JOHNSON, Olive Irene 1
- Born: 4 May 1858, Scotch Grove, Jones, Iowa 1
- Marriage: ROYCE, John Quincy on 4 May 1887 in Kansas 1
- Died: 16 Jun 1910, Topeka, KS at age 52 1
 General Notes:
Kansas and Kansans, Volume 3
page 1455 John Q. Royce was married May 4, 1887, to Mrs. Olive Irene (Johnston) Crane, of Cawker City, Kansas. Mrs. John Q. Royce was a woman of refined and cultivated tastes and of exceptional strength of character. For years she was both a wife and a valued counselor to her husband in his political and [p.1455] official life, and much of his success was due to her clear vision and sound judgment. She was an ideal figure in her home and in social circles, was devoted to family and friends, and her life was an inspiration to all with whom she came in contact. Among the other resonrees of this splendid woman she possessed unusual ability as a writer and was connected with various organizations of women in Kansas. She was a life long member of the Presbyterian Church. She was born in Jones County, Ohio, May 4, 1858, and died at Topeka, June 16, 1910.
Noted events in her life were:
• Marriage Contract. http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1912/r3/royce_john_quincy.html
Mr. Royce has been twice married. His second marriage occurred May 4, 1887, and united him to Mrs. Olive Irene Crane, nee Johnson, of Cawker City, Kan. She was born in Scotch Grove, Jones county, Iowa, May 4, 1858, and died in Topeka, Kan., June 16, 1910, leaving two sons—Tatton Frank and LaRue—the former being the son of her first husband, whose name was Frank Crane.
Olive married John Quincy ROYCE, son of David Phineas ROYCE and Elizabeth Ann HAYMAKER, on 4 May 1887 in Kansas.1 (John Quincy ROYCE was born on 1 Jun 1856 in Fayette Co, IA 1 and died after 1918.)
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