GED4WEB version 4.41 Crane John Meeker [Male] b. 3 MAR 1840 Jackson County, Indiana - d. 18 MAR 1918 Vining, Clay County, Kansas
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Obituary of John M. Crane (copied by Granddaughter Hannah Agnes Adelia Crane)
He was born March 3, 1840 in Jackson County, Indiana, and died in Vining, Kansas, on Monday, March 18, 1918, 6:10 PM, 78 years, 15 days old.
He hadn't been enjoying the best of health the past winter, and a cold contracted early in the year developed into pneumonia, which resulted in death. His early childhood was spent in the county of birth, where he was united in marriage, March 31, 1861, to Miss Mariam E. Morris. Of children born, six survive, J. A. Crane (my father), of Ada, Oklahoma; Mrs. Clara Seley, Milford, Kansas; Mrs. Ida Worth, Mound Valley, Kansas; Mrs. Dora Wiley, Elgin, Kansas; Victor L. Crane, Wymore, Nebraska; Mrs. Ned Sager, Vining, Kansas.
In the summer of 1862 he answered President Lincoln's second call for Volunteers to put down the rebellion; and enlisted in Company G, 67th Infantry, Volunteer Infantry of the State of Indiana. He served with the company and regiment with distinction, taking an active part in many battles and skirmishes and was once captured by the Confederates during the Red River expedition, but was exchanged with other prisoners within a short time.
In 1865 he was honorably discharged at Vicksburg, Mississippi by reason of the close of the war. He returned to his native county after receiving his discharge and in a short time emigrated to Kansas - after having formed a favorable opinion of the new state while here on a short visit in 1859. He located near Leonardville (Wallsburg), Kansas, where he home- steaded and lived there a few years, then moved to Milford in 1895, stayed 3 years and then again moved to Vining, Kansas, where he made his home until his death.
In 1897 Mrs. Mariam E. Morris Crane passed away. In 1903 he married Mrs. N. E. Curtis, who, with the children mentioned above and a number of grandchildren and other relatives survive him.
He was a member of the Baptist Church for 40 years. A devoted student of the Bible. He took great interest in church work, and attended services regularly until his health failed. He was a member of G. A. R. of Clifton, Kansas, and greatly enjoyed mingling with old comrades of the Civil War at different meetings and sessions.
Mr. Crane was well liked and highly respected by all who knew him, and a large circle of friends join with the relatives in mourning for him. After a brief service conducted by R. E. Fleming, Pastor, at the home in Vining on Wednesday morning - remains were taken to Milford, Kansas, and service was held in Congregational Church by the Pastor of the church there. Interment was in Milford, Kansas. (Note by Granddaughter Adelia Crane - "I believe my Grandfather Crane's ancestors were of the Mohawk Indian Tribe.")
This similar obituary was printed in "The Times", Clay Center, Kansas, on Thursday, March 28, 1918. John M. Crane was born in Jackson County, Indiana, March 3, 1840, and departed this life at his home in Vining, Monday, March 18, 1918, at 6:10 O'clock PM. His age, at the time of his death, was seventy-eight years and fifteen days. Mr. Crane was a patient sufferer for a number of years and during the past winter had been in very poor health, a bad cold, contracted early in the year, having developed into pneumonia.
Mr. Crane was well known in and about the neighborhoods of Clifton and Vining and en- joyed the friendship of those among whom he had so long resided. Mr. Crane spent his early childhood in the county of his birth, where he was united in marriage on March, 31, 1861, to Miss Mariam E. Morris. Of the children born to that union six survive the parents, namely: J. A. of Ada, Oklahoma; Mrs. Clara Seley of Milford, Kansas; Mrs. Ida Worth of Mound Valley, Kansas; Mrs. Wiley of Elgin, Kansas; Victor L. of Wymore, Nebraska; and Mrs. Ned Sager of Vining.
During the summer of 1862, Mr. Crane answered President Lincoln's second call for volunteers to put down the rebellion and enlisted in Company G, 67th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He served with this company and regiment with distinction, taking an active part in many battles and skirmishes and was once captured by the Confederates during the Red River Expedition, but was exchanged with other prisoners within a short time. In 1865 he was honorably discharged at Vicksburg, Mississippi, by reason of the close of the war.
