 1858 - 1927 (69 years)
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| Name |
Snowden George Crane [1] |
| Birth |
15 Nov 1858 |
Bellburn, Greenbrier County, WV  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
23 Nov 1927 |
Laurel Creek Mountain, Greenbrier County, WV [1, 2, 3] |
- From the files of the Greenbrier Independent newspaper, Friday, December 2, 1927: "Snowden Crane was murdered November 23, two miles southwest of Bellburn on Laurel Mountain."
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| Burial |
12 Feb 1928 |
Crane Cemetery [4] |
BURIAL OF SNOWDEN CRANE
The burial of the late Snowden Crane, who was murdered on November 2, 1927, took place last Sunday and the body was laid to rest on his own farm near Bellburn, this county. The funeral sermon was delivered by
his favorite minister, the Rev. Mr. Bowling, evangelist, and was pronounced one of the ablest ever heard in that section by many. It was estimated that four thousand people were present for the services, including all of his relatives. The Crane church was unable to accommodate more than a fractional part of the throng. The pall-bearers were old friends of the deceased and all bachelors, namely: Messrs. Bun Martin, Charles Bears, S. T. Brown, P. D. Martin, Ed. Christ and Oscar Slater. The body had been prepared by the Wallace and Wallace undertaking company and held in their undertaking parlors at Rainelle since the murder. It was in a perfect state of preservation. During the eight-one days in which the body Mr. Crane lay in state, it is estimated that fully 25,000 people viewed it and paid their respects to the deceased.
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| Person ID |
I63 |
Crane Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
26 Nov 2018 |
| Father |
Benjamin Franklin Crane, b. 3 Mar 1827, Baltimore, MD d. 9 Jun 1891, Laurel Creek Mountain, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 64 years) |
| Mother |
Hannah McClung, b. Cal 1830, Rupert, Greenbrier County, VA d. 24 Oct 1895, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 65 years) |
| Marriage |
26 Aug 1850 |
Greenbrier County, VA [5] |
- Wedding notice as published in the Lewisburg Chronicle, Volume VI, Number 24, September 5, 1850, Page 3:
Married - On Thursday last, by Rev. ----, Mr. Benjamin F. Crane to Miss Hannah McClung, all of this county.
Benjamin met Hannah while working on Hanna's father's (William Joby McClung) farm.
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| Family ID |
F17 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S754] Death Certificate; Crane, Snowden George, (Distrcit number 1371-B, Series number 6, Certificate number 16995), 23 Oct 2005 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1109] Greenbrier County Archives, 14 Jan 2017 (Reliability: 3).
- [S259] Author unknown, Snowden Crane Murder, Greenbrier Independent, 11.
- [S524] Burial notice, Crane, Snowden G., 47.
- [S243] Marriage Record: CRANE, Mary Louise & MORTON, John Johnson, 14 Jan 2017, 15. (Reliability: 3).
Ledger, Page 12, Year of 1840.
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