Ida-Jones County IA Archives Biographies.....Crane, Wm. 1841 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1893)

WM. CRANE, one of the well-known citizens of Corwin township, Ida Grove post
office, has been a resident of Ida county since 1884, when he settled here, he
was born on the Isle of Man, May 16, 1841, son of William and Catherine
(Faragher) Crane, the latter being one of the original Manx folks family, using
something like the gaelic language, the parents were both born on the Isle of
Man, and the father was a blacksmith, and soldier in the British army for three
or four years, he died of cholera at the age of thirty-three, leaving two
children, William, our subject, and Thomas Crane, of Battle Creek. The mother of
our subject died at the age of thirty-two, of dropsy. Our subject was reared on
the Isle of Man, living in a sod house, thatched with straw, earth forming the
floor. He was used to farm life, learning all that was necessary in that line,
and receiving his education at the schools of the island. After reaching
maturity, Mr. Crane removed to Jones county, Iowa, where he remained for thirty
years, pursuing his life work of farming. Upon his arrival in Ida county, in
1884 he settled upon the Harring farm, but in 1892 bought his present farm of
160 acres of James Taylor, and since purchasing the land Mr. Crane has continued
the improvement of the place, upon this farm is a comfortable farm cottage 14 x
30 feet. When Mr. Crane reached the age of twenty-one he took unto himself a
wife in the person of Miss Margaret Bolt, born in the Isle of Man, daughter of
James and Ann (Faragher) Bolt, her father being an Englishman, her mother a
native of the Isle of Man. Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Crane,
seven of whom are living as follows: Alice, wife of R. M. Jamison; John; Emily,
wife of F. W. Fletcher, of Garfield township; Henry; Lizzie, deceased, and Mary,
deceased; the next were twins, Elijah and Mate, Mate being deceased; then
Maggie, then Thomas. In politics Mr. Crane is a Republican and has served his
party in the position of member of the School Board. He and his wife are
consistent members of the Christian Church of Battle Creek, and Mr. Crane is a
Deacon. Mr. Crane is one of the well-known, highly respected and honored citizen
of Ida county and Corwin township. He is a man progressive in his views, liberal
and public-spirited in every cause tending to benefit the community in which he
resides.

Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF 
Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa.

Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with
accompanying Biographies; a Condensed History of Iowa, with Portraits and
Biographies of the Governors of the State; Engravings of Prominent Citizens of
the Counties, wth [sic] Personal Histories of many of the Early Settlers and
Leading Families.

"Biography is the only true history."—Emerson.

CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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