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James E. Crane

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Biography

• Birth: about 1818.¹
• 
  
  James E. Crane and Lucy
  Marriage: before 1848.²
• Biography: between 1856 and 1860, Rush Township, Shiawassee County, MichiganO. James held several community offices while living in Rush Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan - first he served as School Inspector in 1856, then as Township Supervisor from 1857 to 1858, and finally as Justice of the Peace in 1860.³
• Census: 15 June 1860, Rush Township, Shiawassee County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, head of household. The census enumeration reported that he was a farmer born in New York, whose real estate was valued at $2500, and personal estate at $1400.⁴
• Military Enlistment: 7 November 1861. Union Army as a private⁵
• Military Enlistment: 7 January 1862. 14th Infantry Regiment of Michigan, Company K⁵
• Death: 10 September 1862, age ~44, Iuka, Tishomingo County, MississippiO.⁵

• Last Edited: 3 March 2024

Citations

1. [S2617] Supposition by author, no birth record has been found., No birth record has been found
2. [S2748] Supposition by author, no marriage record has been found., No marriage record has been found
3. [S3078] Ellis, Franklin, History of Shiawassee and Clinton Counties, Michigan : with illustrations and biographical sketches of their prominent men and pioneers (D. W. Ensign & Co., Philadelphia, 1880), 277
4. [S3726] 1860 U.S. census, Shiawassee County, Michigan, population schedule, Rush, p. 29 (penned), dwelling 244, family 225, J. E. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T653, roll 360.
5. [S2323] American Civil War Soldiers, Url: http://www.ancestry.com (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah)

Thomas Collins Crane

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 25 February 1822.²
• 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.
  Thomas was most likely one of the three male children between the ages of 5 through 9.³
  

  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 male between the ages of 15 and 19 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.
  Thomas was probably one of the two free white males between the ages of 15 and 19 in the household.⁴
  

  Stephen B. Crane household, 1840 census enumeration
• Marriage: to Mary Ann, 12 July 1840, Tyre, Seneca County, New YorkO, age 18.^5,6,2,7
• Land Purchase: 5 March 1844, Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. The 160 acres of land, consisting of the southwest quarter of section 15, was purchased from the State of Michigan.⁸
  

  Map of Brady Township, which highlights the property bought by Thomas Collins Crane in 1844. The entire colored area represents the original land purchased by T. C. Crane at that time. The dark red area represents the land sold to his father, Stephen B. Crane, in 1846.
• Land Sale: 19 August 1845, Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. The 80 acre plot, located on the north half of the southwest quarter of section 15, was sold for $200, and the transaction was witnessed by S. L. Crane and L. O. Crane. S. L. Crane may be Stephen L. Crane, brother of the grantor and son of the grantee.⁹
• Land Sale: 14 November 1845, Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, "T. Collins and Mary Ann Crane to Albert Heath," 40 acres, for $127.33. The 40 acre parcel consisted of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 15. Benjamin Tuttle and S. F. Heath signed as witnesses to the transaction.¹⁰
• Land Purchase: 20 December 1845, Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹¹
• On 8 June 1846, along with Eunice and Mary, sold in Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹²
• Land Sale - Witness: 22 August 1846, Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁵
• Land Sale: 7 October 1846, Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. The 40 acre parcel, consisting of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 15, was sold to Jerushia Moor for $200. James Van Tay[?] and Franklin[?] Cobb signed as witnesses to the transaction.⁵
• Newspaper Advertisement: 20 October 1848, Kalamazoo Gazette, (Kalamazoo County, Michigan.) T. C. Crane advertised the sale of a house and lot on the west end of Kalamazoo village as well as 40 acres of "tibered [sic] land" in the township of Brady, "upon which is a good sugar camp" on 20 October 1848 in the Kalamazoo Gazette.¹³
• Census: 3 October 1850, Hamilton Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, head of household, "Thomas C. Crane," p 135B, dwelling 42, family 43.
  Thomas C. Crane, age 29, male, farmer, real estate value $500, born New York
  Mary A. Crane, age 29, female, born New York
  Alfred R. Crane, age 9, male, born New York, attended school
  Stephen Crane, age 8, male, born New York, attended school
  Helen M. Crane, age 6, female, born New York, attended school
  Alexander Crane, age 2, male, born Michigan
  Wealthy A. Crane, age 4/12, female, born Michigan⁶
• Biography: between 1857 and 1860, Rush Township, Shiawassee County, MichiganO. While living in Rush Township, Thomas held a number of government offices. In 1857, he served as School Inspector and Justice of the Peace. Then in 1859, he served as Township Supervisor and as one of two School Inspectors. Finally in 1860, he served a second term as Township Supervisor, and another term as School Inspector.¹⁴
• Land Purchase: 31 December 1858, Rush Township, Shiawassee County, MichiganO, "Francis Mittleberger to Thos. C. Crane," north half of southeast quarter of section 35 comprising 80 acres. He purchased the land for $260, and the sale was witnessed by John Van Dorne and Leander Merell.¹⁵
  

