Pvt
John
Dana
Born in Canada
Son of Anthony Dana
and Margaret (Lumbra) Dana
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Abigail M. (Hartshorn) Dana
— married
1833 in Danville,Caledonia,Vermont,United States
Descendants 
Father of
Martha Marie (Dana) Brooks
Died
at age 72
in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
John was born in 1812. He passed away in 1885. Residence St Johnsbury VT; Enlisted on 12/4/1863 as a Private. On 12/12/1863 he mustered into "A" Co. VT 1st Heavy Artillery He was Mustered Out on 7/11/1865 He was listed as: POW 6/23/1864 Weldon Railroad, VA (Paroled) Paroled 11/26/1864 (place not stated) Member of GAR Post # 1 (Chamberlain) in St Johnsbury, VT
Additional Information: Paroled 11/26/64. Mustered out 7/11/65. Died 1/31/1885 at St. Johnsbury Center, Vermont, of "chronic diarrhea".
Dana's enlistment age was given as 44 years. The Soldiers' Record of the Town of St. Johnsbury records he was nearer 60 years of age [actually 53], and yet he endured the vicissitudes and deprivations of Andersonville prison for five months…while many younger men…succummed (sic).
Enlisted in the same company with his 26-year-old son, John Dana, Jr. Member of GAR Post #1 (Chamberlain) in St. Johnsbury. Granted an invalid pension unknown date.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~3.12%
Mary (Brooks) Jarvis
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