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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ William Bradford Crane
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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William Bradford Crane
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| LAST NAME: Crane
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FIRST NAME: William
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MIDDLE NAME: Bradford
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| BORN: 26 Apr 1835
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DIED: 20 Apr 1879
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BURIED: 21 Apr 1879
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OCCUPATION: Miner
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| BIRTH PLACE: Newark, New Jersey
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
1st MARRIAGE -Mary Louisa Williams in Missouri.
[They had a daughter Mary Louisa]
2nd MARRIAGE - Alice Jane (Allie) McCully on 8 Dec 1870
BIOGRAPHICAL (excerpted from article on father-n-law, Asa A. McCully):
"...William B. Crane, who was born in Newark, New Jersey, April 26, 1835. He came west during the war and located in Portland, but afterward went to Idaho, where he followed mining. Subsequently he became a resident of San Francisco, where he was agent for the New York Life Insurance Company, remaining there until his death, which occured in 1878, his remains being brought back to Salem, Oregon, for interment. On the 8th of December, 1871, in Portland, he wedded Alice M. McCully and they became the parents of three children, of whom Dr. Clarence Crane, of Boston, is the eldest. He married Miss Stella Howard and they have two children, Calista, and William. Dr. Crane is a graduate of the Boston University of Medicine and is surgeon in a hospital of that city. Ethel L. Crane became the wife of P. P. Dabney, of Portland, and they have a daughter, Alice M. William B. Crane, of Portland, married Lillian Lewis and they have two children, Walton B. and Ethel L. Linnie M. McCully, who was born in Oregon, was married at Salem, November 8, 1877, to Allen B. Crossman, of Portland, who was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, June 7, 1846."
Gaston, pp 85-87
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
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OBITUARY:
DIED -- On Sunday morning, April 20, 1879, at the residence of Hon. A. A. McCully, in this city, W. B. Crane, in the 44th year of his age. Deceased was a native of Newark, N. J., emigrated to West Virginia while quite young, thence to Pittsburgh, Pa., and after a short residence pushed for the west, and remained in St. Louis, Mo., about five years. He finally concluded to gratify a desire to visit the gold fields of the Pacific coast, and set out on the circuitous route by way of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers, arriving in Eastern Oregon in 1862. He first engaged in business as superintendent of the Auburn canal in Baker county, and from that date until his death he spent his time almost exclusively in some class of mining business; dividing it between Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and California fields. December 8th, 1870, he married Miss Allie, eldest daughter of A. A. McCully of Salem, and soon after settled in Oakland, Cal., where his family has since resided. After about two months illness in California, his physician advised a visit to friends in Oregon and cessation of active business; and when he arrived in this city, three weeks since, little did he or his friends think that he would so be called to his final rest. But the great governor of the universe, directing events under unchangeable laws, called him hence, and he peacefully obeyed the summons.
The funeral took place on Monday afternoon, Rev. Mr. Tower officiating. The remains were followed to the Odd Fellows' cemetery by a large concourse of relatives and friends.
Oregon Statesman 22 April 1879 8:1
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INSCRIPTION:
W. B. Crane
Born
Apr. 26, 1835
Died
Apr 20, 1879
[on West face of monument shared with Alice Crane, A. A. McCully, Hannah McCully, and Eula McCully]
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SOURCES:
LR
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IOOF Register of Burials
Saucy Survey & Photographs
Gaston, Joseph, Portland, Oregon: Its History and Builders; Vol. III, J. Clark Publishing Co., pp 85-87
OS 22 April 1879 8:1
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| LOT: 517
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SPACE: 2 SW
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.191'
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LATITUDE: W 123° 02.867'
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