John Fletcher Crane (1839 - 1907)

Born 5 Feb 1839 in Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States

Died 21 Nov 1907 at age 68 in Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Private John Crane served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 14 Aug 1862
Mustered out: 12 Jun 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 103rd Ohio Infantry, Company A

John was born in 1839. John married Helen Elida Fairchild in 1862. John enlisted in Company A of the 103rd OVI on 14 Aug 1862 as a Private. He mustered out with the company on 12 Jun 1865. John was a Laborer in Ohio and later a a Farmer and Minister in Michigan. He passed away in 1907.

103rd OVI Memorial Foundation

The 103rd O.V.I. is a private organization whose members are all direct descendants of the veterans of the 103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. We are always discovering new members; if you believe that you might be a member please contact us. We will check our records; if you are a descendant you are welcome to join us for the entire week of our annual reunion. [1]

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135356799/john_f-crane: accessed June 11, 2024), memorial page for John F. Crane (5 Feb 1839–21 Nov 1907), Find a Grave Memorial ID 135356799, citing Pine Grove Cemetery, Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by William Stark (contributor 46521610).

• The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: M653_954; Page: 102; Family History Library Film: 803954

• Year: 1870; Census Place: Middleburgh, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: M593_1193; Page: 431B

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Evangeline, Charlevoix, Michigan; Roll: 576; Page: 39c; Enumeration District: 055

• The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Series Number: M123; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Record Group Number: 15; Census Year: 1890

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Kasson, Leelanau, Michigan; Roll: 724; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0022

• Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Death Records

• National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, DC; U.S. Federal Census Non-population Schedules, Michigan, 1850-1880; NAID: 2791276; Record Group Number: 29; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007