Dana, Frank F.

Born: 1828-XX-XX Hartford, Connecticut

Died: 1900-12-23 Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Flourished: 1856 to 1864 Springfield, Illinois

Frank F. Dana was a shoe dealer. Dana moved as a young man from his native Connecticut to Springfield, Illinois, where he found work as a shoe dealer. In October 1859, Dana married Julia W. Harrison, with whom he had two daughters. In 1860, he was working in as a shoe dealer in Springfield and had a personal estate of $150. He remained in Springfield until 1864, when he moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, accepting employment at a general store in that city. A year later, he became a shoe clerk in a store in the main business district, a position he held for over twenty-five years.

The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette (IA), 24 December 1900, 5:4; Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996, 4 October 1859, Linn County (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2014); U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Springfield, Sangamon County, IL, 119; Iowa, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1758-1997 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2015); Gravestone, Oak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA.