, Shiawassee County, MichiganO. He resided in Owosso when he applied for increase in his military pension. Daniel Griffin and his cousin, Stephen A. Crane, signed as witnesses.¹³
• Residence: 3 August 1886, 274 W. Fulton St., Grand Rapids, Kent County, MichiganO. He resided here when he applied for increase of his military pension to $8 per month. J. D. Peters and John Moran, Jr., both signed as witnesses.¹⁴
• Residence: 28 September 1888, Owosso, Shiawassee County, MichiganO. He resided here when he applied for increase in his military pension. Charles F. Parker and E. V. Smith, both of Owosso signed as witnesses.¹⁵
• Residence: 23 October 1890, 4 Cedar St., Grand Rapids, Kent County, MichiganO. He lived here when he applied for an increase in his military pension. Julius W. Roby and Tod M. Banashivitz, both of Grand Rapids, signed as witnesses.¹⁶
• Residence: 5 December 1892, 209 Porter St., Sandusky, Erie County, OhioO. He lived here when he filed an affidavit related to the wounds he received during the war. It appears that he was asked to provide further evidence in support of his claim.
  
  He further stated, "I am unable to furnish further evidence as to incurrence of wound of left leg near knee for the following reasons: Capt. Whitney is dead, and 1st Lieut. Ellis is dead. Lt. Thayer was not with Company when wounded but visited me in hospital after I was wounded and his evidence is on file, and Comrade H. J. Patterson seems to be the only member of my company that I can find who now has any recollection of my wound, so , sofar as I can see I can not furnish any further evidence in support of my claim."¹⁷
• Residence: about 1900, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OhioO.⁷
• Correspondence: 9 November 1912, 2085 W. 47th St., Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OhioO, letter to commissioner of pensions. He wrote a letter to the Commissioner of Pensions requesting that under the new "Dollar a Day" pension law, as of May 1912 that his monthly military pension be increased to $25, and when he tuned 75 in August 1912 that it be increased to $30. At the time of his request, his monthly pension amount was only $17.¹⁸
• Death: 14 January 1917, age 79, 7109 Wakefield, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OhioO, "Ira M. D. Crane," cause of death cerebral hemorrhage.¹⁹
• Burial: 17 January 1917, Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OhioO.¹⁹

