Brief Life History of William H.
When William H. Crain was born on 29 September 1850, in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Joseph Crain, was 26 and his mother, Catherine Ramage, was 25. He married Sarah Josephine Sealls on 6 April 1890, in Olin, Jones, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Jackson Township, Jones, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Jones, Iowa, United States in 1895. He died on 5 April 1919, in Rome Township, Jones, Iowa, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Olin Cemetery, Olin, Jones, Iowa, United States.
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- Wm. Crane, "United States Census, 1880"
- W H Crain, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- William H Crane, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
Manx: variant of Craine .
English: variant of Crane .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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