  Francis Mittleberger to Thos. C. Crane, land transaction, 31 December 1858
• Census: 15 June 1860, Rush Township, Shiawassee County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, head of household, "Thos. C. Crane," p. 29, dwelling 243, family 224.
  Thos. C. Crane, age 38, male, farmer, real estate value $800, personal estate value $355, born New York
  Mary A. Crane, age 38, female, born New York
  Alfred B. Crane, age 19, male, farm laborer, born New York
  Stephen Crane, age 17, male, farm laborer, born New York, attended school
  Hellen M. Crane, age 16, female, domestic, born Michigan, attended school
  Alexander Crane, age 11, male, born Michigan, attended school
  Wealthy Crane, age 9, female, born Michigan, attended school
  John Crane, age 7, male, born Michigan, attended school
  Geo. W. Crane, age 5, male, born Michigan, attended school¹⁶
• Military Enlistment: 1 December 1861, Owosso, Shiawassee County, MichiganO. 14th Infantry Regiment of Michigan, Company K¹⁷
• Military Mustered In: after December 1861, rank of sergeant.^17,7
• Military Wounded: 5 November 1862.¹⁷
• Death: 9 November 1862, age 40, Nashville, Davidson County, TennesseeO. from wounds inflicted in action¹⁷
• Burial: National Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, TennesseeO.¹⁷

• Last Edited: 23 March 2024

Citations

1. [S2812] Supposition by author. No record of parentage has been found., No record definitively establishing parentage has been found
2. [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
3. [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.
4. [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.
5. [S2315] Kalamazoo County Deed Registrations, Volume: Liber K (Kalamazoo County Register of Deeds, Kalamazoo, Michigan)
6. [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.
7. [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)
8. [S4898] E. Gray;Ethel W. Williams, compilers, Kalamazoo County, Michigan: internal boundary changes and township development: first land owners (Kalamazoo, Michigan: n.p., 1970.)
9. [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.
10. [S6459] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Deed Records, Vol. K, p. 43-44, indenture from T. Collins and Mary Ann Crane to Albert Heath, recorded 14 Nov 1845; consulted as "Deed records, 1831-1901," browsable images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QW-H9DX-2?i=381&cat=214225 : accessed 23 Mar 2024), image 382-3 of 680; citing FHL microfilm 8546051.
11. [S517] , editor, Kalamazoo County Deed Registrations (Kalamazoo, Michigan: Kalamazoo County Register of Deeds), 399.
12. [S517] , Kalamazoo Co. Deeds, 32.
13. [S5510] "For Sale," real estate for sale by T. C. Crane, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 20 Oct 1848, p. 3, col. 2.
14. [S3078] Ellis, Franklin, History of Shiawassee and Clinton Counties, Michigan : with illustrations and biographical sketches of their prominent men and pioneers (D. W. Ensign & Co., Philadelphia, 1880), 277
15. [S5960] Shiawassee County, Michigan, Deed Records, Vol. W, 1857-1859, p. 223, indenture by Francis Mittleberger to Thos. C. Crane, recorded 3 Jan 1859; consulted as "Deed records, 1837-1944," browsable images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C37K-SHX5 : accessed 30 Jan 2023), image 449 of 677; citing FHL microfilm 8581788.
16. [S3727] 1860 U.S. census, Shiawassee County, Michigan, population schedule, Rush, p. 29 (penned), dwelling 243, family 224, Thos. C. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T653, roll 360.
17. [S2323] American Civil War Soldiers, Url: http://www.ancestry.com (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah)

