Crane, Maria

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There was only one white Crane who had any mulatto children. That was Samuel Crane, a minister in those parts, who rode the circuit. Long before the surrender he had two children, Irve and Frank, by a part Indian, part white, part colored woman named Maria. ° It was said that the preacher taught Maria how to read the Bible, and the folks used to joke Irve and Frank about the parts of the Bible that he particularly took pains to teach her. Anyway, she was a shifty woman, and she was uncommon smart. She raised her children strict and they turned out well. 

In the 1870 census Maria Crane 40) headed a household consisting of herself and two sons, Ervin (18) and Frank (14), both described as mulatto. 

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