William Crane
1790 - 1866 (76 years)-
Name William Crane [1] Born 6 May 1790 Newark, NJ 
[1] Gender Male Died 28 Sep 1866 Baltimore, MD [1] Buried Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, MD - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34125576/william-crane
Plot Area X Lot 17
Person ID I3008 Kreider Moyer Last Modified 23 Oct 2020
Family Lydia Dorset, b. 19 Jul 1786, Perth Amboy, NJ , d. 26 Sep 1830, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA (Age 44 years) Married 12 Jul 1812 Perth Amboy, NJ Children 1. William Carey Crane, b. 17 Mar 1816, Richmond, VA , d. 27 Feb 1885, Independence, TX (Age 68 years)Last Modified 23 Oct 2020 Family ID F1165 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 6 May 1790 - Newark, NJ 
Married - 12 Jul 1812 - Perth Amboy, NJ 
Died - 28 Sep 1866 - Baltimore, MD 
Buried - - Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, MD = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Son of Rufus Crane and Charity (Campbell) Crane.
Crane, William, merchant, b. in Newark, N.J., 6 May, 1790; d. in Baltimore, Md., 28 Sept., 1866. In Richmond, Va., where he resided from 1811 till 1834, he was distinguished for his zeal in promoting the religious welfare of the colored people. He was the founder of the Richmond African Baptist missionary society which sent out Lott Cary to Liberia, and he taught the first school for blacks in Richmond, and was one of the originators of Richmond college, giving to it $1,000. His benefactions to other religious objects were large. (Appletons' cyclopaedia of American biography, Vol. II, New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1887) [2]
- Son of Rufus Crane and Charity (Campbell) Crane.
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