Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: George J. Crane    
                Born: 1860                 in Wetzel Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: 1940                  1
              Buried:                      in Mt. Zion EUB Cemetery, Co Rd 24/3, Chevauxdefrise (Five Forks), Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1883                 in Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Martha Louisa Cox   4  
       Also known as: Louisa Cox 4
             Married: Feb-28-1883          in Ritchie Co, WV  5
                Born: Dec-16-1857           6,7
                Died: Jul-20-1923           6
              Buried:                      in Mt. Zion EUB Cemetery, Co Rd 24/3, Chevauxdefrise (Five Forks), Ritchie Co, WV  3
             Resided:                      near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1870, 80, 1910, 20   in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: William Floyd Cox   (1832 - 1910) 
              Mother: Eliza Jane Fox   (1836 - 1915) 
           M Child 1: Walter Alvin Crane      
                Born: Feb- 2-1884          in Ritchie Co, WV  8,1,9
                Died: Feb-  -1980           8,1
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  10,3
             Resided:                      in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  8,11
              Census: 1910, 1920, 1930     in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1909, 1918           in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  9,12
          Occupation:                      farmer  12,11
          Occupation: 1930                 livestock farmer  13
         Description: 1942                 5'9", 148 lbs, black hair, gray eyes, light complexion  11
                Wife: Ethel Clayton  b. Nov-  -1887  d. Apr-25-1966  
             Married: May- 2-1909          in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  9

Sources:
(1) Headstone (year only) 
(2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(3) Findagrave.com. 
(4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 298. 
(5) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
George J. Crane, 24, b. Wetzel Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Martha L. Cox, 24, of Ritchie Co.  Married Feb 28 
1883. 
(6) Headstone. 
(7) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp). 
(8) Social Security Death Index. 
(9) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(10) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(11) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(12) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(13) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 







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