Dana, James Dwight – Danforth, John
Dana, James Dwight
mineralogist, author, was born Feb. 12, 1813, in Utica, N. Y. He was a celebrated geologist, and professor at Yale university from 1850. He was the author of System of Mineralogy; Manual of Mineralogy; Text- Book of Geology; Corals and Coral Islands; and The Geological Story Briefly Told. In 1854 he was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He died in 1895.
Dana, James Freeman
chemist, physician, author, was born Sept. 23, 1793, in Amherst, N. H. He was a chemist and physician, and the first professor of chemistry at Dartmouth college. He is the author of Epitome of Chemical Philosophy, and Outlines of the Mineralogy and Geology of Boston and its Vicinity.
He died April 14, 1827, in New York city.
Dana, John C
librarian, was born Aug. 19, 1856, in Woodstock, Vt. In 1889 he was appointed librarian of the Denver public library of Denver, Colo., which position he now fills.
Dana, John Winchester
governor, was born Jan. 21, 1808, in Fryeburg, Maine. He was governor of Maine from 1847 to 1850; and went to South America to reside in 1861. He died Dec. 22, 1867, in New Granada, South America.
Dana, Judah
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, governor, was born April 25, 1772, in Pomfret, Conn. He was judge of probate for twenty years; judge of the common pleas for nine years; one of the committee which drafted the constitution of Maine; and a member of the executive council of the state in 1834. By appointment of the governor he was a senator in congress from Maine during the years 1836 and 1837. He died Dec. 27, 1845, in Fryeburg, Maine.
Dana, Mrs. Katharine
author, was born in 1835 in Long Island, N. Y.
She was a writer of New York city; and the author of Our Phil and Other Stories.
She died in 1886.
Dana, Napoleon Jackson Te- Cumseh
soldier, was born April 15, 1822, in Eastport, Maine. Here is a man who was discovered after the battle of Cerro Gordo lying on the field, and men were digging his grave, when a fellow-officer examined him and discovered he breathing. He was also carried off the field of Antietam for dead, but recovered and fought again. He is a resident of Washington, D. C., still hale and hearty. was
Dana, Richard
jurist, was born July 7, 1699, in Cambridge, Mass. He was prominent in the anti-revolutionary movement; and was one of the associated Sons of Liberty. He died May 17, 1772.
Dana, Richard Henry
critic, poet, was born Nov. 15, 1787, in Cambridge, Mass. He was a poet and critic who was one of the founders of the North American Review in 1815. As a critic his Lectures on Shakespeare represent him fairly, and it must not be forgotten that he is one of the earliest in America to appreciate the genius of Wordsworth. The Idle Man, a publication begun in 1821, and extending to six numbers, includes his two novels, Tom Thornton; Paul Felton. His later publications include The Buccaneer, and Other Poems; Poems and Prose Writings. He died Feb. 2, 1879.
Dana, Richard Henry
lawyer, author, was born Aug. 1, 1815, in Cambridge, Mass. He was a noted lawyer of Boston, best known in literature by the famous Two Years before the Mast, a narrative of personal adventure, which first appeared in 1840, and was re-issued, enlarged, in 1869. His other works include The Seaman's Friend, known in England as The Seaman's Manual; Letters on Italian Unity; To Cuba and Back; Letters on the Somers Mutiny; Life of Major Vinton; and Enemy Property and Enemy Territory. He died Jan. 7, 1882, in Rome, Italy.
Dana, Richard Henry
lawyer, author, was born Jan. 3, 1851, in Cambridge, Mass. While continuing the practice of law, he has been a regular contributor to the Civil Service Record, besides writing occasionally for the press on questions of political reform.
Dana, Samuel
clergyman, lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born Jan. 14, 1739, in Cambridge, Mass. In 1787 he was made judge of probate for Hillsborough county; and in 1793 was elected a member of the New Hampshire state senate. He died April 1, 1798, in Amherst, N. H.
Dana, Samuel
lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born June 26, 1767, in Groton, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts senate, and its president for eight years, and served in congress in 1814-15. Subsequently he received the appointment of chief justice of the circuit court of common pleas. He died Nov. 20, 1825, in Charlestown, Mass.
Dana, Samuel Luther
chemist, author, was born July 11, 1795, in Amherst, N. H. He was a noted chemist of Lowell, who made many improvements in cotton printing, and was one of the foremost agricultural writers of his time. He was the author of Chemical Changes in the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid; Muck Mineral for Manures; and Essay on Manures. He died March 11, 1868, in Lowell, Mass.
Dana, Samuel Whittlesey
United States senator, was born Feb. 13, 1760, in Wallingford, Conn. He was a representative in congress from 1797 to 1810; and a senator in congress from Connecticut from 1810 to 1821. For many years he was mayor of Middletown, Conn. He died July 21, 1830, in Middletown, Conn.
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, Elliot
financier, bank president, was born March 6, 1850, in Middleburgh, N. Y. He was appointed deputy state treasurer, a position which he occupied for four years; and in 1889 was elected state treasurer. He is president of the First National bank of Bainbridge, N. Y.
Danforth, Frederick Lyman
railroad president, was born June 17, 1833, in Middletown, Conn. In 1883 he becamepresident of the Buffalo Creek railroad.
Danforth, George Franklin
lawyer, jurist, was born July 5, 1819, in Boston, Mass. In 1876 he was the republican candidate for judge of the court of appeals of the state of New York, but was defeated by Robert Earl. Two years later he was elected, and took his seat on the bench Jan. 1, 1879.
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.