Philomela (Prisbrey) Crane (1837 - 1920)

Born 1 Feb 1837 in Medina Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 8 Feb 1920 at age 83 in Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, United States

Biography

The daughter of Charles Prisbrey and Lemira (Bowen) Prisbrey, Philomela Prisbrey was born in the village of Medina, Michigan in 1837.^{[citation needed]} Her father died in 1842 and her mother remarried, marrying William Pierce. In 1850, she lived with her mother, stepfather, and siblings, residing in Ogden Township, Michigan.^[1] Philomela Prisbrey married Asa Arnold Crane (1828-1895), the son of Turner Crane and Phoebe Arnold, having two known children together:

1. Charles Turner Crane (1857-1939)
2. Allen Prisbrey Crane (1880-1927)

They made their home in 1860 in Asa Crane's mother's household in Madison Township, Michigan.^[2] By 1880, they had established their own household in Madison Township.^[3][4] Asa Crane passed away in 1895; afterward, Philomelia Crane lived with her son, Charles, and his family, in Madison Township.^[5][6][7]

Philomela Crane passed away in Adrian, Michigan at the age of 83^[8] and is buried at Crane Cemetery in Palmyra, Michigan.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8V-947 : 24 January 2022), Philomelia P*by in household of William F Pierce, Ogden, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW6M-B5Y : 18 February 2021), Philomela Crane in entry for Phebe Crane, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCS-W9T : 29 May 2021), Amelia Crane in entry for Asa Crane, 1870.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWSG-BHH : 14 January 2022), Philomelia Crane in household of Asa Crane, Madison, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS93-C6X : accessed 20 August 2022), Philomela Crane in household of Charles Crane, Madison township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51, sheet 8A, family 174, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,725.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLRQ-2YF : accessed 20 August 2022), Philomela Crane in household of Chas T Crane, Madison, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 67, sheet 6B, family 128, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 661; FHL microfilm 1,374,674.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZQ7-4HB : 2 February 2021), Philomelia Crane in entry for Charles T Crane, 1920.
8. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q593-RYMB : 18 July 2020), P Philomela Prisbrey Crane, 1920.
9. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLR-NXZ1 : 24 February 2022), Philomela Prisbrey Crane, Burial, Palmyra Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States of America, Crane Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #107015560