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Crane family of Chicago, Illinois

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Charles Richard Crane (1858-1939) — also known as Charles R. Crane — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Woods Hole, Falmouth, Barnstable County, Mass. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., August 7, 1858. President, Crane Company, valves and fittings manufacturer; director, National Bank of the Republic, Chicago; U.S. Minister to China, 1920-21. Member, American Economic Association. Died February 14, 1939 (age 80 years, 191 days). Interment at Woods Hole Village Cemetery, Woods Hole, Falmouth, Mass.

		Relatives: Son of Richard Teller Crane and Mary Josephine (Prentiss) Crane; brother of Richard Teller Crane Jr.; married 1881 to Cornelia W. Smith; father of Richard Crane.
		Political family: Crane family of Chicago, Illinois.
		See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial

Richard Teller Crane Jr. (1873-1931) — also known as Richard T. Crane, Jr. — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., November 7, 1873. Consul-General for Persia in Chicago, Ill., 1901-12. Episcopalian. Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 7, 1931 (age 58 years, 0 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.

		Relatives: Son of Richard Teller Crane and Mary Josephine (Prentice) Crane; brother of Charles Richard Crane; married, June 4, 1904, to Florence H. Higinbotham; uncle of Richard Crane.
		Political family: Crane family of Chicago, Illinois.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Richard Crane (1882-1938) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Westover, Arlington, Arlington County, Va. Born in Denver, Colo., August 12, 1882. Democrat. President, Crane Valve Company, Chicago, 1910-14; private secretary to U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing, 1915-19; U.S. Minister to Czechoslovakia, 1919-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924 (alternate), 1928 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization); real estate business. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died October 3, 1938 (age 56 years, 52 days). Interment at Westover Plantation Cemetery, Charles City County, Va.

		Relatives: Son of Charles Richard Crane and Cornelia Workman (Smith) Crane; married, September 22, 1909, to Ellen Douglas Bruce; nephew of Richard Teller Crane Jr..
		Political family: Crane family of Chicago, Illinois.
		See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial

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