After receiving his discharge he returned to his native county and after a short time emigrated to Kansas, having formed a favorable opinion of the new state while here on a short visit in 1859. He first located near Leonardville, where he homesteaded and lived for a few years. He then moved to Vining and in 1895 moved to Milford, Kansas. In three years time, however, he removed again to Vining, where he continued to reside until the time of his death.
In 1897 Mrs. Crane passed away and in 1903 he was again married; this time to Mrs. Nancy Ellen Morrisey Curtis, who, with the children mentioned above and a number of grand- children and other relatives, survive him.
The deceased was a member of the Baptist Church for more than forty years and was a devoted student of the Bible, devoting much time to its study. He also took a great interest in church work, attending the services regularly until failing health made it impossible for him to do so. He was a member of the G.A.R. of Clifton and greatly enjoyed mingling with the old comrades of the Civil War at their different meetings and sessions.
Mr. Crane was a man well respected by all who knew him and a large circle of friends join with the relatives in mourning for him. A short service was held at the home in Vining last Wednesday afternoon, conducted by Reverend R. E. Fleming, of the Presbyterian Church of Clifton, after which the remains were taken to Milford for burial. Further services were held at the latter place in the Congregational Church, the pastor of the church in charge. Burial was made in the Milford Cemetery.
The following article was composed by Mary Nell McMahan Seley. Her primary source was information gleaned from his Civil War papers.
John Meeker Crane was born March 3, 1840, in Jackson County, Indiana. We do not, as of this writing, know the names of his parents, but a record written by his daughter, Clara Belle Crane Seley, states: "I have no record of my father's parent's births, but his father died June 3, 1849, at the age of 40 years, 5 months, 28 days. Cause of death was lung fever. His mother died August 19, 1869, at age 59 years, 9 months, 7 days. Her cause of death was typhoid fever." (Handwritten notation states: "Father's name was Isaac B. Crane and Mother's name was Minerva Lauraway.")
John would have been 9 years old when his father died. His father would have been born December 5, 1808. His mother would have been born November 12, 1809. She would have died three years after John came to Kansas, so we believe she stayed in Indiana, and is most likely buried by her husband somewhere near Hardenburg and Four Corners, Indiana, in Jackson or Jennings County. We believe that our American Indian heritage comes from his mother's ancestors, but we have no further information on them at this time.
John was married to Mariam Elizabeth Morris, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Lancaster Morris, on March 31, 1861, at the home of Mariam's Uncle Levi and Jerusha Brown Morris, in Jackson County, Indiana, by Methodist pastor, John F. McClain (or McClane).
Their first child, a son, Julian Albert Crane, was born February 9, 1862, in Jackson County, Indiana. On August 6, 1862, when they had been married 17 months, and Julian was 6 months old, John enlisted in the Union Army to fight against slavery in the Civil War. He enrolled as a Private in Company G, 67th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, at Seymore, Jackson County, Indiana. His enrollment was for 3 years.
We can only speculate, but, knowing of the poor conditions of the camps and their clothing at that time, it is entirely possible that John suffered from frost-bitten feet while at this first camp. We do know that his army records show that from November 9 through December 1862, he was reported as "sick at Seymore, Indiana".
He was sent to New Orleans, Louisiana, in February, 1863, and was detailed to the Ambulance Corps, 10th Division on March 15, 1863, as an ambulance driver, on detached service with the Marine U. S. A. General Hospital in New Orleans. He was paid $20.94 for expenses of transportation from Indianapolis, Indiana, to Memphis, Tennessee, and another $10.00 to report on to New Orleans.
He, himself, became a patient in Marine U. S. A. General Hospital, in New Orleans, August 18 until October 5, 1863, when he was released to continue ambulance service there. On May 25, 1864, he was transferred to serve as ambulance driver out of U. S. A. General Hospital, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He again became ill, and was a patient in this hospital from May 28 through July 22, 1864.
Upon his release, he was granted a 60 day recuperative furlough by the Surgeon General, and returned home to his wife and family in Jackson County, Indiana, for that period of time. His wife, Mariam, was evidently pregnant when he first left for the Army, as 9 months later, on May 12, 1863, their second child, a daughter, Mary Adaline Crane, was born. She was 14 months old when he came home in July of 1884.
