Brief Life History of Edward Salisbury
When Edward Salisbury Dana was born on 16 November 1849, in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States, his father, James Dwight Dana, was 36 and his mother, Henrietta Frances Silliman, was 26. He married Caroline Bristol on 2 October 1883. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in New Haven, Connecticut, United States in 1870. In 1880, at the age of 31, his occupation is listed as prof in yale college. He died on 16 June 1935, in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Seal Harbor, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States.
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- Edward D Dana in household of James D Dana, "United States Census, 1850"
- Edward Salisbury Dana, "Find A Grave Index"
- Edward P Dana in entry for Caroline Bristol Dana, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
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1851 · First State to Attempt Prohibition
In 1851, Maine outlawed the sale of alcohol, allowing exceptions only for "medicinal, mechanical, and manufacturing purposes". This made Maine the first state to experiment with prohibition. Neal Dow, mayor of Portland, believed that alcohol was linked to slavery and was also convinced by the Christian temperance movement. Dow ran into problems later for his anti-immigration rhetoric against the Irish, and also for breaking his own prohibition laws; although not a designated "purchaser", Dow personally purchased alcohol to distribute to local doctors, violating a technicality. As the citizens turned against him, Dow eventually ordered soldiers to fire on protesters. This marked a sharp decline in Dow's political career, and the Maine Law was repealed by 1856. Aspects of the law would remain in tact, however, and ultimately paved the way for the 18th Amendment, which prohibited alcohol on the national level.
1859 · Logan is Founded
"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
Probably an altered form of English Dawney or Dawnay (see Dawn ), cognates of French Daunay (see Donais ).
Czech and Slovak (Daňa); Polish and Hungarian: from a short form of the personal name Daniel (Hungarian Dániel), or perhaps from a short form of any of various Slavic compound personal names formed with the element dan ‘given’, for example Czech Danomír and Bohdan, Polish Bogdan .
Albanian: nickname or metonymic occupational name from danë (definite form dana) ‘pincers’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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