Stephen L. Crane

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1823.
• 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.
  Stephen was most likely one of the three male children between the ages of 5 through 9.²
  

  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 male between the ages of 15 and 19 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.
  Stephen was probably one of the two free white males between the ages of 15 and 19 in the household.³
  

  Stephen B. Crane household, 1840 census enumeration
• Land Sale - Witness: 8 June 1846, Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁴
• Marriage: to Maria, before 1847.⁵
• Census: 18 July 1850, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, head of household, "Stephen B. Crane," p. 33A, dwelling 476, family 490.
  Stephen L. Crane, age 26, male, farmer, born New York
  Maria Crane, age 24, female, born New York
  George Crane, age 2, male, born Michigan
  Frances Dutton, age 8, female, born New York⁵
• Census: 6 July 1860, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, head of household, "Stephen Crane," p. 77, dwelling 571, family 571.
  Stephen Crane, age 31, male, teamster, real estate value $3000, personal estate $1000, born New York
  Maria Crane, age 30, female, born New York
  George Crane, age 8, male, born Michigan, attended school
  Orace Crane, age 6, male, born Michigan, attended school
  Cyrus Crane, age 4, male, born Michigan
  William Crane, age 1, male, born Michigan⁶
• Census: 16 September 1870, Pine Grove Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1870, head of household, "Stephen L. Crane," p. 34, dwelling 406, family 390.
  Stephen L. Crane, age 46, male, white, farmer, real estate value $1300, personal estate value $630, born New York, male citizen
  Mariah Crane, age 46, female, white, keeping house, born New York
  Orvis Crane, age 17, male, white, farm laborer, born Michigan
  Silas Crane, age 12, male, white, born Michigan, attended school, cannot write
  William Crane, age 11, male, white, born Michigan, attended school, cannot write
  Ida A. Crane, age 7, female, white, born Michigan⁷
• Family Event - death of spouse: 7 November 1870, Pine Grove Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, death of Maria, age ~47.⁸
• Marriage: to Evaline Overacker, 12 March 1871, Almena Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, age ~48, "Stephen L. Crane and Evaline Askins," by Elder S. Dailey of Oshtemo. John and Mary J. Overacker acted as witnesses.⁹
• Death: 4 April 1873, age ~50, Pine Grove Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, "Stephen L. Crane," from typhoid fever.¹⁰

• Last Edited: 18 August 2024

Citations

1. [S2812] Supposition by author. No record of parentage has been found., No record definitively establishing parentage has been found
2. [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.
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. [S517] , editor, Kalamazoo County Deed Registrations (Kalamazoo, Michigan: Kalamazoo County Register of Deeds), 32.
5. [S3745] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Kalamazoo, p. 33A (stamped), dwelling 476, family 490, Stephen B. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.
6. [S3729] 1860 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Kalamazoo, p. 77 (penned), dwelling 571, family 571, Stephen Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 548.
7. [S3710] 1870 U.S. census, Van Buren County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Pine Grove, p. 37 (penned), p. 497 (stamped), dwelling 406, family 390, Stephen L. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 706.
8. [S2934] Michigan Department of Community Health, Michigan Genealogical Death Indexing System, Url: http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendisx (Michigan Department of Community Health, Lansing, Michigan)
9. [S5010] Van Buren County, Michigan, Record of Marriages, Liber B-2 : 57, no. 845, no. 845, 26 Apr 1871, entry for Stephen L. Crane and Evaline Askins; Van Buren County Clerk's Office, Paw Paw, Michigan.
10. [S4498] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 1 : 97, no. 212, 2 Jul 1874, Stephen L. Crane entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Ann Crane

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1832.
• Ann may have been born on 24 August 1832. death certificate¹
• Census: 1 June 1840, Tyre, Seneca County, New YorkO, federal census of 1 June 1840, may be a female between the ages of 5 and 9 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.
  
