CRANE, Granville A.
Date of death: 30 Jun 1893 – Blue River Township, Johnson County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, July 14, 1893,
Volume XXXIV Number 1, page 6 column 6
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OBITUARY.
Granville A. Crane, little son of Dave and Minnie Crane, died Friday, June 30, 1893, at their home in Blue River township, near Pisgah. Aged seven months and twenty-two days. The funeral services were held Saturday at two and a half o’clock, being conducted by W. W. Freeman of Taylorsville, after which we quietly laid him away to await the resurrection morn.
A little bud our Savior gave us,
A pure and lovely child
He gave to our keeping,
To cherish, and undefiled.
But just as it was springing
To the glory of the day,
Down came the heavenly angel
And took our child away.
The little crib is empty now,
The little clothes laid by,
A mother’s hope, a father’s joy,
In death’s cold arms doth lie.
Go, little pilgrim to thy home
On yonder blissful shore,
We miss thee here, but soon will come
Where thou hast gone before.
O.M.C.
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Link to Granville A. Crane’s grave
Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Birth Index, 1882–1920, referencing Book H-2, page 266, records that a white male infant was born to David Crain [sic] and Armira Decoursey on 5 Nov 1892.
Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson