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David Dana
4 May 1814 – 25 Jan 1880
| Birth | 4 May 1814 |
| Death | 25 Jan 1880 |
| Cemetery | Evergreen Cemetery Fairfield , Jefferson County , Iowa , USA |
| Added by | Richard K Thompson on 03 Sep 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41533149 |
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Note: this memorial updated Sept. 8, 2018 with mother relationship link per edit request. -------------------------- The Fairfield Tribune Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa Thursday, Jan 29, 1880 DEATH OF A PIONEER IN THE WEST. David Dana, whose death occurred in this city last Sunday, was the second son of David and Rachel V. Dana, and was born May 4th, 1814, in Peacham, Caledonia Co., Vermont, and belonged to the branch of the Dana family which has become widely known through its eminent sons. Of a pious and sterling ancestry, David Dana was reared in the integrity of his father and the truth of the Gospel. Arriving at man's estate he left the parental roof and sought a field of activity in the West. In the year 1836 he came to Illinois and located in Chicago, then hardly more than a trading post with the Indians. Continued ill-health, however, led him to forsake the malarial atmosphere of the future metropolis of the northwest. Joining a surveying party of the old Illinois Central R.R., then proposing a track between Chicago and Peru, Ill., he visited the later place and at the close of the engagement with the company located in this then promising village. In September 1847 he was united in marriage with Miss Catherine M. Van Orden. Three children, a son and two daughters, were the fruits of this union. After his marriage he retired from business and removed to his farm a few miles from the city. Here he lived in retirement for many years until his son and eldest daughter married and then removed to Iowa, when he followed them hither and came to Fairfield in 1876. His quiet, sincere, and upright life in this city is well known to many of our citizens, but that his life was also one of great suffering and constant battle with death was known but to a very few. Six years ago an acute disease brought him to the border of the grave and left him the prey to almost daily torments. Last year while on a visit to Illinois he was seized with a dangerous hemorrhage of the kidneys. From this attack he partially recovered only to be seized again. On his return home a few days ago a last and fatal attack supervened. His brother and his children were summoned to his bedside and on Sunday last, at four o'clock in the afternoon, surrounded by his family, he passed away. A fond husband, a kind father, a true friend and an honest man, David Dana will be remembered by his friends and kindred and all who knew him. Quite in his manner and reserved in his feelings, it was not easy to gain access to his affections; but his heart once opened was never closed against any it had received. A man of few words, his words were sincere and prudent. A man of warm affections, his life was bound up in the lives of members of his household and his bosom friends. A man of fortitude, he endured his sufferings with patience and in silence. A man of honor he has left name that none will speak against. On Tuesday, Jan. 27th, his remains were borne to their last resting place in the new Cemetery followed by many of our citizens.
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- Mary Dana 1806–1822 FaG
- Roxana Dana Kidder 1808–1840 FaG
- Elijah Dana 1812–1848 FaG
- William Varnum Dana 1816–1892 FaG
- Leonard Johnson Dana 1818–1886 FaG
- Lyman Louis Dana 1821–1891 FaG
- George Gleason Dana 1824–1896 FaG
- Mary Gleason Dana Kidder 1824–1900 FaG
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