Carrie was born to Edward Crane b.1799 and Elizabeth C Dial b. 1829, near Greensburg PO., Greene Twp.Trumbull Co. OH. Carrie and her brother William Porter Crain, came to Kansas with their mother to homestead, in about 1878.
Carrie Belle Crane and Andrew Brown were married Jan. 4, 1880 at Igo, KS, in Greenfield Twp, Rooks Co. at her mother Elizabeth C (Dial) Crane Geddis, home. They lived on Andrew's homestead in Medicine Twp, Rooks Co, near Woodston, KS. Her mother moved in with them soon, leaving her homestead in Greenfield twp. with her son William Porter Crain to complete proving up on it. William later spelled his name Crain.
Carrie and Andrew had 5 living sons, Charles William, Chalmer Clarence, Alfred Franklin, Calvin and Albert Edward. Two more boys were born, but died as infants. Carrie was a loving mother, homemaker and a Christian, joining the Methodist church, in about 1906 and later transferred her membership to the Chalk Mound, Friends Church. After breakfast each morning she read a chapter of the bible out loud, any of the family that wished, could stay and listen.
Her prize possession was her beautiful pump organ. She had saved up money to buy the organ, but her husband was very angry and refused to haul it home. She got a neighbor to haul it for her. She enjoyed singing folk songs, piecing quilts, crocheting rag rugs and having the neighbors over for a freezer of home made ice cream. Carrie had house plants, raised a garden from which she get lettuce to make wilted lettuce that she loved. She raised chickens and turkeys and had a big orchard from which she dried peaches and apples. Carrie also had bee hives for honey. She always carried water from the creek for her household use, as she never had running water in her house. She sewed all her clothes by hand and pieced her quilts the same way as she never had a sewing machine.
She was a loving and kind person, that had a hard life due to her husband, Andy. She was a loving grandmother and during the depression when she could not afford to buy gifts, she would send a gunny sack of black walnuts by train to her son Albert Brown in Yuma, Co. We then made wonderful fudge and divinity with them.
Carrie Belle Crane and Andrew Brown were married Jan. 4, 1880 at Igo, KS, in Greenfield Twp, Rooks Co. at her mother Elizabeth C (Dial) Crane Geddis, home. They lived on Andrew's homestead in Medicine Twp, Rooks Co, near Woodston, KS. Her mother moved in with them soon, leaving her homestead in Greenfield twp. with her son William Porter Crain to complete proving up on it. William later spelled his name Crain.
Carrie and Andrew had 5 living sons, Charles William, Chalmer Clarence, Alfred Franklin, Calvin and Albert Edward. Two more boys were born, but died as infants. Carrie was a loving mother, homemaker and a Christian, joining the Methodist church, in about 1906 and later transferred her membership to the Chalk Mound, Friends Church. After breakfast each morning she read a chapter of the bible out loud, any of the family that wished, could stay and listen.
Her prize possession was her beautiful pump organ. She had saved up money to buy the organ, but her husband was very angry and refused to haul it home. She got a neighbor to haul it for her. She enjoyed singing folk songs, piecing quilts, crocheting rag rugs and having the neighbors over for a freezer of home made ice cream. Carrie had house plants, raised a garden from which she get lettuce to make wilted lettuce that she loved. She raised chickens and turkeys and had a big orchard from which she dried peaches and apples. Carrie also had bee hives for honey. She always carried water from the creek for her household use, as she never had running water in her house. She sewed all her clothes by hand and pieced her quilts the same way as she never had a sewing machine.
She was a loving and kind person, that had a hard life due to her husband, Andy. She was a loving grandmother and during the depression when she could not afford to buy gifts, she would send a gunny sack of black walnuts by train to her son Albert Brown in Yuma, Co. We then made wonderful fudge and divinity with them.
Carrie was born to Edward Crane b.1799 and Elizabeth C Dial b. 1829, near Greensburg PO., Greene Twp.Trumbull Co. OH. Carrie and her brother William Porter Crain, came to Kansas with their mother to homestead, in about 1878.
Carrie Belle Crane and Andrew Brown were married Jan. 4, 1880 at Igo, KS, in Greenfield Twp, Rooks Co. at her mother Elizabeth C (Dial) Crane Geddis, home. They lived on Andrew's homestead in Medicine Twp, Rooks Co, near Woodston, KS. Her mother moved in with them soon, leaving her homestead in Greenfield twp. with her son William Porter Crain to complete proving up on it. William later spelled his name Crain.
Carrie and Andrew had 5 living sons, Charles William, Chalmer Clarence, Alfred Franklin, Calvin and Albert Edward. Two more boys were born, but died as infants. Carrie was a loving mother, homemaker and a Christian, joining the Methodist church, in about 1906 and later transferred her membership to the Chalk Mound, Friends Church. After breakfast each morning she read a chapter of the bible out loud, any of the family that wished, could stay and listen.
Her prize possession was her beautiful pump organ. She had saved up money to buy the organ, but her husband was very angry and refused to haul it home. She got a neighbor to haul it for her. She enjoyed singing folk songs, piecing quilts, crocheting rag rugs and having the neighbors over for a freezer of home made ice cream. Carrie had house plants, raised a garden from which she get lettuce to make wilted lettuce that she loved. She raised chickens and turkeys and had a big orchard from which she dried peaches and apples. Carrie also had bee hives for honey. She always carried water from the creek for her household use, as she never had running water in her house. She sewed all her clothes by hand and pieced her quilts the same way as she never had a sewing machine.
She was a loving and kind person, that had a hard life due to her husband, Andy. She was a loving grandmother and during the depression when she could not afford to buy gifts, she would send a gunny sack of black walnuts by train to her son Albert Brown in Yuma, Co. We then made wonderful fudge and divinity with them.
Carrie Belle Crane and Andrew Brown were married Jan. 4, 1880 at Igo, KS, in Greenfield Twp, Rooks Co. at her mother Elizabeth C (Dial) Crane Geddis, home. They lived on Andrew's homestead in Medicine Twp, Rooks Co, near Woodston, KS. Her mother moved in with them soon, leaving her homestead in Greenfield twp. with her son William Porter Crain to complete proving up on it. William later spelled his name Crain.
Carrie and Andrew had 5 living sons, Charles William, Chalmer Clarence, Alfred Franklin, Calvin and Albert Edward. Two more boys were born, but died as infants. Carrie was a loving mother, homemaker and a Christian, joining the Methodist church, in about 1906 and later transferred her membership to the Chalk Mound, Friends Church. After breakfast each morning she read a chapter of the bible out loud, any of the family that wished, could stay and listen.
Her prize possession was her beautiful pump organ. She had saved up money to buy the organ, but her husband was very angry and refused to haul it home. She got a neighbor to haul it for her. She enjoyed singing folk songs, piecing quilts, crocheting rag rugs and having the neighbors over for a freezer of home made ice cream. Carrie had house plants, raised a garden from which she get lettuce to make wilted lettuce that she loved. She raised chickens and turkeys and had a big orchard from which she dried peaches and apples. Carrie also had bee hives for honey. She always carried water from the creek for her household use, as she never had running water in her house. She sewed all her clothes by hand and pieced her quilts the same way as she never had a sewing machine.
She was a loving and kind person, that had a hard life due to her husband, Andy. She was a loving grandmother and during the depression when she could not afford to buy gifts, she would send a gunny sack of black walnuts by train to her son Albert Brown in Yuma, Co. We then made wonderful fudge and divinity with them.
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