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1847–1868

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8 November 1802
Death Date
7 August 1868
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Charles Root Dana

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  • The Dana family initially traveled  to the Salt Lake Valley with the James Pace Company in 1850.  The family included Charles Dana and Margaret Kennedy, and their children Marrietta Hunzeford Dana Kinglsey and her husband Henry, Charles Carrol, Rosell Root, and George Carlos, and Charles Dana’s second wife, Susan Luce Thomas, and her sons Martin Washburn Thomas and James Moroni Thomas.

    Margaret died en route and her grave is mentioned in the Hunter/Campbell letter to Brigham Young.

    In 1857, at the end of a mission, Charles Root traveled home with the Jesse B. Martin Company as the Captain of the 1st Ten.   

James Pace Company (1850)

  • Age at Departure: 47
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Margaret Dana (Age: 43)
  • Susannah Dana (Age: 42)
  • Marietta Hunzeford Dana (Age: 20)
  • Charles Carrol Dana (Age: 17)
  • Roswell Root Dana (Age: 13)
  • George Carlos Dana (Age: 7)

Jesse B. Martin Company (1857)

  • Age at Departure: 54

Sources

  • "Arrival and Latest News," Deseret News [Weekly], 19 Aug. 1857, 188.
  • Charles R. Dana papers, 1847, 1859, 82-86.
  • Dana, Charles Root, Autobiography, 1859, 171-76.
  • Duke, Jonathan Oldham vol 1.
  • Early Missionary Database
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Jesse B. Martin journals, 1853-1857.
  • John H. Redd diary, 1850 June-August.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1849, 9.
  • McQuarrie, Lillie Mikkelsen, [Biographical sketch of Robert McQuarrie, 1962], 2-3.
  • Odekirk, Margaret Elizabeth Dana, [Life Sketch], "Genealogical Surveys of L.D.S. Members," 35 vols., 22:35.
  • Robert McQuarrie journals, 1854-1917, vol. 1, 6-15.