The Cranes of New Jersey and Ohio
- Stephen Crane (1709–1780), Sheriff of Essex County, New Jersey; Elizabethtown, New Jersey Committeeman 1750 1776; Judge of Court of Commons Pleas in New Jersey Colony; New Jersey Colony Assemblyman 1766-1773; Mayor of Elizabethtown, New Jersey 1772-1774; Delegate to the Continental Congress from New Jersey 1774-1776; New Jersey Councilman 1776-1777 1779. Grandfather of Joseph Halsey Crane.
- Joseph Halsey Crane (1782–1851), Ohio State Representative 1809, Prosecuting Attorney of Montgomery County, Ohio 1813-1816; Judge of Ohio Circuit Court 1817-1829; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1829-1837. Grandson of Stephen Crane.
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