Joseph Warren Crane

Joseph married Olive Chatfield on 11 Dec 1836 in Sharon Twp, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western Historical Company, 1883.

This gentleman is the son of Joseph W. and Olive (Chatfield) Crane, and was born in Medina County, Ohio, May 15, 1840. His father emigrated from Massachusetts to Ohio about the year of 1820, and settled in Sharon township of said county. His mother was a native of New York, but married in Ohio. They had nine children, viz.: Tryphena C., Warren C., Corydon G., Mary, Charles A., Martha, Henry L., Willis G., and Etta M., all of whom are living save Corydon, who died in 1862 in Ohio, aged eighteen. Tryphena C. is the wife of J. F. G. Bentley, the leading merchant and banker of Ash Grove; Charles A. is engaged in the lumber business at same place; Willis G. is a harness-maker at same place; Etta M. is the wife of J. W. B. Appleby, cashier of the bank and salesman for J. F. G. Bentley. Warren C. Crane, the subject of this notice, lived in Ohio until 1854. He then engaged in the photographing business for two years. Then, with a cousin, he took a drove of five hundred sheep to Minnesota where he lived for about two years, when he came to Springfield, Missouri. He returned to Ohio, and with his brother, Charles A., brought out a drove of fifteen hundred sheep, being ninety days upon the road. After selling his sheep he went out to Chetopa, Kansas, and sold groceries for about a year. In 1870 he came to Ash Grove and sold goods for J. F. G. Bentley for nine years. In 1879 he embarked in business for himself at Ash Grove, selling furniture, agricultural implements, and sewing machines, in which he had no competition. He was married January 20, 1866, to Miss Lucy Wright, of Dade county, Mo. This union has been blest with one child, Mabel Olive,
born November 29, 1876. Mr. Crane is regarded as one of Ash Grove's most enterprising business men, and a thorough gentleman.

Family/Spouse: Thomas G. Briggs. Thomas (son of Daniel Gregg Briggs and Rhoda Ann Pratt) was born on 02 Apr 1841 in Sharon Twp, Medina County, Ohio; died on 16 Jun 1914 in Sharon Twp, Medina County, Ohio; was buried in Sharon Center Cemetery, Sharon, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]