• Last Edited: 29 May 2023

Citations

1. [S3728] 1860 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Kalamazoo, p. 122 (penned), dwelling 886, family 886, Mr. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 548.
2. [S6157] Ira M. D. Crane (private, Michigan, 3rd Infantry, Company G, Civil War), pension no. S.C. 33801, family questionnaire, 26 Mar 1915, p. 24, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Record Group 15 : Records of the Department of Veteran Affairs; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; prepared 19 Mar 2017 for T. L. Cunningham.
3. [S3791] 1840 U.S. census, Seneca County, New York, town of Tyre, p. 272 (penned), Stephen B. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 339.
4. [S3746] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Kalamazoo, p. 10B (stamped), dwelling 157, family 161, Stephen B. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.
5. [S5589] "Record of service of Michigan volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/18555/: accessed 20 Jun 2017) > Vol. 3. Third Infantry, > image 406 of 7509, Ira M. D. Crane entry; extracted from George H. Turner, compiler, Record of service of Michigan volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865, 46 volumes (Kalamazoo, Michigan: Ihling Bros. & Everard, 1900), 3: 30.
6. [S6173] Ira M. D. Crane (private, Michigan, 3rd Infantry, Company G, Civil War), pension no. S.C. 33801, certificate of disability for discharge, 1 Jul 1864, p. 58, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Record Group 15 : Records of the Department of Veteran Affairs; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; prepared 19 Mar 2017 for T. L. Cunningham.
7. [S5589] "Record of service of Michigan volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865," database with images, Ancestry, Ira M. D. Crane entry.
8. [S6172] Ira M. D. Crane (private, Michigan, 3rd Infantry, Company G, Civil War), pension no. S.C. 33801, military service and medical record summary, 19 Jan 1892, p. 57, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Record Group 15 : Records of the Department of Veteran Affairs; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; prepared 19 Mar 2017 for T. L. Cunningham.
9. [S6176] Ira M. D. Crane (private, Michigan, 3rd Infantry, Company G, Civil War), pension no. S.C. 33801, letter in support of affidavit, 26 Jul 1893, by Homer L. Thayer of Lansing, Michigan, p. 64, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Record Group 15 : Records of the Department of Veteran Affairs; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; prepared 19 Mar 2017 for T. L. Cunningham.
10. [S5904] Ira M. D. Crane (private, Co. G, 3rd Mich. Inf., Civil War), pension no. S.C. 33801, questionnaire about family members, 26 Mar 1915, p. p. 24, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Record Group 15 : Records of the Department of Veteran Affairs; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; prepared 19 Mar 2017 for T. L. Cunningham.
11. [S6165] Ira M. D. Crane (private, Michigan, 3rd Infantry, Company G, Civil War), pension no. S.C. 33801, application for invalid pension, 18 Jul 1864, p. 40-1, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Record Group 15 : Records of the Department of Veteran Affairs; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; prepared 19 Mar 2017 for T. L. Cunningham.
12. [S6160] Ira M. D. Crane (private, Michigan, 3rd Infantry, Company G, Civil War), pension no. S.C. 33801, notification of death, 22 Oct 1864, p. 21, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Record Group 15 : Records of the Department of Veteran Affairs; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; prepared 19 Mar 2017 for T. L. Cunningham.
13. [S6167] Ira M. D. Crane (private, Michigan, 3rd Infantry, Company G, Civil War), pension no. S.C. 33801, declaration for increase of invalid pension, 14 Nov 1884, p. 45-6, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Record Group 15 : Records of the Department of Veteran Affairs; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; prepared 19 Mar 2017 for T. L. Cunningham.
14. [S6168] Ira M. D. Crane (private, Michigan, 3rd Infantry, Company G, Civil War), pension no. S.C. 33801, declaration for increase of invalid pension, 3 Aug 1886, p. 47, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Record Group 15 : Records of the Department of Veteran Affairs; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; prepared 19 Mar 2017 for T. L. Cunningham.
15. [S6169] Ira M. D. Crane (private, Michigan, 3rd Infantry, Company G, Civil War), pension no. S.C. 33801, declaration for increase of invalid pension, 28 Sep 1888, p. 49-50, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Record Group 15 : Records of the Department of Veteran Affairs; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; prepared 19 Mar 2017 for T. L. Cunningham.
16. [S6170] Ira M. D. Crane (private, Michigan, 3rd Infantry, Company G, Civil War), pension no. S.C. 33801, declaration for increase of invalid pension, 23 Oct 1890, p. 51, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Record Group 15 : Records of the Department of Veteran Affairs; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; prepared 19 Mar 2017 for T. L. Cunningham.
17. [S6171] Ira M. D. Crane (private, Michigan, 3rd Infantry, Company G, Civil War), pension no. S.C. 33801, general affidavit, 5 Dec 1892, p. 53-4, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Record Group 15 : Records of the Department of Veteran Affairs; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; prepared 19 Mar 2017 for T. L. Cunningham.
18. [S6158] Ira M. D. Crane (private, Michigan, 3rd Infantry, Company G, Civil War), pension no. S.C. 33801, letter to commissioner of pensions, 9 Nov 1912, p. 8-10, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Record Group 15 : Records of the Department of Veteran Affairs; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; prepared 19 Mar 2017 for T. L. Cunningham.
19. [S4503] "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPK3-RZL: accessed 7 Feb 2009), certificate image, Ira M. D. Crane, 17 Jan 1917, volume 1917, no. 1470, registration no. 583, image 1683 of 3301, FHL microfilm 1983843; citing "Ohio, Certificates of Death, 1908-1953, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio."