He returned to his unit in September and on October 28, 1864, he was assigned as Service Guard at Post Commissary, Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was admitted as a patient in Pherson U. S. A. General Hospital, Vicksburg, Mississippi, on November 22, 1864, and remained a patient through April 1865.
He was mustered out at Vicksburg with an honorable discharge on May 31, 1865. He was paid $25.00 a month while in service, $10.00 for transportation home on furlough in the fall of 1864, and a $28.00 clothing allowance, in addition to the transportation money listed earlier. The nature of his sicknesses were never mentioned in any of his records, and his name was not on any of the Army's admittedly incomplete hospital records. This omission and incomplete records were a major cause in the delay, in later years, of the granting of his Disability Pension.
John returned to Jennings County, near Hardenburg, Indiana, to his wife and two youngsters. Clara (spelled "Clarah" by her father) Belle Crane was born there on April 20, 1866, eleven months after John's discharge. That summer, month unknown, while Clara was only a few months old, John, with his wife, Mariam; his son, Julian Albert (age 4); daughter, Mary Adaline (age 3) and infant, Clara Belle, moved to Riley County, Kansas, in a covered wagon. It is thought that several other relatives traveled with them, among them, perhaps Mariam's Uncle Levi Morris, wife, Jerusha, and daughter, Minerva. Records show that Levi Morris died April 8, 1872, in Riley County, Kansas. We have an affidavit dated December 15, 1888, signed by a Hester A. Miller, age 44, of Clifton, Washington County, Kansas, who says she is a sister of John Meeker Crane. She would have been four years younger than John. She would have been 22 when John came to Kansas. Hester married John Conrad Miller in Baldwin Creek, Kansas.
John and Mariam settled first on Mill Creek, near Milford, Riley County, Kansas, but in a short time they moved near Randolph, Kansas. A few years later, they moved 8 or 9 miles north- west of Randolph, on Walnut Creek.
Life was very hard for Mariam Elizabeth Morris Crane, and for her babies in Kansas. Little Mary Adaline Crane died October 18, 1866, probably in Riley County, Kansas. She would have been 3 1/2 years old. Hulda Jane Crane was born January 2, 1868, and died February 18, 1868, at age one month, 16 days.
Ida Elmina Crane was born December 26, 1868. She grew to womanhood and married Lou Worth. They had three children - Ross, Bessie and Lee. Ida and Lou were later divorced. Ida died December 11, 1950, in Longmont, Colorado, and is buried there. She was 81, lacking 15 days of being 82, when she died.
Florence Minerva Crane was born August 14, 1870, and died August 28, 1871, at the age of one year, 14 days. Morris Nelson Crane was born December 30, 1871, and died Sep- tember 12, 1891, just 3 months, 18 days short of his 20th birthday. He was probably living in Milford, Kansas, when he died. We don't know the cause of his death, but we do know that Francis Lincoln Seley, husband of Clara Belle Crane Seley, paid some of the bills for his medicine and doctor's care. His doctor was Dr. J. D. McDonald, who was also a druggist. Francis paid $5.00 on September 16, 1891, four days after Morris's death, but a balance of $3.35 was still owing on May 1, 1892 - $1.05 was paid soon after that, leaving a balance due of $2.30, with no record found as to when that was paid. Morris Nelson Crane is buried in Milford Cemetery, Riley County, Kansas.
Bruce Armeda Crane was born April 31, 1873, and died September 29, 1874, living just one year, four months and 29 days. Cora Etta Crane was born February 4, 1875. She grew to womanhood and married Ed Wiley. She was living in Elgin, Kansas, in 1918.
Victor Lawrence Crane was born January 20, 1877. (This article incorrectly listed his daughters as Effie and Bertha - they were Julian Albert's daughters.)
Rose Annetta Crane was born January 16, 1879. She married Ned Sager, March 2, 1895. They had five children - Loyd, Bert, Fred, Gerald and Mildred. They spent most of their married life in or near Vining, Kansas. Ned died in 1942 and Rose lived with her son, Fred, in Vining until her death February 19, 1964, at the age of 85 years, one month, and three days. She is buried in Vining Cemetery.
