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Dana, William Coombs – Danforth, John

Dana, William Coombs

clergyman, author, was born in 1810 in Massachusetts. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Charlestown; and the author of Hymns for Public Worship; A Transatlantic Tour; and Life of Samuel Dana. He died in 1873.

Danbridge, Mrs. Danske

author, poet, was born in 1858. She is the author of several volumes of poems, the most notable of which is entitled Joy and Other Poems.

Dandy, George B

soldier, was born Feb. 11, 1830, in Georgia. He served in the civil war, and attained the rank of brigadier-general in the United States army. In 1892 he took charge of the general depot of the quartermaster's department at Washington, D. C.

Dane, John

lawyer, was born Sept. 22, 1835, in Westford, Mass. He is counsel for a large number of extensive corporations, some of which he has served continuously and successfully for a quarter of a century. He is a director in seven corporations and president of three.

Dane, Joseph

state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 25, 1778, in Beverly, Mass. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1816 and 1819; and in 1820 was elected to congress to fill a vacancy. From 1821 to 1823 he represented the York district of Maine in congress. He was subsequently in the legislature as a member of the house for six years; and was a member of the senate in 1829. He died May 1, 1858, in Kentucky.

Dane, Nathan

lawyer, congressman, author, was born Dec. 27, 1752, in Ipswich, Mass. He was a delegate from Massachusetts to the continental congress from 1785 to 1788; was the framer of the celebrated ordinance passed by congress in 1787; and though devoted to the practice of law, found time to prepare a Digest of American Law in nine volumes. He died Feb. 15, 1834, in Beverly, Mass.

Danehy, Mrs. Maggie May

poet, was born July 5, 1862, in Fairfield, Ohio.

Her poems have appeared in the Cincinnati and Lancaster papers.

Danenhower, John Wilson

explorer, author, was born Sept. 30, 1849, in Chicago, Ill. He was an Arctic explorer who was second in command of the De Long expedition in 1879, and published The Narrative of the Jeannette, 1882. He died in 1887.

Danes, Rufus R

soldier, legislator, author, was born July 4, 1838, in Malta, Ohio. He served in the civil war and was brevetted brigadier-general for meritorious service. He was elected a member of the forty-seventh congress, and introduced and secured the passage of the law establishing diplomatic relations with Persia. He is the author of a work entitled Service with the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers.

Danford, Lorenzo

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 18, 1829, in Belmont county, Ohio. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Belmont county in 1857 and 1859. He entered the army; served as private, lieutenant, and captain until 1864, when he resigned on account of sickness. He was a presidential elector in 1864; and was elected to the fortythird and forty-fourth congresses. He was re-elected to the forty-fifth, fiftyfourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican.

Danforth, Charles

inventor, was born about 1797 in Massachusetts. He invented in 1824 a counter-twister, spinningspeeder, and a throstle-frame. He died March 22, 1876, in Paterson, N. J.

Danforth, John

clergyman, author, poet, was born Nov. 8, 1660, in Roxbury, Mass. He was a noted congregational clergyman of Dorchester, Mass., who published many single sermons and occasional poems. He died May 26, 1730, in Dor chester, Mass.