Lavinia Bastin

Biography

• Birth: about 1839, New YorkO.¹
• Census: 24 July 1860, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Stephen B. Crane, p. 122, dwelling 886, family 886. ||Her relationship with the others in the household is unclear¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S3728] 1860 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Kalamazoo, p. 122 (penned), dwelling 886, family 886, Mr. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 548.

Robert William Pierre

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Parents

Biography

• Family Event - Parents Initiated Divorce Proceedings:
  12 September 1928, Kent County, MichiganO, Peter Pierre and Svea Dagmar Charlotta Palmqvist, "Svea Pierre v. Peter Pierre," for reason of non-support.¹
  

  Svea Pierre v. Peter Pierre, divorce record, 26 November 1928

• Last Edited: 27 March 2022

Citations

1. [S6636] Kent County, Michigan, Divorce Records, state file no. 41 2998, docket no. 31030, Peter Pierre v. Svea Pierre, 26 November 1928; imaged, "Michigan, U.S., Divorce Records, 1897-1952," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6223910:9092 : accessed 21 April 2025); citing "Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."

Richard Lawrence Schnepel

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• References: Late Death or High Current Age

Biography

• Birth: 19 January 1915, Elizabeth, Union County, New JerseyO.¹
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  Richard Lawrence Schnepel and Evangeline Wiswell
  Marriage: 26 December 1946.²
• Death: 11 June 2005, age 90, Ashley Manor, Hermiston, Umatilla County, OregonO.¹
• Burial: 16 June 2005, Weston Cemetery, Athena, Umatilla County, OregonO.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S3196] East Oregonian: Richard Lawrence Schnepel, Location: Pendleton, OR (14 June 2005)
2. [S4748] "Memorial Page," Burns Mortuary of Hermiston (https://www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com/notices/Evangeline-Schnepel : accessed 16 Sep 2011), Evangeline Gladys (Wiswell) Schnepel, died 9 Sep 2011.

Marilyn

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Parents

Biography

• Parentage:^1,1

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5916] "Conversations with Anna Mary (Wiswell) Sauer," Between 1971 and 2015 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.

Larry

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Parents

Biography

• Parentage:^1,1

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5916] "Conversations with Anna Mary (Wiswell) Sauer," Between 1971 and 2015 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.

Norman

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Parents

Biography

• Norman died. young¹
• Parentage:^1,1

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5916] "Conversations with Anna Mary (Wiswell) Sauer," Between 1971 and 2015 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.

Robert

• Interactive Family Tree

Parents

Biography

• Parentage:^1,1

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5916] "Conversations with Anna Mary (Wiswell) Sauer," Between 1971 and 2015 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.

Leland K. Smith

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Biography

• Leland K. Smith and Gleora Wiswell were licensed to wed on 18 May 1940 in Bryan, Williams County, OhioO.¹
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  Leland K. Smith and Gleora Wiswell
  Marriage:.^2,1
• Leland K. Smith and Gleora Wiswell
  Divorce:.²

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2211] Marriage License of Leland K. Smith and Gloria Wiswell (1940), Record Type: License of 1940 marriage, Spouses' Names: Leland Smith-Gloria Wiswell, Manuscript Info: Original copy in possession of Jeanne Pierre (daughter of Claudine Wiswell), Lawton, Michigan (18 May 1940)
2. [S5916] "Conversations with Anna Mary (Wiswell) Sauer," Between 1971 and 2015 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.

Ray Homich

• Interactive Family Tree

Biography

• 
  
  Ray Homich and Gleora Wiswell
  Marriage:.¹
• Ray Homich and Gleora Wiswell
  Divorce:.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5916] "Conversations with Anna Mary (Wiswell) Sauer," Between 1971 and 2015 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.

Annalee Phillipps

• Interactive Family Tree

Parents

Biography

• Parentage:^1,1

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5916] "Conversations with Anna Mary (Wiswell) Sauer," Between 1971 and 2015 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.

