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Levi Lankton Crane
B: July 14, 1793 in Berkley, Massachusetts
D: April 21, 1864 in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Parents
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Luther Crane (1762-1824)
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Sarah Strobridge (1769-1835)
Siblings
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Sally Crane (1785-1816
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Jane Crane (1786-1820)
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Calvin Crane (1789-1797)
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Luther Crane (1791-1856)
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Sophia Crane (1794-1874)
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Abel Crane (1796-1881)'
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William Strobridge Crane (1798-1859)
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Abigail Nabby Crane (1799-1820)
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Asa Fox Crane (1801-1888)
Spouse & Children
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Maria Gushee (1806-1895), married July 15, 1832 in Dighton, Massachusetts
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Abby Crane (1824-1864)
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Caroline Adelia Crane (1826-1916)
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Levi Lankton Crane (1828-1829)
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Maria Gushee (1806-1895), married July 15, 1832 in Dighton, Massachusetts
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Maria Augusta Crane (1832-1917)
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Emily E Crane (1840-1920)
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Edward Lankton (1844-1862)
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After Levi’s first wife, the mother of Abby Crane, died, he remarried and moved from Berkley where generations of Cranes had lived to New Bedford, Massachusetts. He was a merchant in this port city and did a brisk business in coal. Levi Lankton Crane’s oldest child, Abby Crane, married Benjamin Bennett Briggs in 1852. He expressed surprise at the news and disappointment that he had been unable to attend.
1853-11-09 Letter to Caroline Crane
1852-12 Letter to Caroline Crane
1854-06-12 Letter to Abby Crane
1855-11-30 Letter to Caroline Crane
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