Isaiah K. Crane

CRANE, SMITH

Posted By: LuAnn Goeke (email)
Date: 1/27/2009 at 14:06:31

ISAIAH K. CRANE, farmer, Sec. 29; P.0. Maquoketa; is a native of Sullivan, N.H.: born Feb. 28, 1820; he grew up to manhood and lived there until the fall of 1855, when he came to Jackson Co., Iowa, and settled in this township; he engaged in farming. When the war broke out, he enlisted, in 1861, in Co. I, 12th I.V.I.; he was in the battles of Forts Donelson and Henry, Pittsburg Landing, siege of Vicksburg, in the Red River campaign and others; he was in the service over three years; after the war, he returned here. Feb. 13, 1865, he married Miss M. Angeline Smith; she is a native of Pennsylvania; came with her parents to Iowa and settled in Clinton Co. in 1848; they were early settlers; her father was a prominent Abolitionist, and established the first underground railroad station in Clinton Co. Mrs. Crane grew up there and was engaged in teaching; she still continues a student, and is thoroughly informed on the current news of the day; she was the first to advocate the cause of equal suffrage in this neighborhood. Mr. and Mrs. Crane have two children- R. Eddy, born Jan. 16, 1866; S. Bird, April 18, 1867. While living in New Hampshire, Mr. Crane held the office of Justice of the Peace, and held the positions of Ensign, Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant of the militia there. - 1879 History of Jackson county Iowa, pg. 643