1826 - 1922
Jesse Crane is also featured in the book, "Civil
War Soldiers in the heart of Clark Co., Wisconsin."
Jesse C. Crane was
born April 12, 1826 in Pennsylvania. His parents were Calvin and
Jemima (Quick) Crane who were both natives of New York. Jesse was the
seventh child of twelve. His siblings were: Joseph, b. 9 Mar. 1812;
Phebe Ann, b. 20 Mar. 1814; Catherine M., b. 26 Nov. 1816; Harriet A., b. 21
Oct, 1818; Oliver H., b. 1 Sept., 1821; Asa, b. 2 Feb., 1823; Martha Ann, b.
27 Aug., 1829; Abigail Caroline, b. 28 July, 1832 in Milford, Pikes Co.,
Pennsylvania; Manning Force, b. 27 Jan., 1835 and Abram J. Quick, b. 1833 (a
nephew of Jemima whose parents were James W. and Sarah Jane (Westfall) Quick
also resided with this family). Calvin and Jemima were married in
Hanover Neck, Morris County, New Jersey, on November 16, 1810. Calvin
died in 1870 in Shohola Township, Pike Township, Pennsylvania and was buried
in the Handsome Eddy Cemetery, Shohola, Pike, Pennsylvania.
He enlisted with Co. "B" of
the 179th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Infantry on October 16, 1862 serving as a
Private
and was discharged July 27, 1863. He died at his home October 2,
1922 and is buried
in the Greenwood, Wisconsin City Cemetery. His niece, Mrs. John Arends of Greenwood, WI
was listed as his next of kin on his grave registration.
Jesse married Mrs. Mary H. Pounder (widow of
Thomas Pounder/Pownder), nee Fitch, in Clark County on the 18th
of November in 1880. She had seven children from a previous marriage to
Thomas Pounder. Mary died April 4, 1902.
Mr. Crane ran for office in the village of Greenwood in 1891, but did not
get elected and he was a member of the GAR. He attended the reunion of the
Clark County Civil War soldiers held in Neillsville in June, 1903. On
January 27, 1906, he was elected as a post officer, surgeon, of the John A.
Eaton Post No. 213 in Greenwood. In 1918 he was listed as a Red Cross
member.
Both Jesse and his wife,
Mary, are buried in the Greenwood, Wisconsin City Cemetery.
Census Information
|
1880 Federal Census--Township 118, Codington,
Dakota Territory |
|
Name |
Relation |
Marital Status |
Gender |
Race |
Age |
Nativity |
Occupation |
Father's Nativity |
Mother's Nativity |
|
Jesse
Crane |
Self |
S |
Male |
W |
53 |
Pennsylvania |
Farmer |
New York |
New York |
*Oliver H. P. Crane (brother) and his family was also found on this census
for Codington, Dakota Territory.
|
1900 U. S. Federal Census - Eaton, Clark County, Wisconsin |
|
Name |
Relation |
Sex |
Race |
Age |
Marital Status |
Birth Place |
Father Birth Place |
Mother Birth Place |
Occupation |
|
Crane, Jesse |
head |
m |
w |
74 |
m |
Pennsylvania |
New York |
New York |
|
|
Crane, Mary H. |
wife |
f |
w |
71 |
m |
Canada |
Vermont |
Canada |
|
Military Record
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Jesse C. Crane Co. B 179th Penn Inf
Applied for pension 1889 Aug 9 App # 721444 Certif. # 533933
Died Oct 21 1922 Greenwood WI
