MR. J. H. CRANE located in Millersburg township in 1849. His early education was that of the common school. He began business for himself as a farmer, which he followed ten years, when he opened a store in Joy and engaged in shipping grain, both of which he still carries on. He is the son of Dr. John W. and Ruth Crane, of Ohio, early settlers of Fountain county, Indiana.

J. H. Crane was born in 1837. His parents came to Mercer county in 1847, and located on the old Bassett farm, where they died, his father in 1850, aged forty years, his mother in 1841. His parents were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. His father by profession was a doctor, and practiced in Illinois till his death.

Mr. Crane was married in 1861 to Sarah A. Griffith, a native of Indiana, and daughter of Charles and Martha Griffith. In 1861 he enlisted in the army of the late war, in company K, 102d Ill. Vol. He was out twelve months, when he was discharged, because of ill health. He owns a tine farm of 240 acres, and is present postmaster at Joy.

 

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