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Charles Root Dana (November 8, 1802 – August 7, 1868)〔Some sources list Dana's birth year as 1801.〕 was an American Mormon leader, pioneer, and missionary, and a politician in territorial Utah. == Biography == Dana was born in Schenectady, New York. Around 1825 he married Margaret Kennedy Luck, a widow, and adopted her daughter Elizabeth. The couple would have six more children. Dana converted to Mormonism in 1838. In 1840 he was serving as a missionary in Boonville, New York for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS Church). In 1842–43 he was a missionary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.〔 Dana was involved in bringing a suit before Joseph Smith in his function as judge of the municipal court at Nauvoo, Illinois.〔Joseph Smith. (B. H. Roberts, ed.) ''History of the Church''. Vol. 5, p. 219〕 He was a friend of Smith's and wrote of an experience where Smith healed Dana's wife when she was seriously ill. As a mason by trade, Dana helped complete the Nauvoo Temple in 1844 after Joseph Smith's death. In the completed temple Dana married two additional wives in 1846, Emily Waterman and Susan Sue Thomas, according to the Mormon practice of polygamy. He was not sealed for eternity to Susan, as she was a widow with two sons of her own. In 1847, when the Mormons left Nauvoo, many migrating west to Utah under Brigham Young, Dana left Mount Pisgah, Iowa on a mission to the eastern United States to solicit funds for the emigration. Though slow in progress, Dana appealed to his listeners humanity by emphasizing the Mormon suffering and made political connections with Thomas L. Kane in Philadelphia and Duff Green in Washington, D.C.. Green gave Dana access to community groups and national leaders, and many made personal donations, including President James K. Polk, James Buchanan, and Dolley Madison. In 1848 Dana returned to Washington on another fund-raising mission, but argued more in defense of Mormon doctrine and received much less charity. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles R. Dana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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