Benjamin Franklin Crane

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Benjamin Crane was born July 18, 1864, joined the ME church in boyhood. Was married in the spring of 1886 (4/4/1886 per Vermillion County marrriage records, and her name was spelled Ammerman) to Anna Amerman, who deceased February 14, 1901. To this union was born seven children, Homer, Lyle, Raymond, Lillie, John, Carl and Sedric. He was remarried February 27, 1902 (2/22/1902 per Vermillion County marriage records) to Dollie Harrington, to them one child, Velma was born.

Benjamin Crane leaves three brothers, three sisters, his father, a wife, and eight children, seven of them are alone in this world. He said "leaving my family is the only hard thing, but then my neighbors are all good, and the Lord is good, and He, through my neighbors, will provide good homes. Dying is easy, I feel a personal presence is helping me. My way is clear, I am satisfied to die."

On the afternoon of December 28, the earthly home of this tabernacle was dissolved, and his spirit returned to the God who gave it.

The funeral was preached at his home at 2 pm Tuesday by Rev W.A. Mathews to a large congregation. Text: _____ the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is ______" He is buried at Helt's Prairie Cemetery.
Note: He was born and died in Helt Township
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The following is courtesy of Carolyn Schwab.
Newport Hoosier State
Indiana Newspaper - Vermillion County
26 Feb 1902
Marriage Licenses
Benjamin F. Crane, 37, and Dollie D. Harrington, 18.

Helt's Prairie
At the home of the Bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Harrington, last Saturday at 4 p.m. was solemnized the marriage of their daughter Dollie to Benji Crane of near Center, Reverend Dunlavy of Dana officiating. The bride is the fourth daughter of William Harrington and is well and favorably known around here. The groom is an honest and industrious citizen of middle age. He has a nice home and we wish them a life of happiness.

Vermillion County, IN Wills
Book 4, Page 60, 61

BENJAMIN CRANE, Clinton, Vermillion County, IN

1. Pay all my debts and funeral expenses.
2. I give to my wife DOLLIE D. CRANE $2000.
3. I give to KATIE EDWARDS $500.
4. I give the rest of my property to be equally divided among my children - HOMER H. CRANE, LYLE G. CRANE, LILLIE S. CRANE, RAYMOND L. CRANE, JOHN V. CRANE, CARL CRANE, CEDRIC B. CRANE, and VELMA N. CRANE - as they reach 21 years of age.
5. I nominate ELBERT E. HELT Executor, and ask that he be appointed Guardian of my children herein named.

Written December 4, 1903
Recorded January 12, 1904

Benjamin married Anna Frances Amerman on 4 Apr 1886 in , Vermillion County, Indiana, USA. Anna was born on 22 Nov 1866 in , Vermillion County, Indiana, USA; died on 14 Feb 1901 in , Vermillion County, Indiana, USA; was buried in Hillsdale, Vermillion County, Indiana, USA, Helts Prairie Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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6/22/1923 In Memoriam (Friday)
Homer Huston Crane, 36 years old, died at his home, 416 W. Avenue F, Thursday afternoon. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
6/23/1923 In Memoriam (Saturday)

Funeral services for Homer H. Crane, 36 years old, who died at 416 W. F street Thursday afternoon, will be held at the Hahn funeral home Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery.
(THE OKLAHOMAN)

Family/Spouse: Zula Belle Bradford. Zula was born in Apr 1889 in , Hendricks County, Indiana, USA; died in 1972; was buried in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA, Memorial Park Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Raised by his aunt and uncle James and Lucy Morrison after his parents died.

PVT US ARMY
World War I

From The History of a Kansas Community
Lexington 1884-1984

Lyle Garnet Crane, son of Benjamin Franklin Crane and wife Anna Frances Amerman, was born June 13, 1889 in Butler County, KS; died March 16, 1974 at the Kansas Soldiers Home, Fort Dodge, Ford County, KS; buried Fort Dodge Cemetery; married June 4, 1929 at Coldwater, Comanche County, KS to Mrs. May Dodson. May was born April 26, 1889 at Marston, New Madrid, MO; died July 14, 1977 at the Kansas Soldiers Home, Fort Dodge; buried Fort Dodge Cemetery; married July 18, 1916 in Arkansas to Herman Dodson (divorced); married second Lyle Garnet Crane. Lyle adopted May's son by her first marriage, Charles W. (Dodson) Crane born 1925.

Census records show that Lyle resided in the James and Lucy Morrison family in 1910 and 1915 and worked on their farm. In 1925 he is listed as a farmer in Lexington Township. In 1928 he was residing on the Henry Rogers place and continued to live there after he and May were married. They later resided for a time on the Charlie Pike farm south of the Coyote School. The subsequently resided at Newkirk, OK; Taloga, OK; and at Protection, KS. Besides engaging in farming, Lyle was a carpenter and minister. Based on his military service in WW I, Lyle and May were eventually admitted to the Kansas Soldiers Home at Fort Dodge, where they lived their remaining years.

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Lysle married May F. (Crane) on 4 Jun 1929 in Coldwater, Comanche County, Kansas, USA. May was born on 26 Apr 1889 in Marston, New Madrid County, Missouri, USA; died on 14 Jul 1977 in Fort Dodge, Ford County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Fort Dodge, Ford County, Kansas, USA, Kansas Veterans Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Clark County Clipper
September 25, 1947

Raymond Leslie Crane, 69, died Monday morning in the Ashland Hospital. He had been in failing health for 3 years. He was born October 8, 1891 at Terre Haute, IN, and married Estella Viola Fox April 5, 1914, near Ashland. He farmed near Sitka for some time, later drove a school bus and moved to Ashland in 1957.