Patrick Gregory Phillipps

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Parents

Biography

• Parentage:^1,1

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5916] "Conversations with Anna Mary (Wiswell) Sauer," Between 1971 and 2015 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.

Maude Ann Wiswell

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Person Exhibits

Maud Ann Hess

Parents

Biography

• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 14 September 1946, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.²
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  Ford Hess and Maude Ann Wiswell
  Marriage: 31 August 1963.²
• Death: 25 March 2020, age 73.²

• Last Edited: 14 September 2020

Citations

1. [S5916] "Conversations with Anna Mary (Wiswell) Sauer," Between 1971 and 2015 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
2. [S4747] "Obituary," Avink Funeral Home & Cremation Society (https://www.avinkcremation.com/obituaries/Maude-Hess/#!/Obituary : accessed 14 Sep 2020), Maude Ann Hess, died 25 Mar 2020.

Nancy Lee Wiswell

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Parents

Biography

• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 10 June 1949, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+.^2,3
• Death: 20 May 1962, age 12, Borgess Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.³
• The cause of her death was. a car accident. She was struck by a car after having been frightened by two men in another car who had accosted her and her sister, Maude. She fled into the street where she was hit by a passing car.^1,3
• Burial: 22 May 1962, Genessee Prairie Cemetery, Oshtemo Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁴

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5916] "Conversations with Anna Mary (Wiswell) Sauer," Between 1971 and 2015 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
2. [S2066] Index to Births, Compiler Address: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Volume: 1867-1975, Film: 0984131
3. [S4187] "Two Auto Accident Victims Die," death of Nancy Wiswell, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 21 May 1962, p. 1, col. 8.
4. [S2090] Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society, Tombstone Inscriptions in Kalamazoo County, Michigan (Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1980)

Rosemary Wiswell

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Parents

Biography

• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 8 May 1952, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+.^2,3
• Death: 29 May 1968, age 16, Oshtemo Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁴
• The cause of her death was. a car accident. She was killed instantly as she was thrown from a car which had rolled over several times after veering out of control. She was a passenger in the car at the time.^1,3,5
• Burial: 1 June 1968, Genessee Prairie Cemetery, Oshtemo Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.^6,3

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5916] "Conversations with Anna Mary (Wiswell) Sauer," Between 1971 and 2015 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
2. [S2066] Index to Births, Compiler Address: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Volume: 1867-1975, Film: 0984131
3. [S3801] "Rosemary Wiswell," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 30 May 1968, p. 31, col. 7.
4. [S2080] Index to Deaths (L-Z), Compiler Address: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Volume: 1867-1975, Film: 0984129
5. [S4396] "Local Girl Killed in Accident," death of Rosemary Wiswell, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 30 May 1968, p. 1, col. 3.
6. [S2090] Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society, Tombstone Inscriptions in Kalamazoo County, Michigan (Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1980)

Victor DeBoer

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Parents

Biography

• Parentage:^1,1
• Family Event - Funeral Service: on 8 June 1972, Royal Funeral HomeO, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO, pallbearer at the funeral of Gleora Wiswell. Glee was his aunt.²
• Family Event - named as survivor: 28 May 1985, obituary of Worthington DeBoer, Battle Creek Enquirer (Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan.) He lived in Richland, Michigan at the time of his father's death.³

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5916] "Conversations with Anna Mary (Wiswell) Sauer," Between 1971 and 2015 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
2. [S2961] Royal Funeral Home, Funeral Card of Gloria "Glee" Homich, Name Of Person: Gloria "Glee" Homich (8 June 1972)
3. [S6686] "Worthington DeBoer," obituary, The Battle Creek (Michigan) Enquirer, 28 May 1985, p. B2, col. 3; image, Newspapers.com, (https://www.newspapers.com/article/battle-creek-enquirer-worthington-deboer/172696860/ : accessed 19 May 2025).