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John Jackson Crane

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John Jackson Crane

Birth
Pickens County, South Carolina, USA
Death
25 Aug 1894 (aged 69)
Alabama, USA
Burial
High Point, DeKalb County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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J.J.Crane was the husband of Catherine Spearman Crane, Father of John L Crane, Grandfather of Spencer L Crane

Dear Ancestor

Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected and alone,
The name and date are chiseled out
On polished marble stone.
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn
You did not know that I exist.
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone. Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.
J.J.Crane was the husband of Catherine Spearman Crane, Father of John L Crane, Grandfather of Spencer L Crane

Dear Ancestor

Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected and alone,
The name and date are chiseled out
On polished marble stone.
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn
You did not know that I exist.
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone. Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.


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