Civil War Veterans of Monterey County, California.

Researched and Compiled by : 
Timothy P. Reese, PCC of Salinas , CA. & Robert L. Nelson ,PCC. of Santa Cruz.CA. 
Both members of the “Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War”. 
Department of California & Pacific. Camp Abraham Lincoln # 10.  
The Reese-Nelson CWV-MC Data Base


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CRANE, ROBERT S   (1840-1907)   PARKFIELD (TD)
(E.T. Strobridge Notes)

US Military Service Record Index; San Luis Obispo Breeze, May 1, 1900, John Buford 
Post # 136 Representative at the State Encampment held at San Luis Obispo; 
Note:  Obituary has Mr. Crane’s name as Smith in headline.  the rest of the article 
refers to him as Mr. Crane.  A blunder on the part of the writer

(San Luis Obispo Telegram Thursday, Dec. 19, 1907)
Robert S. Smith [Crane] Leaves Earth
Death of an Aged and Highly respected Veterans of the American Civil War of Rebellion

  Another old soldier has been mustered out of mortality, and has veteranized into immortality.
  Robert Smith Crane was born in Franklin, NH, April 3, 1840, and died at his home near Parkfield, 
Friday morning, Dec. 13, 1907, at 6 o’clock, the immediate cause of death being an attack of la 
grippe, with which he was taken on Monday morning, Dec. 9.  He has, however, been a semi 
invalid for many years, suffering from a complication of diseases.  Mr. Crane served four years in 
the Union army during the rebellion.  He enlisted for three years, and then re-enlisted an served 
his country till he was mustered out in North Carolina at the close of the war.  He belonged to 
Company H of the twenty fifth Massachusetts Volunteers, and went out first in general Burnside’s 
corps and was later under General Grant, and took part in many a battle, being in both the Battle 
of the Wilderness and the Battle of Cold Harbor in one engagement.  He was wounded in the 
elbow, but was soon out of the hospital, and served till the war ended, at which time he went to 
New York City, coming from there to California by way of the Isthmus in 1869.  He first lived in 
Sacramento and in various parts of the State, come to Cholame Valley i 1886, where he took up 
land and has resided her for the past twenty one years.
  Mr. Crane was a gentleman of quiet, refined habits, and highly esteemed by everyone.  He leaves 
one brother her, George E. Crane, our postmaster who has the sympathy of the entire community 
in his loss.
  the funeral took place Sunday, the services being conducted by Rev. E. Guy Talbott.  The burial was 
at the Todd Cemetery.  the pallbearers were D.J. Randall, Chas. Stockdale, C.H. Royse, Geo. White, 
Thos. Gillmore and J.E. Redmond, all old Union soldiers and friends of the deceased.  There was a 
large concourse of friends present to pay their last sad tribute of respect, notwithstanding the 
inclement weather.