1826 - 1922

 

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 18^th 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

Contributors:

Ken Wood, Marla Zwakman and Clark Co., Wis. History Buffs.

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