Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Dana, J. G. 1848 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

J. G. DANA.

J. G. Dana, of Kirkville, Iowa, is residing upon a valuable farm which is
cultivated under his active supervision. He is also postmaster of Kirkville and
has served in that capacity for the past two years. He was born in Washington
county, Ohio, June 2, 1848, and is a son of P. F. and Sarah E. (Green) Dana,
natives of that state. The mother died in Ohio in 1856 and two years later Mr.
Dana came to Iowa and located on a farm in Richland township, where he lived
until 1868. In that year he removed to Ottumwa, buying a small fruit farm and
continuing in its cultivation until his death. In their family were nine
children, of whom three are living: D. G., of Arkansas; J. G., our subject; and
R. P., of Portland, Oregon. The father subsequently married again and to this
union were born four children, of whom the only one now living is Ina, of
Ottumwa. The great-grandfather of our subject, William Dana, served as a captain
in the Revolutionary war, while the oldest brother of J. G. Dana held the same
rank in the Civil war, serving in the Fourth Iowa Cavalry throughout that
conflict. He has passed away, his remains being interred in the Kirkville
cemetery. Another brother, D. G. Dana, also rendered military service during the
great strife between the north and south.

J. G. Dana of this review was reared upon the home farm, acquiring his education
in the schools of the neighborhood and assisting his father with agricultural
work until twenty-two years of age. He then rented land in Richland township and
in 1876 removed to Mills county, this state, where he bought a farm which he
cultivated for two decades. He then disposed of his interests to advantage and
returned to Wapello county, where he bought a farm of forty acres adjoining the
town limits of Kirkville, and there he still lives. Throughout life he has
followed the most advanced methods and has succeeded because he combined
judicious management with thrift, industry and indefatigable energy.

In 1871 Mr. Dana married Miss Henrietta Slutts, a daughter of T. and Eliza
(Reed) Slutts, natives of Ohio, who located in Richland township, Wapello
county, in 1865. Both parents are deceased. In their family were seven children,
all of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Dana have two children: Blanche, who
married Rev. A. E. Talley, now deceased, his widow residing in Minnesota; and J.
N., who attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and is now
treasurer of the Redpath-Chautauqua Company, his duties just now confining him
to South Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Dana are members of the Methodist Episcopal
church, the former being one of the officers in that organization.

Mr. Dana is a republican and has served on the town and school boards. Two years
ago he was appointed postmaster of Kirkville and is now giving great
satisfaction in that position. Fraternally he is a member of Lodge No. 442, A.
F. & A. M., and is treasurer of the same. He is popular wherever known and
esteemed for his high principles of manhood, and his many excellent qualities
commend him to the respect and confidence of the public.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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