The twelfth child, Dora Elizabeth Crane was born November 20, 1880, on Walnut Creek, west of Randolph, in Riley County, Kansas, where all but the first three or four children were born. Dora married Ed Osborne. They had five children - twins Edna and Earl, Leta, Ruth and Arthur. Dora and Ed are buried in Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
Going back to the children born in Indiana, we know that Julian Albert Crane married Johannah (Hanna) Lindquist in Leonardville, Kansas. They had nine children, Edward William, Junia Bertha, Effie Elima, Albert Theodore Lester, Morrel Morris, Hanna Agnes Adelia, Manfred Julian, Violet Marie and Dorothy Eva. Johannah died in Riley, Kansas, on July 28, 1907, of cholera, leaving Julian with 9 children to finish raising. By 1918 he and the remaining children moved to Ada, Oklahoma. At some time after 1921 he moved back to Kansas and died in Larned, Kansas, in 1938.
Clara Belle Crane, the third child, attended the Baptist Church near their farm with her family. She was baptized by the Reverend Charley Erickson, pastor of the Baptist Church on Walnut Creek, in or near Randolph, Kansas, in December 1879 at the age of 13. She attended the Nickleson School on Walnut Creek, and was presented a "Reward of Merit", on March 20, 1884, by her teacher, C. G. Surngle. She lacked one month of being 18 at that time.
John Meeker Crane sold the farm on Walnut Creek in 1885 and moved to near Bala, Kansas. Clara writes, "I was married to Francis L. Seley, October 17, 1886, at my father's home near Bala, Kansas, by Reverend Sheer." Clara and Frank had nine children, Grace Edith, Alva Lewis, Merrel Beecher, George Meeker, Flossie M., Iva Ruth, Francis Belle, Millie May, and Myrtle E.
John first applied for a pension for his Civil War injuries (tender feet) on November 2, 1888, while still living near Bala, Kansas. His sister, Hester A. (Crane) Miller, who lived in Clifton, Kansas, wrote in an affidavit dated December 15, 1888, that she knew he was suffering from "disease of the feet" when he was discharged and came home from the Army in 1865.
Julian Albert Crane, John's oldest son, wrote in an affidavit dated December 21, 1888, also stating that his father suffered from "disease of the feet, since his discharge, May 31, 1865, until the present date, and that at the time he entered the service he was a perfectly sound man, especially as to his feet." Julian was 28 at the time he wrote this and he was a resident of Bala, Kansas.
John made another request for a pension on July 29, 1890, while still at Bala. He and Miriam moved to near Vining, Washington County, Kansas, sometime around March 1, 1891. We have a copy of an affidavit, written by Dr. H. E. Potter, in April 1893. By Dr. Potter's statements, John was a very sick man from 1891 to 1893, with a series of respiratory illnesses - la grippe, pneumonia, pleurisy, influenza, chronic bronchitis, post-nasal and pharyngeal catarrh, and a strong tendency to diabetes. He was 5' 10" tall when he entered the Army, and the doctor now describes him as "cadaverous appearing" (skin and bones thin), and totally disabled. His request for a pension still was not approved.
His wife, Miriam Elizabeth Morris Crane, died August 12, 1897, at Vining, Kansas, and was buried at Milford, Kansas. She was 55 years, 7 months and 4 days old when she died. John was 57 years old at that time and they had been married for 36 years.
John answered a Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions questionnaire on March 21, 1899, but still received no pension. On December 24, 1903, at age 63, John married Nancy Ellen Curtis, age 50, of Clay Center, Kansas, by Reverend Lydia S. Brock at Clay Center. Nancy was the daughter of Michael Morrisey and she was a nurse.
Nancy's first husband, W. Henry Curtis, was also a Civil War veteran who had died June 1, 1896. Nancy and Henry were married on April 13, 1870, and had been married 26 years at the time of his death. We do not know if she and Henry had children.
A Declaration for Pension notarized by J. R. Worth on August 21, 1915, states that John had a dark complexion, blue eyes and dark hair. His occupation was listed as a farmer. Finally, on November 4, 1915, (twenty seven years after he first applied) the Bureau of Pensions authorized a pension of $30.00 a month to commence as of March 3, 1915.
John died March 18, 1918, at his home in Vining, Kansas, at the age of 78 years and 15 days. He and Nancy had been married 14 years when he died. He had received his much deserved pension for only three years. Nancy applied for a widow's pension, with the help of friends and relatives, on April 30, 1918. Nancy Ellen Curtis Crane died May 20, 1932, at 80 years of age. She is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Clay Center, Kansas, with her first husband, W. Henry Curtis.