  Ann was probably the free white female between the ages of 5 and 9 in the household.²
  

  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.
  Phebe Crane, age 17, female, born New York³
• 
  
  Charles Williams and Ann Crane
  Marriage: before 1858.⁴
• On 23 June 1869, purchased in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, and Eunice McCarty.⁵
• Land Transaction: 15 July 1869, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, "Ann Williams to J. Delevan Crane," 1/2 of north half of lot 1 in block 34.
  She sold the lot to her brother for $500. The sale was witnessed by Wm. Whitney and George Thomas Clark, notary.⁶
  

  Ann Williams to J. Delevan Crane, land transaction, 15 July 1869
• Land Transaction - Witness: 13 April 1870, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, "J. Delevan and Hannah E. Crane to Ann Williams," 1/2 of north half of lot 1 in block 34.
  She purchased the lot for $1 from her brother, Delevan, and his wife, Hannah E. Crane.⁷
  

  J. Delevan and Hannah E. Crane to Ann Williams, land transaction, 13 April 1870
• Census: 19 July 1870, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1870, household of Stephen B. Crane.⁸
• Census: 15 June 1880, Coldwater, Branch County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1880, household of son-in-law, William H. McKinstry. She was employed as a housekeeper at the time of the census enumeration.⁹
• Death: 27 February 1901, age ~69, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. She may have died from chronic diarrhea. Her death certificate further notes that she took laudanum -- that is, morphine -- habitually. According to her death certificate she had also been employed as a housekeeper prior to her death.¹
  

  Anna Weaver, death certificate, 28 February 1901

• Last Edited: 2 March 2023

Citations

1. [S4728] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 2 : 334, no. 5689, 14 Mar 1901, Anna Weaver entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [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.
3. [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.
4. [S5292] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 5 : 149, no. 1207, 7 Nov 1890, entry for William H. McKinstry and Delia Marzahl; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
5. [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.
6. [S4897] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Deed Records, Vol. 33, p. 318, warranty deed by Ann Williams to J. Delavan Crane, recorded 15 Jul 1869; consulted as "Deed records, 1831-1901," browsable images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QW-C9RG-4 : accessed 26 Sep 2020), image 167 of 673; citing FHL microfilm 983385.
7. [S4756] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Deed Records, vol. 31: 424, warranty deed by J. Delavan Crane et ux to Ann Williams, recorded 8 Jul 1871; FHL microfilm 983384.
8. [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.
9. [S3765] 1880 U.S. census, Branch County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Coldwater, 3rd ward, enumeration district (ED) 31, p. 44 (penned), dwelling 467, family 471, Samuel M. Corson household, entry of William McKinstry; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 573.

Martin Crane

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1834.
• Census: 1 June 1840, Tyre, Seneca County, New YorkO, federal census of 1 June 1840, may be a male between the ages of 5 and 9 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.
  Martin was probably the free white male between the ages of 5 and 9 in the household.²
  

  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.
  Martin Crane, age 15, female, born New York³
• Martin Crane enlisted in the on 22 April 1861.⁴
• Residence: , Allegan County, MichiganO+, prior to his enlistment.⁴
• Military Enlistment: 25 May 1861, 2nd Infantry Regiment of Michigan, Company I.⁴
• Military Re-Enlistment: 31 December 1863. He reenlisted in his same regiment and company.⁴
• Death: 28 March 1865, age ~31, Petersburg, VirginiaO, killed in action by a Confederate sharpshooter.^4,5
• Burial: Meade Station, Petersburg, VirginiaO. He was probably originally buried in a single shallow pit or mass grave.⁵
• Burial: between 1866 and 1869, Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg, VirginiaO. He was reburied by the U.S. Burial Corps after the war.⁵
  

  Martin Crane, grave marker

• Last Edited: 30 January 2023

Citations

1. [S2812] Supposition by author. No record of parentage has been found., No record definitively establishing parentage has been found
2. [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.
3. [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.
4. [S2323] American Civil War Soldiers, Url: http://www.ancestry.com (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah)
5. [S2618] Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Url: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/index.htm (National Park Service, Washington, DC)

Orvis Crane

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1829.
• 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.
  Orvis was most likely one of the two male children under 5 years of age.²
  

  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 male between the ages of 10 and 14 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.
  Orvis was probably one of the two free white males between the ages of 10 and 14 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.
  Orris Crane, age 20, male, born Massachusetts⁴

• Last Edited: 30 January 2023

Citations

1. [S2812] Supposition by author. No record of parentage has been found., No record definitively establishing parentage has been found
2. [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.
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.