Survivors are the widow of the home; 4 sons, Hubert and Cedric, both of Derby; Donald of Ashland; Charles Raymond of Anaheim, CA; 5 daughters, Mrs. R.B. Webb, Ashland; Mrs. Victor McIntyre, Albuquerque, NM; Mrs. R.B. Grimes, Houghton; Mrs. Glenn Rice, Cedarville; Mrs. Donald Cox, Beaver, OK; a brother Virgil, Ashland; brother Cedric, Des Plains, IL; brother Carl, Downers Grove, IL; a sister, Mrs. Lillie Strong, Scottsdale, AZ; 20 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.

Raymond married Estella Viola Fox on 5 Apr 1914 in Ashland, Clark County, Kansas, USA. Estella was born on 5 Oct 1892 in Lexington, Clark County, Kansas, USA; died on 12 Jan 1981 in Ashland, Clark County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Ashland, Clark County, Kansas, USA, Highland Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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J. Virgil Crane, long time farmer and ASCS Fieldman was taken at his home in Ashland by a heart attack on November 2, 1968. He was born February 18, 1896 in Clinton, IN, to Benjamin and Anna Crane. He was orphaned at the age of 5 by the death of both parents. He lived with a cousin in Indiana for a year, then moving to Tulia, TX to live with an uncle. He attended school there until the age of 16, when he moved to Clark County and worked for various farmers in the Lexington community.

Virgil served in the armed forces of the United States in World War I from 1917 to the end of the war. He returned to Clark County and resumed working on various farms.

May 5, 1922 he was united in marriage to Jennie May Valentine of the Lexington community. Here their 4 children were born, Ellen, Eula May, Irene, and Guy. Eula May preceded him in death in February 1929 at the age of 3.

In 1934 he accepted a position on the ASCS County Committee. In 1944 he became a State field representative serving 36 southwestern counties, working until his retirement in 1965.

In 1949 they purchased a home in Ashland.

Virgil was a member of the Lexington Methodist Church, the VFW and the American Legion. For the past 2 years, he was President of the Clark County Historical Society.

He leaves to mourn his death, his widow Jennie May; one son, Guy L. Crane of Manhattan; 2 daughters, Mrs. Marvin McPhail of Ashland and Mrs. David Unruh of Garden City; 15 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren; 3 brothers, Lysle of Protection, KS; Earl Crane of Dana, IN; and Cedric Crane of Des Plaines, IL; one sister, Mrs. Lillie Strong of Bartlesville, OK; many other relatives and a host of friends.

John married Jennie May Valentine on 5 May 1922 in Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, USA. Jennie was born on 5 Oct 1903 in Lexington, Clark County, Kansas, USA; died on 30 May 1975 in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Ashland, Clark County, Kansas, USA, Highland Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Elizabeth (Crane). Elizabeth was born about 1915 in , , Oklahoma, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Carmen C. Kelley. Carmen was born on 4 Aug 1915 in Bowie, Montague County, Texas, USA; died in 1967 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Charles married Anita Adeline Sanchez on 16 Apr 1939 in Santa Ana, Orange County, California, USA. Anita was born on 23 Dec 1919 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA; died in Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Victor Crawford McIntyre. Victor was born on 5 Jan 1918 in , , Kansas, USA; died on 19 Nov 2009 in Satanta, Haskell County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Coldwater, Comanche County, Kansas, USA, Crown Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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RUBY I. RICE, 88, of Cedar Vale, Kansas, passed away Friday morning, April 27, 2012 at Pleasant Valley Nursing Center in Sedan, Kansas. Born on February 11, 1924 in Sitka, Kansas, she was the daughter of Raymond and Estella (Fox) Crane.

She was raised and received her early education in Sitka and later Ashland, Kansas where she graduated from Ashland High School in 1942. She worked at the Ashcraft Pharmacy in Ashland during high school. She was united in marriage to Glen Rice on January 4, 1946 in Pratt, Kansas. The couple made their first home in Ashland. They later moved to rural Dexter, Kansas where the couple ranched. Ruby was a dedicated homemaker. They resided in Cedar Vale, Kansas until 1964 when they moved to Winfield.
Mr. Rice preceded her in death in February of 1995. Ruby resided at the Dexter Care Center until its closing when she moved to the Pleasant Valley Nursing Center. She was a member of the Walnut Valley Quilt Guild and enjoyed teaching stained glass. Ruby was an avid walker and like to cook, quilt and all kinds of handiwork.

Her family includes: Her son-in-law: Mike Young of Cedar Vale, KS; Her brother: Hubert Crane of Ashland, KS; Her sisters: Anna Mae Webb of Ashland, KS; and Shirley Cox and husband Donald of Ashland, KS; Her grandchildren: Lorri Pontious and husband John, and Michael Young; and her 4 great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by her daughter, Sydnia Young; her brothers, Charles, Glenn, Cedric and Donald; and her sisters, Mildred Grimes and Daisy McIntyre.

Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M, Monday, April 30, 2012 at the Ozro Cemetery east of Cedar Vale. A memorial has been established in Rubys name for Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Coffeyville. Contributions may be made through Miles Funeral Service in Winfield.

Ruby married Glenn Rice on 4 Jan 1946 in Pratt, Pratt County, Kansas, USA. Glenn died in Feb 1955. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Clark County Clipper
August 22, 1929

Clark County Child Killed in Great Bend
A tragedy that brought sorrow to a number of homes in Clark County occurred in Great Bend last Sunday when Eula May Crane, 3 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.V. Crane of the Lexington neighborhood was run over by an automobile, and so severely injured that she died within an hour after she had been hit by the car. Mr. and Mrs. Crane and their 2 daughters, Ellen and Eula May had gone to Great Bend to visit relatives. She leaves her parents, one sister, Ellen, her grandparents, 4 great-grandparents, and other relatives and friends to mourn her loss.

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