| Death of Alfred Wadsworth Dana.
Alfred Wadsworth Dana, eldest son of Mrs. John A. Dana of this city, and brother of I. C. Bates Dana and the late Henshaw Dana, died in Santa Rosa, Cal., Tuesday. He was born in Northampton, and, at the age of 19, enlisted in Co. D, 15th Regiment, serving three years. He came to Worcester after the war and in April, 1872, was married to Miss Mary Barton, eldest daughter of William S. Barton, the present city treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Dana in the years immediately succeeding their marriage traveled extensively in Europe, and it was in Stuttgart their first child was born. Returning to America they took up their residence in California, where Mr. Dana later became connected with various interests of a public and semi-public nature. In 1876 Mr. and Mrs. Dana visited Worcester and remained for a year and a half, when they returned to California, The funeral was to take place yesterday in Santa Rosa. |