When Orville A. Craine was born on 22 October 1846, in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, his father, Orville S. Crain, was 24 and his mother, Hulda Wood, was 16. He married Lizzie Mc Gifford on 30 March 1867, in Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Ohio, United States in 1909. He died on 14 February 1909, in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States.
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The Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad started running in February 1851, 15 years after it was charted for construction. It later absorbed a small bankrupt railroad in 1861 to help expand its services beyond just Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. In May 1868, the railroad merged with the Bellefontaine Railway to connect the current cities with Indianapolis.
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Manx: shortened form of Gaelic Mac (Giolla) Ciaráin ‘son of (the devotee of) Ciarán’, a personal name based on a diminutive of Gaelic ciar, Manx keeir ‘black’. The place Ballacraine on the Isle of Man means ‘Craine's farm’.
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