Background
Crane, Jonathan Townley was born on June 18, 1819 in Union, New Jersey, United States. Son of William and Sarah (Townley) Crane.
Crane, Jonathan Townley was born on June 18, 1819 in Union, New Jersey, United States. Son of William and Sarah (Townley) Crane.
Graduate Princeton 1843.
New Jersey Conference Seminary, Pennington, New Jersey, 1848-1858. Presiding elder Newark district Methodist Church, 1868-1872, Elizabeth district, 1872-1876. Author: The Right Way, 1853.
Popular Amuseements, 1869.
Methodism and Its Methods, 1875.
Married Mary Helen Peck, January 8, 1848, 14 children including Stephen (author Red Badge of Courage).