CRAINE, George Hardin - 1890 Bio (1860-1907)

CRAINE, HARDIN, DAVIDSON

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 8/2/2007 at 15:55:38

Portrait and Biographical Album of Jefferson and Van Buren Counties, Iowa, Printed 1890 by Lake City Publishing Co., Chicago
Page 445

George H. CRAINE, late trusted employee of the firm of J. E. Roth & Co., of Fairfield, and one of the representative men of the city, was born on the 7th of October, 1860, in Fairfield, and is a son of George and Nancy (HARDIN) CRAINE. His early life passed unevenfully. His primary education was acquired in the public schools, and supplemented by a course in Parsons College, after which he entered upon his business career, at the age of seventeen years, as a salesman in a mercantile establishment of his native city. With the exception of about three years he has continued to serve in that capacity in Fairfield.

On the 22d of April, 1884, in Madison, Ind., Mr. CRAINE was united in marriage with Miss Virginia Idell DAVIDSON, a native of Madison County, and a daughter of William W. and Anna M. DAVIDSON. She is a lady of culture and refinement, and in the years of her residence in Fairfield has won many warm friends. After his marriage Mr. CRAINE located in this city, but in 1886 went to Minneapolis, Minn., where he spent some two years engaged in merchandising. Previous to that time he had also spent one year in Missouri Valley Junction, Iowa, in the offices of the Sioux City & Pacific Railroad Company, but with these exceptions his home has always been in the city of his birth. On returning to Fairfield, in 1888, he entered the employ of J. E. Roth & Co. His careful attention to his business, his fidelity to the interests of the establishment, and his prompt and courteous treatment of the patrons in the store, have won for him the confidence and regard of his employers and the respect of all with whom he has come in contact. Those who have known Mr. CRAINE from his boyhood are numbered among his warmest friends -- a fact which indicates that his life has been a useful and honorable one.

In his political affiliations our subject is a supporter of Republican principles, having voted with that party since attaining his majority, and in his social relations he is a member of the Knights of Pythias. Both Mr. CRAINE and his wife are members of the Christian Church, and he is active and influential in all matters pertaining to the church and the promotion of its interests. Other worthy interests also receive his hearty support, and the community finds in him a useful and valued citizen.

Mr. CRAINE has removed to Minneapolis, Minn., August 28, 1890, to take charge of the cloak department in the large dry-goods establishment of Segelbaum Bros., of Nos. 257 and 259 Nicollet Avenue.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.