Excerpt from Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 2: Crane Grimshaw Craven, Thomas Tingey, naval officer, b. In Washington, D. C., 30 Dec, 1808; d. In Boston, 23 Aug, 1887. He was the oldest son of Tunis Craven, of the U. S. Navy. And his wife, Hannah Tingey, daughter of Com. Thomas Tingey, also of the U. S. Navy. Young Craven attended. School until 1822, when he entered the navy, and. From 1823 till 1828 served in the Pacific squadron. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.