Stephen Winchester Dana (November 17, 1840 – June 8, 1910) was an American clergyman.
Biography
Dana was born in
Canaan, New York. He was the son of a Congregational clergyman Rev. John Jay Dana. He was educated at high school in
Adams, Massachusetts
Adams is a town in northern Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 8,166 at the 2020 census.
History
Nathan Jones purchased the township of ...
and at the
Claverack College.
He graduated from
Williams College
Williams College is a Private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams, a col ...
in 1861, taught in
Hinsdale, Massachusetts, for two years, and then studied theology in the
Union Theological Seminary,
New York City
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, where he was graduated in 1866. He was pastor of a Presbyterian church in
Belvidere, New Jersey, from November, 1866, till July, 1868, when he was called to the Walnut Street Church in West
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
, which grew steadily under his pastoral care and earnest preaching.
Dana died suddenly in Philadelphia, aged 69.
Works
He published sermons and religious tracts.
References
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1840 births
1910 deaths
American Congregationalist ministers
People from Canaan, New York