William Buck Dana

1829 - 1910  (81 years)

• Name	William Buck Dana  [1]
  Birth	25 Aug 1829	Utica, Oneida, New York, United States
  Birth	26 Aug 1829	Utica, Oneida, NY   [1]
  Christening	26 Feb 1830	Utica (First Presbyterian Church), Oneida, NY   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Christening	26 Feb 1830	First Presbytirian Church, Utica, Oneida, New York, United States
  Death	10 Oct 1910	Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States   [1]
  Burial	12 Oct 1910	Floyd Family Cemetery Suffolk County, New York, USA
  Person ID	I1465	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	James Dana,   b. 29 May 1780   d. 9 Jan 1860 (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Harriet Dwight,   b. 25 Feb 1792, Williamsburg, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States d. 13 Sep 1870, Utica, Oneida, New York, United States (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	7 May 1812	Utica, Oneida, NY   [1]
  Family ID	F766	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katharine Floyd,   b. 1834, New York, United States d. 6 Apr 1886, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	18 Sep 1853	Utica, Oneida, NY   [1]
  Children	1. John Kirkland Dana,   b. Feb 1863, New York, United States d. 10 Mar 1903, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States (Age 40 years)   2. Ethel Floyd Dana,   b. 18 Mar 1864, New York, United States d. 24 Jun 1914 (Age 50 years)   3. Richard T Dana,   b. 1870, Utica, Oneida, New York, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  He is the third cousin of Richard Henry Dana, Jr. of Two Years Before the Mast fame and the brother of James Dwight Dana of the Dana's Textbook on Mineralogy fame.

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Various, WorldConnect Multiple Databases (RootsWeb.Com. The individual databases at this internet site regularly change, and therefore a reference to a specific database may not be valid at a future date. This general reference to Rootsweb Worldc.