Republic of Texas Veteran
(1816-1885).
William Carey Crane, Baptist pastor, editor, and college president, was born in Richmond, Virginia, on March 17, 1816, the son of William and Lydia (Dorset) Crane.
After receiving lessons from private teachers he attended Mount Pleasant Classical Institute in Amherst, Massachusetts, and Virginia Baptist Seminary (now Richmond College). In 1833 he moved to New York and attended Hamilton Literary and Theological Institute and Madison (now Colgate) University. In 1834 he entered Columbian College (now George Washington University), from which he received an A.B. degree in 1836 and an A.M. in 1839.
Crane taught in Georgia from 1837 to 1839 and was ordained to the Baptist ministry in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1838 at the age of twenty-two.
During this period he married Alcesta Flora Galusha of Rochester, who died in 1840. In March 1839 he accepted a pastorate at Montgomery, Alabama, where he became acquainted with the family of Margaret Lea Houston. In Alabama Crane also met William Milton Tryon and James Huckins, who, together with Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor, later became the major organizers of Baylor University.
Crane married Jane Louisa Wright, also of New York, in 1841. Three years after her death in 1842, he married Catharine Jane Shepherd of Mobile, Alabama. The couple had nine children, eight of whom lived to maturity.
Crane died on February 27, 1885; he was the first Baylor president to die in office. He was originally buried in Independence, but in 1937 the Texas Centennial Commission had his body reinterred in the State Cemetery at Austin. Crane County is named in his honor.
Headstone Text:
William Carey Crane
Born In Richmond Va. March 17, 1816.
Died in Independence Tex. Feb. 27, 1885.
He gave his life to the cause of education and religion
in Ga. Ala. Miss. La. and Texas. The remains of Dr. Crane
were removed from Washington County and on February 26, 1937 Reinterred in this cemetery by the State of Texas
Footstone
President Baylor Univeristy
1863 - 1885
Source: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fcr06
Republic of Texas Veteran
(1816-1885).
William Carey Crane, Baptist pastor, editor, and college president, was born in Richmond, Virginia, on March 17, 1816, the son of William and Lydia (Dorset) Crane.
After receiving lessons from private teachers he attended Mount Pleasant Classical Institute in Amherst, Massachusetts, and Virginia Baptist Seminary (now Richmond College). In 1833 he moved to New York and attended Hamilton Literary and Theological Institute and Madison (now Colgate) University. In 1834 he entered Columbian College (now George Washington University), from which he received an A.B. degree in 1836 and an A.M. in 1839.
Crane taught in Georgia from 1837 to 1839 and was ordained to the Baptist ministry in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1838 at the age of twenty-two.
During this period he married Alcesta Flora Galusha of Rochester, who died in 1840. In March 1839 he accepted a pastorate at Montgomery, Alabama, where he became acquainted with the family of Margaret Lea Houston. In Alabama Crane also met William Milton Tryon and James Huckins, who, together with Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor, later became the major organizers of Baylor University.
Crane married Jane Louisa Wright, also of New York, in 1841. Three years after her death in 1842, he married Catharine Jane Shepherd of Mobile, Alabama. The couple had nine children, eight of whom lived to maturity.
Crane died on February 27, 1885; he was the first Baylor president to die in office. He was originally buried in Independence, but in 1937 the Texas Centennial Commission had his body reinterred in the State Cemetery at Austin. Crane County is named in his honor.
Headstone Text:
William Carey Crane
Born In Richmond Va. March 17, 1816.
Died in Independence Tex. Feb. 27, 1885.
He gave his life to the cause of education and religion
in Ga. Ala. Miss. La. and Texas. The remains of Dr. Crane
were removed from Washington County and on February 26, 1937 Reinterred in this cemetery by the State of Texas
Footstone
President Baylor Univeristy
1863 - 1885
Source: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fcr06
Family Members
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Infant Crane
1842–1842
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William Carey Crane Jr
1846–1916
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Anne Dickinson "Annie" Crane Bondies
1848–1900
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Kate Shepherd Crane
1850–1851
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Col Charles Judson Crane
1852–1928
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Gordon Shepherd Crane
1854–1909
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Balfour Dorset Crane
1856–1928
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James Thomas Crane
1859–1906
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Royston Carey Crane
1864–1956
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Hallie Burns Crane Rippeteau
1866–1951
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