Philo Parmeter

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 16 December 1834, New YorkO.^1,2
• Census: 1 June 1840, Boonville, Oneida County, New YorkO, federal census of 1 June 1840, may be a male between the ages of 5 and 9 in the household of Horace Parmeter, who is presumed to be the free white male between the age of 30 and 39.
  Philo was probably the free white male between 5 and 9 years of age.³
• Census: 19 July 1850, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Horace Parmeter.¹
• Death: 31 August 1853, age 18.²

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S3754] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Kalamazoo, p. 37A (stamped), dwelling 530, family 544, Horace Parmeter household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.
2. [S5709] Affidavit of Israel Kellogg and William Mottram, 18 Mar 1864, Sarah Parmeter, widow's pension application WC85827; service of Horace Parmeter (Pvt. Co. I,, 1st Light Artillery, Illinois Volunteers), Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, compiled 1861 - 1934, Record Group 15: National Archives, Washington D.C.; imaged in "Civil War 'Widows' Pensions'," Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/1/281444967 : accessed 10 Feb 2020), page p. 35.
3. [S3792] 1840 U.S. census, Oneida County, New York, Boonville, p. 256 (penned), Horace Parmeter household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 314.

Mary Ann

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• Birth: 22 March 1822.¹
• Marriage: to Thomas Collins Crane, 12 July 1840, Tyre, Seneca County, New YorkO, age 18.^2,3,1,4
• On 19 August 1845, sold in Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, to Stephen B. Crane.⁵
• On 14 November 1845, sold in Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁶
• On 8 June 1846, along with Thomas and Eunice, sold in Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁷
• On 7 October 1846, sold in Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.²
• Census: 3 October 1850, Hamilton Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Thomas Collins Crane, "Thomas C. Crane," p 135B, dwelling 42, family 43.
  Mary A. Crane, age 29, female, born New York³
• Census: 15 June 1860, Rush Township, Shiawassee County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Thomas Collins Crane, "Thos. C. Crane," p. 29, dwelling 243, family 224.
  Mary A. Crane, age 38, female, born New York⁸
• Death: 9 March 1908, age 85, Rush Township, Shiawassee County, MichiganO.⁹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [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
2. [S2315] Kalamazoo County Deed Registrations, Volume: Liber K (Kalamazoo County Register of Deeds, Kalamazoo, Michigan)
3. [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.
4. [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)
5. [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.
6. [S6459] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Deed Records, Vol. K, p. 43-44, indenture from T. Collins and Mary Ann Crane to Albert Heath, recorded 14 Nov 1845; consulted as "Deed records, 1831-1901," browsable images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QW-H9DX-2?i=381&cat=214225 : accessed 23 Mar 2024), image 382-3 of 680; citing FHL microfilm 8546051.
7. [S517] , editor, Kalamazoo County Deed Registrations (Kalamazoo, Michigan: Kalamazoo County Register of Deeds), 32.
8. [S3727] 1860 U.S. census, Shiawassee County, Michigan, population schedule, Rush, p. 29 (penned), dwelling 243, family 224, Thos. C. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T653, roll 360.
9. [S4491] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_354721-00478: accessed 25 Nov 2019), certificate image, Mary A. Chapman, filed 13 Mar 1908, Certificates, 1897-1920, volume 124: Sanilac-Wayne, 1908, p. 274, no. 2, image 479 of 3136; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."

Alfred B. Crane

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 13 May 1841, New YorkO.^1,2
• Census: 3 October 1850, Hamilton Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Thomas Collins Crane, "Thomas C. Crane," p 135B, dwelling 42, family 43.
  Alfred R. Crane, age 9, male, born New York, attended school¹
• Census: 15 June 1860, Rush Township, Shiawassee County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Thomas Collins Crane, "Thos. C. Crane," p. 29, dwelling 243, family 224.
  Alfred B. Crane, age 19, male, farm laborer, born New York³
• Marriage: to Louise M. Hanford, 1866, age ~25.⁴
• Death: 23 November 1912, age 71, Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, MichiganO.⁵

• Last Edited: 19 March 2024

Citations

1. [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.
2. [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
3. [S3727] 1860 U.S. census, Shiawassee County, Michigan, population schedule, Rush, p. 29 (penned), dwelling 243, family 224, Thos. C. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T653, roll 360.
4. [S6458] Chapman Bros., Portrait and Biographical Album of Clinton and Shiawassee Counties, Mich.: containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county (Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1891), 418; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/portraitbiograph14chap/mode/2up : accessed 19 Mar 2024.
5. [S4496] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_354826-01317: accessed 6 Sep 2015), certificate image, Alfred B. Crane, filed 23 Nov 1912, Certificates, 1897-1920, volume 169: Ingham-Grand Rapids, 1912, no. 67, image 1318 of 3587; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."