John is age 10, attending school and living with his mother, Manerva.
He is age 20 and living with his mother.
The 1895 Kansas State Census states that John was honorably discharged on 31 May 1865 after having served the state of Indiana, Company G, 67th Infantry.
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The 1895 Kansas State Census states that Mariam was born in North Carolina.
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J. A. Crane became a member of the Methodist Church on April 20, 1902, while he was living in Riley, Kansas. This Methodist Church was started by a Circuit Rider preacher who left Fort Riley and came north and angled east which came through Riley.
The following obituary appeared in a Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, newspaper in August, 1938:
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. O'Harro returned Thursday from Larned, Kansas, to which place they were called the week before by the sudden death of Mrs. O'Harro's father, J. A. Crane.
Mr. Crane suffered a stroke Saturday, August 13, and death followed within a few hours. Funeral services were held in Larned Sunday, August 14.
Mrs. O'Harro's sisters, Dr. and Mrs. James W. Stevens of Leonard, Texas, and Mrs. Dorothy Lindsey of Oklahoma City, accompanied them to Larned, returning earlier.
Enroute home Mr. and Mrs. O'Harro visited relatives in Clay Center and Junction City, Kansas, for several days.
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The following obituary and death notices appeared in the Daily Times-Call, Longmont, Colorado.
Mrs. Ida E. Worth, 81-year-old Longmont woman, died at 12:30 a.m. Monday, December 11, 1950, at her home, 331 Baker Street, after a seven-year illness. Her condition had been serious for the past two weeks.
Mrs. Worth was born in Randolph, Kansas, December 26, 1868. She came to Longmont from Kansas 27 years ago. She was a member of the Baptist Church in Kansas.
Surviving relatives are one son, Ross Worth, Longmont; one daughter, Mrs. Bessie E. Gwartney, Mound Valley, Kansas; two sisters, Mrs. Clara Seley, Junction City, Kansas; and Mrs. Rose Seger, Vining, Kansas; four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Her husband, Lewis C. Worth, died in 1944. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Daily Times - Call, December 13, 1950
Mrs. Ida E. Worth, 81, died in Longmont December 11, 1950. Survived by one son, one daughter, two sisters, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at Lewellen Funeral Home Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. Reverend Ralph N. Rowe will officiate. Interment in Mountain View.
Daily Times - Call, December 14, 1950
Services for Mrs. Ida E. Worth, who died Monday following an illness of several years, were held at Lewellen Funeral home Wednesday afternoon.
Reverend Ralph N. Rowe officiated and Mrs. Dupree Vaughn, accompanied by Larry Osborn, sang "Old Rugged Cross" and "Abide With Me".
Serving as bearers were William Nickell, Vane Golden, Frank Tonkinson and Lance Newby. Concluding services were held in Mountain View Cemetery.
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Victor left his heirs land and the cabin where he lived near Boulder, Colorado. It is believed that this cabin was given to Victor by the Governor of Colorado. As of July 2000 this cabin is still being used by those heirs.
Victor and Effie May were separated at the time of his death.
Victor was buried beside his oldest son, Charles.
Victor's sister, Ida Elmina (Mrs. Lou Worth lived in Longmont and died there in 1950.)
Victor is living with his brother-in-law, Gilbert E. Sager, and doing farm labor as a hired hand. At this time he is age 34 and unmarried.
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The records of August 17, 1793, reveal that Jacob and Dempsey, sons of Benjamin, were orphans. Dempsey would have been about 12 years old. They were received in membership in the Friend's Church at the Perquimans Monthly Meeting. Dempsey, Jemima and their five children requested certificates from Suttons Creek Monthly Meeting House to Wayne County, Whitewater Community, Indiana, on August 8, 1812.
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On December 5, 1753, Peter and his wife produced certificates from the Monthly Meeting in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, to North Carolina. Peter requested a certificate to transfer to Whitewater Monthly Meeting, in Wayne County, Indiana, on August 8, 1812.
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August 17, 1793, records reveal that Jacob and Dempsey, sons of Benjamin, were orphans - Jacob would have been about 17 years old. They were received in membership in the Friend's Church, at the Perquimans MM. Jacob was chosen overseer of the poor in his church July 18, 1807. March 19, 1814, he moved to Harrison County, Lick Creek Community, Indiana.
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