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Dana, Charles Root

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8 Nov. 1802

Dana, Dana Family in America, 494, 517; Dana, Autobiography, 1; Temple Records Index Bureau, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 140.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Dana, Elizabeth Ellery. The Dana Family in America. Cambridge, MA: Wright and Potter Printing, 1956.

Dana, Charles Root. Autobiography, 1859. Charles R. Dana, Papers, 1847, 1859. CHL. MS 1399, fd. 4.

Temple Records Index Bureau of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1974.

–7 Aug. 1868.

Black, et al., City Cemetery Records, 1:225; Dana, Dana Family in America, 517.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Black, James, Parley Jacobsen, and Taggart Ellen. Ogden, Weber County, Utah, City Cemetery Records. 4 vols. Typescript. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1940–1942.

Dana, Elizabeth Ellery. The Dana Family in America. Cambridge, MA: Wright and Potter Printing, 1956.

Mason, Farmer.

Dana, Autobiography, 3, 42; “Dana, Charles Root,” in Black, Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848, 13:184.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Dana, Charles Root. Autobiography, 1859. Charles R. Dana, Papers, 1847, 1859. CHL. MS 1399, fd. 4.

Black, Susan Easton, comp. Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Department of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University, 1989. Also available as “Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848,” LDS Family History Suite: LDS Vital Records Library, CD-ROM ([Provo], UT: Infobases, Inc., 1996).

Born in Schenectady, Albany Co., New York.

Dana, Dana Family in America, 494, 517; Dana, Autobiography, 1; Temple Records Index Bureau, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 140.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Dana, Elizabeth Ellery. The Dana Family in America. Cambridge, MA: Wright and Potter Printing, 1956.

Dana, Charles Root. Autobiography, 1859. Charles R. Dana, Papers, 1847, 1859. CHL. MS 1399, fd. 4.

Son of Francis Dana and Huldah Root.

Dana, Dana Family in America, 494; Dana, Autobiography, 1.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Dana, Elizabeth Ellery. The Dana Family in America. Cambridge, MA: Wright and Potter Printing, 1956.

Dana, Charles Root. Autobiography, 1859. Charles R. Dana, Papers, 1847, 1859. CHL. MS 1399, fd. 4.

Married Margaret Kennedy Lusk, ca. 1827, in Lowville, Lewis Co., New York.

Dana, Dana Family in America, 517; Dana, Autobiography, 1.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Dana, Elizabeth Ellery. The Dana Family in America. Cambridge, MA: Wright and Potter Printing, 1956.

Dana, Charles Root. Autobiography, 1859. Charles R. Dana, Papers, 1847, 1859. CHL. MS 1399, fd. 4.

Moved to Hammond, St. Lawrence Co., New York, ca. 1829.

“Dana, Charles Root,” in Black, Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848, 13:181; Dana, Autobiography, 1–2.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Dana, Charles Root. Autobiography, 1859. Charles R. Dana, Papers, 1847, 1859. CHL. MS 1399, fd. 4.

Baptized into LDS church by James Blakeslee, 18 Apr. 1839.

Dana, Autobiography, 2.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Dana, Charles Root. Autobiography, 1859. Charles R. Dana, Papers, 1847, 1859. CHL. MS 1399, fd. 4.

Ordained an elder by James Blakeslee, 1839, in Hammond.

Dana, Autobiography, 3; Dana, Dana Family in America, 517.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Dana, Charles Root. Autobiography, 1859. Charles R. Dana, Papers, 1847, 1859. CHL. MS 1399, fd. 4.

Dana, Elizabeth Ellery. The Dana Family in America. Cambridge, MA: Wright and Potter Printing, 1956.

Served missions, 1839–1841.

Dana, Autobiography, 3–26.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Dana, Charles Root. Autobiography, 1859. Charles R. Dana, Papers, 1847, 1859. CHL. MS 1399, fd. 4.

Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, 1841.

Dana, Autobiography, 27; Dana, Dana Family in America, 517.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Dana, Charles Root. Autobiography, 1859. Charles R. Dana, Papers, 1847, 1859. CHL. MS 1399, fd. 4.

Dana, Elizabeth Ellery. The Dana Family in America. Cambridge, MA: Wright and Potter Printing, 1956.

Preached in Pittsburgh, 1842.

Dana, Autobiography, 30.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Dana, Charles Root. Autobiography, 1859. Charles R. Dana, Papers, 1847, 1859. CHL. MS 1399, fd. 4.

Crane operator during construction of Nauvoo temple.

Backman, People and Power of Nauvoo, 142.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Backman, Milton V., Jr. People and Power of Nauvoo: Themes from the Nauvoo Experience. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2002.

Ordained a high priest, by 1845.

“Dana, Charles Root,” in Black, Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848, 13:183.

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Moved to Mount Pisgah, Clarke Co., Iowa Territory, ca. 1846.

Dana, Autobiography, 41; Bitton, Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies, 84; “Dana, Charles Root,” in Black, Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848, 13:184.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Dana, Charles Root. Autobiography, 1859. Charles R. Dana, Papers, 1847, 1859. CHL. MS 1399, fd. 4.

Bitton, Davis. Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1977.

Served missions to eastern U.S. to raise funds to help poor Latter-day Saints move west, 1847, 1848–1849.

Bitton, "American Philanthropy and Mormon Refugees," 65; Bitton, Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies, 84; “Dana, Charles Root,” in Black, Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848, 13:184.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Bitton, David. "American Philanthropy and Mormon Refugee, 1846–1849." Journal of Mormon History 7 (1980): 63–81.

Bitton, Davis. Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1977.

Migrated to Ogden, Weber Co., Utah Territory, 1850.

Dana, Dana Family in America, 517; 1850 U.S. Census, Weber Co., Utah Territory, 155[B].

Comprehensive Works Cited

Dana, Elizabeth Ellery. The Dana Family in America. Cambridge, MA: Wright and Potter Printing, 1956.

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Served as Utah territorial legislator, 1852.

Bitton, Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies, 84.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Bitton, Davis. Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1977.

Died in Ogden.

Black, et al., City Cemetery Records, 1:225; Dana, Dana Family in America, 517.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Black, James, Parley Jacobsen, and Taggart Ellen. Ogden, Weber County, Utah, City Cemetery Records. 4 vols. Typescript. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1940–1942.

Dana, Elizabeth Ellery. The Dana Family in America. Cambridge, MA: Wright and Potter Printing, 1956.

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