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uated at the University of the city of "New York in 1851 as English salutatorian, and from the Union theological seminarj- in 1855. He was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry and was pastor at Rockland Lake, N.Y., 1855-57; at St. Augustine, Fla., 1857-59; at Palatka, Fla., 1859-61; and missionary in various parts of Florida, 1861-65. He was professor of Latin, of logic and of rhetoric in the Western university of Pennsylvania, 1865-82, when his health obliged him to resign. He afterward preached at Cali- fornia, Pa., 1884-85 ; was U.S. consul at Stuttgart, Germany, 1887-90, and at Hanover, 1893-97. The University of the city of New York conferred on him the degree of A.M in 1854.

CRANE, Jonathan Townley, clergyman, was born in Connecticut Farms, N.J., June 18, 1819. He was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1843; joined the Methodist Episcopal confer- ence in 1845 ; preached at Hope in 1846 ; at Belvi- dere in 1857, and at Orange, 1858-59. He was president of the Conference seminary at Pen- nington, N.J., 1859-68, and in the latter year was appointed to Trinity church, Jersey City. He was presiding elder of the Newark district, 1868- 72, and a delegate to the general conferences of 1860, 1864, 1868 and 1872. The College of New Jersey conferred on him the degree of A.M. in 1847 and Dickinson college gave him the degree of D.D. in 1856. He published Essay on Dancing (1848) ; The Eight Way, or Practical Lectures on the Decalogue (1853) ; Pojmlar Amusements (1869) ; Arts of Intoxication (1870); Holiness the Birthright of all God's Children (1874) ; and Methodism audits Methods (1875). He died in Port Jervis, N.Y., Feb. 16, 1880.

CRANE, Joseph Halsey, representative, was born in Elizabethtown, N.J., Aug. 31, 1782. He removed to Dayton, Ohio, where, under the old con.stitution, he was president judge of the court of common jjleas for manjr years. He repre- sented Ohio as a Whig in tire 21st, 22d, 23d and 24th congresses, 1829-37. His son, William Elliott Crane (born in 1814, died in 1836), was graduated at Miami university in 1832 and prac- tised law in Dayton, Ohio. Another son, Joseph Graham Crane, was for one term probate judge of Montgomery county, Ohio ; entered the Union army, became colonel, and while acting as pro- vost marshal of Vicksburg or Yazoo City, Miss., was assassinated by Colonel Yerger. Joseph H. Crane died in Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 12, 1852.

CRANE, Joshua Eddy, legislator, was born in Berkley, Mass. , July 9, 1823 ; son of Barzillai and Lydia (Eddy) Crane. He was educated in his native town, was afterward a clerk in a com- mission bouse in New York city, and in 1844 removed to Bridge water, Mass., where he was employed in the mercantile establishment of

Morton Eddy. In 1848 he assumed control of the business, continuing in the same for more than forty years. He identified himself with the Liberal party in 1844 ; helped in the organization of the Republican party and served as a member of the Republican state central committee. He represented Bridgewater in tlie Massachusetts house of representatives in 1857 and was state senator from the south Plymouth district, 1861- 62. He was president of the board of trustees of Bridgewater academy ; chairman of the board of inspection of the state workhouse ; and a member of the board of trustees of the Plymouth county agricultural society, delivering the annual ad- dress before that body on the occasion of its fif- tieth anniversary. He was also town clerk and treasurer. He was married in 1849 to Lucy Ann, daughter of Quincy and Lucy (Loud) Reed of Wej^mouth. Mass. He prepared for the " His- tory of Plymouth County " (1884) an historical sketch of Bridgewater. He died in Bridge- water, Mass., Aug. 5, 1888.

CRANE, Joshua Eddy, librarian, was born in Bridgewater, Mass., Oct. 1, 1850; eldest son of Joshua Eddy and Lucy (Reed) Crane ; and grand- son of Barzillai and Lydia (Eddy) Crane of Berkley, Mass. He was fitted for college at Bridgewater academy, and was graduated at Brown university in 1872. He was preceptor of Bridgewater academy, 1873-75; principal of the English preparatory department of the Sj-rian Protestant college, at Beirut, Syria, 1876-79 ; and travelled extensively in Europe and in the Levant. In 1882 he was associated with the Latin department of the Albany ( N. Y. ) academy, and in 1884 became the librarian of the Young men's association for mutual improvement, at Albany, N.Y. In 1887 he became associate prin- cipal of a preparatory school for boys, at Port- land, Maine, but ultimately returned to the library at Albany, from which he withdrew in 1892. He was appointed librarian of the public library of Taunton, Mass., succeeding Ebenezer Cary Arnold, in 1895. Mr. Crane also engaged in historical and genealogical investigations, and be(5ame a member of the New England historic, genealogical society, historiograjiher of the Old Colony historical society, and corresponding secretary of the Old Bridgewater historical society.

CRANE, Nirom Marium, soldier, was born in Penn Yan, N.Y., Dec. 13, 1828; son of Nirom and Anna (Goodrich) Crane ; and a descendant in the 6th generation from Henry and Concurrence (Meigs) Crane, who emigrated from Norfolk, England in 1660 and settled in Connecticut. In 1849 he established himself in business in Wayne, N.Y., removed to Hornellsville. N.Y., in 1853 and in 1856 engaged in banking. In 1861 he assisted