Stephen A. Crane

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 22 July 1842, New YorkO.^1,2
• Census: 3 October 1850, Hamilton Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Thomas Collins Crane, "Thomas C. Crane," p 135B, dwelling 42, family 43.
  Stephen Crane, age 8, male, born New York, attended school¹
• Census: 15 June 1860, Rush Township, Shiawassee County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Thomas Collins Crane, "Thos. C. Crane," p. 29, dwelling 243, family 224.
  Stephen Crane, age 17, male, farm laborer, born New York, attended school³
• Death: 27 September 1922, age 80, Owosso, Shiawassee County, MichiganO.⁴

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [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.
2. [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
3. [S3727] 1860 U.S. census, Shiawassee County, Michigan, population schedule, Rush, p. 29 (penned), dwelling 243, family 224, Thos. C. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T653, roll 360.
4. [S4501] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_355027-02307: accessed 6 Sep 2015), certificate image, Stephen A. Crane, filed 4 Oct 1922, Certificates, 1921-1944, volume 470: Shiawassee (Owosso), 1921-1924, no. 167, state file no. 276 371, image 372 of 750; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."

Helen M. Crane

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 25 May 1844, New YorkO.^1,2
• Census: 3 October 1850, Hamilton Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Thomas Collins Crane, "Thomas C. Crane," p 135B, dwelling 42, family 43.
  Helen M. Crane, age 6, female, born New York, attended school¹
• Census: 15 June 1860, Rush Township, Shiawassee County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Thomas Collins Crane, "Thos. C. Crane," p. 29, dwelling 243, family 224.
  Hellen M. Crane, age 16, female, domestic, born Michigan, attended school³

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [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.
2. [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
3. [S3727] 1860 U.S. census, Shiawassee County, Michigan, population schedule, Rush, p. 29 (penned), dwelling 243, family 224, Thos. C. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T653, roll 360.

Alexander Campbell Crane

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 12 August 1848, MichiganO.^1,2
• Census: 3 October 1850, Hamilton Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Thomas Collins Crane, "Thomas C. Crane," p 135B, dwelling 42, family 43.
  Alexander Crane, age 2, male, born Michigan¹
• Census: 15 June 1860, Rush Township, Shiawassee County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Thomas Collins Crane, "Thos. C. Crane," p. 29, dwelling 243, family 224. Alexander Crane, age 11, male, born Michigan, attended school³
• Marriage: to Sarah J., before 1880.⁴
• Census: 23 June 1900, Owosso Township, Shiawassee County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, head of household. According to the census enumeration, Alexander was a farmer, who owned his farm on a mortgage.⁴
• Census: 15 April 1910, Owosso Township, Shiawassee County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, head of household. According to the census, Alexander owned and operated his own farm.⁵
• Death: 6 January 1924, age 75, Owosso, Shiawassee County, MichiganO.⁶

• Last Edited: 3 March 2024

Citations

1. [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.
2. [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
3. [S3727] 1860 U.S. census, Shiawassee County, Michigan, population schedule, Rush, p. 29 (penned), dwelling 243, family 224, Thos. C. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T653, roll 360.
4. [S3677] 1900 U.S. census, Shiawassee County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Owosso, enumeration district (ED) 93, sheet 10B, dwelling 225, family 234, Alexander Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 744.
5. [S3978] 1910 U.S. census, Shiawassee County, Michigan, population schedule, Owosso Township, enumeration district (ED) 94, sheet 1A, dwelling 6, family 6, Alexander C. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 765.
6. [S4495] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_355001-00876: accessed 6 Sep 2015), certificate image, Alexander C. Crane, filed 11 Jan 1924, Certificates, 1921-1944, volume 466: Shiawassee, 1921-1934, no. 1, state file no. 76 873, image 877 of 3258; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."

