Background
Crane, Louis Burton was born on April 23, 1869 in Mount Sterling, Illinois, United States. Son of Frederic D. and Adelaide (Wells) Crane.
Crane, Louis Burton was born on April 23, 1869 in Mount Sterling, Illinois, United States. Son of Frederic D. and Adelaide (Wells) Crane.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1891, Master of Arts, 1894. Princeton Theological Seminary, 1894. Student university of Berlin, Erlangen, Giessen.
Doctor of Divinity, Knox College, 1916.
In Presbyterian ministry, 1896-1902 (First Church, Princeton, New Jersey, and Calvary Church, Buffalo). Congressional clergyman, 1902-1905. Professor New Testament literature and interpretation, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1902-1905.
Supply 2d Presbyterian Church, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1905-1906.
Pastor Brainerd Union Presbyterian Church, Easton, Pennsylvania, December 1906-April 1910. Pastor Westminster Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth, New Jersey, since 1910.
Member Executive Committee.
Married Josephine Hopkinson Smith, October 25, 1899 (died May 8, 1908). Married second, Mabel Schuyler, July 9, 1910. Children: Louis Burton, Frederic Marshall, Alex Crawford, Mary Josephine.