Stephen Crane (1709 – July 1, 1780) was an American politician from Elizabethtown (present-day
Elizabeth, New Jersey
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from 1774 to 1776 and signed the
Continental Association
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. He also served in the
Provincial Congress of New Jersey
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,
New Jersey General Assembly
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Since the election of 1967 (1968 session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts f ...
and
New Jersey Legislative Council. Stephen did not attend the next Congress in
Philadelphia
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as he needed to attend to divisions in his own state between
East Jersey
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and
West Jersey
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. He felt deeply about the taxes that Britain had imposed upon the
Colonies
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and had made sure of his protest upon his journey to England with Matthias Hatfield.
Biography
Crane was born in Elizabethtown. He served as sheriff of
Essex County and was elected as a member of its town committee in 1750. He was also a judge of the
court of common pleas. From 1766 to 1773, he was a member of the colony's general assembly from 1766 to 1773 and served as speaker in 1771. He was also mayor of Elizabethtown before he became a member of the Continental Congress. Until his death in 1780, Crane held several public offices in New Jersey.
Crane was
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ed by
Hessian soldiers passing through Elizabethtown on their way to
Battle of Springfield on June 23, 1780, and he died of his wounds on July 1, 1780. He was buried at the
First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth with his wife and father, Daniel Crane.
Family
* Phebe Crane, wife (1714-1776)
* William Crane, son; born 1748 in Elizabethtown, served as major of an Essex County, New Jersey regiment. Fought with Richard Montgomery in the Battle of Quebec, received a leg wound that required amputation years later. Promoted to brigadier general in the New Jersey militia after the war.
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Ichabod Bennet Crane (July 18, 1787 – October 1857) grandson; born in Elizabethtown, commissioned a second lieutenant in the
United States Marine Corps
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, served aboard the
USS ''United States''.
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Charles Henry Crane
Charles Henry Crane (July 19, 1825 – October 10, 1883) was an American physician and the 13th Surgeon General of the United States Army (1882–1883).
Early life
Crane was born on July 19, 1825. He was the son of Colonel Ichabod B. Crane.
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(19 July 1825 – October 10, 1883) great-grandson; became a Brigadier General and Surgeon General of the United States (1882–1883).
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Joseph Halsey Crane grandson
* William Crane; (1778–1830) grandson,
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Jonathan Townley Crane
Jonathan Townley Crane (June 18, 1819 – February 16, 1880) was an American clergyman, author and abolitionist. He was born in Connecticut Farms, in Union Township, New Jersey, and is most widely known as the father of writer Stephen Crane.
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, great-grandson, father of author Stephen Crane.
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Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism an ...
; great-great-grandson, author, who is best known for the novel ''
The Red Badge of Courage''.
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