Wealthy Ann Crane

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 19 May 1850.²
• At least one document indicates he may have been born about February 1850 in MichiganO.¹
• Census: 3 October 1850, Hamilton Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Thomas Collins Crane, "Thomas C. Crane," p 135B, dwelling 42, family 43. Wealthy A. Crane, age 4/12, female, born Michigan¹
• Census: 15 June 1860, Rush Township, Shiawassee County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Thomas Collins Crane, "Thos. C. Crane," p. 29, dwelling 243, family 224.
  Wealthy Crane, age 9, female, born Michigan, attended school³

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [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.
2. [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
3. [S3727] 1860 U.S. census, Shiawassee County, Michigan, population schedule, Rush, p. 29 (penned), dwelling 243, family 224, Thos. C. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T653, roll 360.

Maria

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• Birth: about 1823, New YorkO.¹
• Marriage: to Stephen L. Crane, before 1847.¹
• Census: 18 July 1850, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Stephen L. Crane, "Stephen B. Crane," p. 33A, dwelling 476, family 490.
  Maria Crane, age 24, female, born New York¹
• Census: 6 July 1860, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Stephen L. Crane, "Stephen Crane," p. 77, dwelling 571, family 571.
  Maria Crane, age 30, female, born New York
  George Crane, age 8, male, born Michigan, attended school²
• Court: between 13 September 1860 and 14 September 1860, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, "Joseph D. Crane v. Lucyette Crane."
  On 13 September 1860, she testified in the divorce suit filed by her brother-in-law as follows:
  
  My name is Maria Crane. I am sister-in-law of complainant. I am thirty years of age and upwards. I reside in the village and county of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan. I have known the parties to this suit some six years. I have heard Elizabeth Armstrong testify in this cause and can corroborate what she has sworn to, and I think the Defendant was the worst woman I ever knew without any exception³
• Census: 16 September 1870, Pine Grove Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1870, household of Stephen L. Crane, "Stephen L. Crane," p. 34, dwelling 406, family 390.
  Mariah Crane, age 46, female, white, keeping house, born New York⁴
• Death: 7 November 1870, age ~47, Pine Grove Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO. She died from consumption (tuberculosis).⁵

• Last Edited: 7 July 2024

Citations

1. [S3745] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Kalamazoo, p. 33A (stamped), dwelling 476, family 490, Stephen B. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.
2. [S3729] 1860 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Kalamazoo, p. 77 (penned), dwelling 571, family 571, Stephen Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 548.
3. [S4632] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Circuit Court Docket 1 : 416, Joseph D. Crane v. Lucyette Crane, "witness depositions," 7 Sep 1860; digital images, "Chancery docket, ca. 1847-1932 ; Files, ca. 1847-1939 ; Index, ca. 1831-1944," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-P3NT-Y9JJ-H : accessed 1996), image 312-328.
4. [S3710] 1870 U.S. census, Van Buren County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Pine Grove, p. 37 (penned), p. 497 (stamped), dwelling 406, family 390, Stephen L. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 706.
5. [S2934] Michigan Department of Community Health, Michigan Genealogical Death Indexing System, Url: http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendisx (Michigan Department of Community Health, Lansing, Michigan)

George Crane

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1847, MichiganO.¹
• Census: 18 July 1850, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Stephen L. Crane, "Stephen B. Crane," p. 33A, dwelling 476, family 490.
  George Crane, age 2, male, born Michigan¹
• Family Event - death of mother: 7 November 1870, Pine Grove Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, death of Maria, age ~47.²
• Family Event - death of father: 4 April 1873, Pine Grove Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, death of Stephen L. Crane, age ~50.³

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S3745] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Kalamazoo, p. 33A (stamped), dwelling 476, family 490, Stephen B. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.
2. [S2934] Michigan Department of Community Health, Michigan Genealogical Death Indexing System, Url: http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendisx (Michigan Department of Community Health, Lansing, Michigan)
3. [S4498] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 1 : 97, no. 212, 2 Jul 1874, Stephen L. Crane entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Marcus Merriman

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• Birth: about 1801, ConnecticutO.¹
• 
  
  Marcus Merriman and Charlotte
  Marriage: before 1830.¹
• Census: 3 October 1850, Hamilton Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, head of household, page 135B, dwelling 39, family 40.
  Marcus Merriman, age 48, male, farmer, real estate $1300, born Connecticut
  Charlotte Merriman, age 42, female, born Connecticut
  Wealthy A. Merriman, age 19, female, born New York
  Harriet Merriman, age 15, female, born Newy York, attended school
  Albert M. Merriman, age 12, male, born New York, attended school
  Henry Merriman, age 9, male, born Michigan, attended school
  Delevan Crane, age 23, male, laborer, born New York¹
  

  Marcus Merriman household, 1850 census enumeration

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S3753] 1850 U.S. census, Van Buren County, population schedule, town of Hamilton, p. 135B (stamped), dwelling 39, family 40, Marcus Merriman household, entry of Delevan Crane; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 363.

