Rosanah Crum was born on 2. Mar. 1795 at Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of
Abraham Crum and
Mary Whitinger. Rosanah Crum married
John Lane, son of
Aaron Lane and
Sarah Van Dorn, on 14. Sep. 1815 at Wayne County, Indiana. Rosanah Crum married
John Lane, son of
Aaron Lane and
Sarah Van Dorn, on 16. Sep. 1815 at Wayne County, Indiana.
Rosanah Crum and
John Lane appeared on the census of 28. Aug. 1850 at Springfield Twp., Hamilton County, Ohio; real estate value 7,767.00. Rosanah Crum died on 2. Nov. 1877 at New Burlington, Hamilton County, Ohio, at age 82. She died on 2. Nov. 1877 at Mount Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio, at age 82. She was buried a 2. Nov. 1877 at New Burlington Cemetery, Hamilton County, Ohio. She was buried at New Burlington Cemetery, New Burlington, Hamilton County, Ohio. Family tradition that one day John was sitting on his porch when he saw a girl on horseback ride by going to fetch a doctor for her mother. John went along to help, and the girl, Rosanah Crum, became his wife...
Have other spellings for Rosanah's name, but this comes from Aaron Lane bible and other Lane sources.
The photograph in the scrapbook was taken at Mt. Healthy on March 1, 1865. Rosanah mentions it in a letter, as needing more time in the sunlight. The photograph had a printed stamp of "W.R. Whitehead, Photographer, Hamilton, O."
The letter is owned by Barbara Johnson and below is her transcription. It was written on March 5, 1865 to Henry Logan (?). "We received your kind and wellcom letter in due time and was glad to hear from you once more and that you are able to travel and preach your letter found us in good health but when the weather moderated we both twoc [sic] Colds and are labering under the affects of it but do not antisiate any thing serious and would have answered your letter sooner but had to go to Hamilton to get my Potograff and went last wednesday as the 2 of Marct was my birthday I am 70 years old am doing my work and knit and sew some for the Children I have been milking one Cow and seling butter at 50 apound at the door and 605 [sic] in market and now I have another Cow and I Can make anough to get my grociers and Clothe myself and I am not oblige to do this for Aron farmes the place and says he Calculates to let us have all we want so I have all the nessaryes of life and my Children on them Isaacs two oldest Daughters was buried in the watereye grave when the ice was 9 (2?) inches deepe the last winter Clark Lane has become quite wealthy and is the most benevolent man I ever saw he believes in helping the poor."
On the back of this is a letter to her neice Rebecca:
"Dear nice I am glad to hear from you and that you are doing well I supposes I saw you once I was at your Feathers when he had three Children I think and I saw him once after that I am vary glad you sent me his Potograff and would like to have yours if conveinent and your sisters two I went a wednesday to have mine but did not get them to bring home with me on account of dull weather they want sunshine to finish them Clark will send them in a letter and then I will send this poor Aukward letter and one of them I will have two or three I want to send one to your Aunt Orpa Reynolds she is A noble woman and if you move away when you get settled write to me and I will answer I was [sic] you would get Away before you would get this but the weather was so dull and I had to go 10 mile and had just got home from there when the letter came and now Dear friends Acceppt my Love and respects for you and all my dear friends and let me hear from you when Conveinet."