Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Crane, Thaddeus P 1829 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

Thaddeus P. Crane, farmer, P. O. Gardner, was born in Middlebury, Vt., 
September 9, 1829, son of Mahlon and Abigail (Reed) Crane, he a native of New 
York, born January 3, 1794; is a farmer, living in Grundy County; she a native 
of Vermont, died in November 1873, aged about seventy years. They were the 
parents of nine children, of whom our subject was the fifth child. When two 
years of age, he, with his parents, removed to New York State, where he was 
educated in the common schools. In 1862, he came West, locating in Grundy 
County, where he engaged in farming. In the fall of 1864, he removed to his 
present place of residence; his first purchase consisted of forty acres of 
unimproved land, to which he has added until now he has 200 acres, all under a 
state of cultivation that stamps Mr. Crane as a first-class, practical farmer; 
his buildings and general surroundings betoken neatness and thrift. He makes 
no specialties in farming, but grows the usual crops and handles some stock. 
June 12, 1855, in Steuben County, N. Y., he married Phebe Thompson, born in 
New York State November 16, 1831, a daughter of Robert and Dolly (Skinner) 
Thompson, natives of Connecticut, both deceased. This union resulted in five 
children, viz., Fred, Nellie, Harry, Frank and Charles, the last two deceased. 
Mr. Crane is something of a traveler, having spent three years in that 
pleasant recreation in South America. During one term of three years, he held 
the office of County Commissioner of Grundy County. He is a member of the A., 
F. & A. M. at Gardner.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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