Background
Samuel Crane was born in Massachusetts in 1794 and had settled in Lower Canada by 1820.
Samuel Crane was born in Massachusetts in 1794 and had settled in Lower Canada by 1820.
He became a partner in a forwarding business at Lachine, west of Montreal. The firm owned a share in the Ontario, an American steamship operating on the Great Lakes. Crane moved to Prescott in Upper Canada some time later and partnered with John Macpherson of Kingston in the transporting of goods and passengers.
In 1837 at the age of 43, Crane became a director of the Commercial Bank of the Midland District.
He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Grenville in 1841. In 1849, he was named to the Legislative Council.
When the company that purchased much of their business failed in 1857, the partnership was dissolved and declared bankruptcy. By 1858, Crane largely had stopped attending the Legislative Council and his seat was declared vacant due to lack of attendance.
Crane died at Prescott in 1858.