Amza Crane
Date of death: 3-5-1862
Date of Birth: 1791 [sic]
Bloomfield Cemetery, Lot #17, Section #14, Grave #1 Fr. N. on W.
Service suspected: bronze 1812 F.H.
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[Extracted from the bio on his son, Elbert Crane.]
Memorial and Biographical Record of Delaware, Union and Morrow Counties, Ohio, 1895, p154-ff:
ELBERT CRANE, of Porter township, Delaware county, was born in Putnam county, New York, April 27, 1830. His father, Amza Crane, was born in Connecticut, a son of Zebulon Crane, a native of England, and a soldier in the war of 1812. The mother of our subject was formerly Adilla Hopkins, a native of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and a member of an old family of that place. In 1831 Mr and Mrs Amza Crane left New York for Bennington township, then Delaware county, but now Morrow county, where the mother died. The father died at the age of seventy-two years. He was a blacksmith and farmer by occupation, and was identified with the Democratic party. Mrs Crane was a member of the Baptist Church. They were the parents of eight [sic] children, viz.: Mary Ann, Alson B., George W., Albacinda, Sarah, Zebulon, Elizabeth and Rebecca Jane. Two of the sons, Alson and George W., were soldiers in the late war, the former a member of an Illinois regiment, and the latter of a Michigan regiment. Two sons of George W. also took part in that struggle.
Amza Crane
Date of death: 3-5-1862
Date of Birth: 1791 [sic]
Bloomfield Cemetery, Lot #17, Section #14, Grave #1 Fr. N. on W.
Service suspected: bronze 1812 F.H.
++++++++++++
[Extracted from the bio on his son, Elbert Crane.]
Memorial and Biographical Record of Delaware, Union and Morrow Counties, Ohio, 1895, p154-ff:
ELBERT CRANE, of Porter township, Delaware county, was born in Putnam county, New York, April 27, 1830. His father, Amza Crane, was born in Connecticut, a son of Zebulon Crane, a native of England, and a soldier in the war of 1812. The mother of our subject was formerly Adilla Hopkins, a native of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and a member of an old family of that place. In 1831 Mr and Mrs Amza Crane left New York for Bennington township, then Delaware county, but now Morrow county, where the mother died. The father died at the age of seventy-two years. He was a blacksmith and farmer by occupation, and was identified with the Democratic party. Mrs Crane was a member of the Baptist Church. They were the parents of eight [sic] children, viz.: Mary Ann, Alson B., George W., Albacinda, Sarah, Zebulon, Elizabeth and Rebecca Jane. Two of the sons, Alson and George W., were soldiers in the late war, the former a member of an Illinois regiment, and the latter of a Michigan regiment. Two sons of George W. also took part in that struggle.
Inscription
AMZA CRANE
DIED
Mar. 5, 1862
Aged
72ys 4mo 28ds
Family Members
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