[1] According to secretary, "sleeping sickness, inflammation of the brain."
Father: Zenas Marshall Crane (owner, Crane & Co., d. 1887)
Mother: Louise Fanny Laflin
Sister: Clara L. Crane
Sister: Harry O. Bates
Wife: Mary Benner (m. 1880, d. 1884 during childbirth, one son)
Son: Murray Crane II (b. 1884)
Wife: Josephine Porter Boardman (m. 1906, two sons, one daughter)
Son: Stephen Crane
Son: Bruce Crane
Daughter: Louise Crane (poet)
High School: Wilbraham Academy, Wilbraham, MA
University: Williston Seminary, Easthampton, MA