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)
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)
Family Members
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William Carey Crane
1816–1885
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Adoniram Judson Crane
1817–1867
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Andrew Fuller Crane
1820–1885
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Catherine Ann Crane
1824–1831
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Ward Crane
1826–1832
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George Whitfield Crane
1827–1868
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Harriet Newal Crane Burns
1829–1866
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Lydia Crane
1833–1916
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Eliza Jean Crane
1836–1836
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Anne Moncure Crane Seemuller
1838–1872
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Isabella Crane
1840–1842
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Margaret Crane
1840–1842
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James Conway Crane
1843–1888
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Luther Rice Crane
1846–1853
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Josephine Stone Crane
1849–1920
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