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NAME: Mary Arvilla (Crane) Maynard.
FATHER: Chauncey Ellis Crane.
MOTHER: Sophronia Curtiss/Curtis.
HUSBAND: Solomon VanBuren Maynard.

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SOURCE: Research of Cathy Porter-Maynard.
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1850 CENSUS. Fitchville, Huron County, Ohio. (Household of Chauncey & Sophronia [Curtiss] Crane, and 7 of their 10 children: Elathina Crane, daughter; Arthur LaFontaine Crane, son; Lysander Crane, son; Joseph Crane, son; MARY ARVILLA CRANE, daughter; Wesley Crane; & Lucia Viola Crane, dau.).
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November 11, 1859:
MARRIAGE OF SOLOMON MANYARD & MARY ARVILLA CRANE. Location: Pleasant Grove Township, Marion Township, Olmstead County, Minnesota.
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1860 CENSUS. Marion, Olmstead County, Minnesota.(Household of Solomon and Mary Arvilla CRANE Maynard. Residing with them are relatives, Cyrus Maynard, 42; and, Sidney Maynard, 13. NEXT-DOOR are Mary's parents, Chauncey & Sophronia Crane, and their children).
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1865 MINNESOTA STATE CENSUS. Marion, Olmstead County, Minnesota. (Solomon Maynard. Wife: Mary CRANE Maynard. Three children: Rufus Maynard, Oranous Maynard, Elthina Maynard. NEXT-DOOR: Chauncey E. Crane & wife, Sophronia, parents of Mary CRANE Maynard).
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While living in Minnesota, Solomon Maynard enlisted and served in the Civil War and in 1868 he arrived in Union County [Dakota Territory] and homesteaded two miles north of Richland.
Solomon and his wife Mary, and their children, settled near the Big Sioux River.
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NEWSPAPER: "The Iowa Liberal." Volume 6, No. 1. (LeMars, Plymouth Co., Iowa).
PUBLICATION DATE: Wednesday, July 18, 1877.
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"DROWNED. About ten o'oclock Saturday morning [July 14, 1877], three persons were drowned in the Big Sioux River near Portlandville, an old gentleman named [Chauncey Ellis] Crane, MRS. [MARY ARVILLA MAYNARD; daughter of Mr. Chauncey E. Crane], and a seven year old child of Mrs. [Radabaugh].
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The party was attempting to ford the river, but were swept into a deep hole. Mrs. [Radabaugh] and another child were saved by the mother retaining her hold on the wagon box. This sad accident makes four drowning cases for this section during the present month."
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"The Iowa Liberal" newspaper article transcribed by Cathy Porter-Maynard.
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NOTE # 1: The original 1877 newspaper article, above, had several errors regarding the identity of the individuals who had drowned, and where the drownings occurred. These errors now are corrected, and are shown, above, in [square brackets].
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NOTE # 2: Mary Arvilla (Crane) Maynard was the wife of Solomon Maynard.
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Mr. Chauncey Ellis Crane was the elderly father of Mary (Crane) Maynard, who drowned fording the Big Sioux River. Mr. Crane was also the father of Mrs. Lucia Viola [Crane] Radabaugh, whose young daughter, Viola "Maude" Radabaugh, also drowned that July day in 1877, along with her grandfather and aunt.
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LOCATION: The article previously stated the drownings occurred near Portlandville. This is not accurate. The drownings occurred two or three miles (as the crow files) North of Crill Mill, along the Big Sioux River. The family was attempting to ford the river, at Bucks Ford, near the homestead of Solomon Maynard.

[SOURCE: Research of Cathy Porter-Maynard].
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NOTE:

SOURCE FOR DATE & LOCATION OF BIRTH:
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1). OLD "MAYNARD FAMILY BIBLE": [Handwritten entry]: "Mary Arvilla [Crane] Maynard born in 1838, Fitchville, Ohio; died 1877."
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2). The Memorial Stone inscription for Mary Arvilla (Crane) Maynard states the following: "Died: 7-14-1877; Aged: 38 years, 5 months, 5 days," (per WPA records). This data provides for a calculated date for Mary Arvilla's date of birth birth, which would have been: Feb. 9, 1839. (Thank-you, Mr. Rod Anderson, for this updated information).
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