Charlotte

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• Birth: about 1807, ConnecticutO.¹
• 
  
  Marcus Merriman and Charlotte
  Marriage: before 1830.¹
• Census: 3 October 1850, Hamilton Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Marcus Merriman, page 135B, dwelling 39, family 40.
  Charlotte Merriman, age 42, female, born Connecticut¹
  

  Marcus Merriman household, 1850 census enumeration

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S3753] 1850 U.S. census, Van Buren County, population schedule, town of Hamilton, p. 135B (stamped), dwelling 39, family 40, Marcus Merriman household, entry of Delevan Crane; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 363.

Wealthy A. Merriman

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1830, New YorkO.¹
• Census: 3 October 1850, Hamilton Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Marcus Merriman, page 135B, dwelling 39, family 40.
  Wealthy A. Merriman, age 19, female, born New York¹
  

  Marcus Merriman household, 1850 census enumeration

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S3753] 1850 U.S. census, Van Buren County, population schedule, town of Hamilton, p. 135B (stamped), dwelling 39, family 40, Marcus Merriman household, entry of Delevan Crane; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 363.

Harriet Merriman

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1834, New YorkO.¹
• Census: 3 October 1850, Hamilton Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Marcus Merriman, page 135B, dwelling 39, family 40.
  Harriet Merriman, age 15, female, born Newy York, attended school¹
  

  Marcus Merriman household, 1850 census enumeration

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S3753] 1850 U.S. census, Van Buren County, population schedule, town of Hamilton, p. 135B (stamped), dwelling 39, family 40, Marcus Merriman household, entry of Delevan Crane; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 363.

Albert Merriman

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1837, New YorkO.¹
• Census: 3 October 1850, Hamilton Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Marcus Merriman, page 135B, dwelling 39, family 40.
  Albert M. Merriman, age 12, male, born New York, attended school¹
  

  Marcus Merriman household, 1850 census enumeration

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S3753] 1850 U.S. census, Van Buren County, population schedule, town of Hamilton, p. 135B (stamped), dwelling 39, family 40, Marcus Merriman household, entry of Delevan Crane; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 363.

Henry Merriman

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1840, MichiganO.¹
• Census: 3 October 1850, Hamilton Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Marcus Merriman, page 135B, dwelling 39, family 40.
  Henry Merriman, age 9, male, born Michigan, attended school¹
  

  Marcus Merriman household, 1850 census enumeration

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S3753] 1850 U.S. census, Van Buren County, population schedule, town of Hamilton, p. 135B (stamped), dwelling 39, family 40, Marcus Merriman household, entry of Delevan Crane; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 363.

Orvis Crane

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1854, MichiganO.¹
• Census: 6 July 1860, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Stephen L. Crane, "Stephen Crane," p. 77, dwelling 571, family 571.
  Orace Crane, age 6, male, born Michigan, attended school¹
• Census: 16 September 1870, Pine Grove Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1870, household of Stephen L. Crane, "Stephen L. Crane," p. 34, dwelling 406, family 390.
  Orvis Crane, age 17, male, white, farm laborer, born Michigan²
• Family Event - death of mother: 7 November 1870, Pine Grove Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, death of Maria, age ~47.³
• Family Event - death of father: 4 April 1873, Pine Grove Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO, death of Stephen L. Crane, age ~50.⁴

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S3729] 1860 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Kalamazoo, p. 77 (penned), dwelling 571, family 571, Stephen Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 548.
2. [S3710] 1870 U.S. census, Van Buren County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Pine Grove, p. 37 (penned), p. 497 (stamped), dwelling 406, family 390, Stephen L. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 706.
3. [S2934] Michigan Department of Community Health, Michigan Genealogical Death Indexing System, Url: http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendisx (Michigan Department of Community Health, Lansing, Michigan)
4. [S4498] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 1 : 97, no. 212, 2 Jul 1874, Stephen L. Crane entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.