Dana was a son of Gen. John Hubbard and Martha Bradley. He married Asenath Dorman in Hamden, Connecticut on October 16, 1811. They joined the M.E. Church in New Haven on December 25, 1814, just shortly after the birth of their first-born son, Chester Dorman Hubbard.
Dana remained in Hamden until March of 1815 when he made a long journey on foot to Pittsburgh from Philadelphia, walking the entire distance. Asenath and her son made the 15-day journey from New Haven to meet Dana in Pittsburgh sometime in May of that same year by stage and sloop, across mountains and wilderness with a six-month old child on her lap throughout her perilous journey.
While in Pittsburgh, the Smithfield Street Church became their place of worship. Having only stayed in that area for four years, their decision to remove to Wheeling came in April of 1819. They sailed in a flatboat docking it on Wheeling Creek while Dana built their log cabin for his small family of now five with the birth of Henry Baldwin and William Dana who were born during their time in Pittsburgh.
Once in Wheeling, they joined the M.E. Church on Fourth Street, a congregation of only nineteen members, led by Asahel Booth and John List. Without a place to worship, they used the old Court House for this purpose until their first church was erected in 1820. Their family grew again with the birth of John Rogers in 1825 and Martha Rebecca in 1829 who died as a toddler in 1832.
In 1827, Dana built the first saw mill and grist mill in the city, and later the first steam saw mill in Western Virginia. Along with caring for his farm, he was also involved in his church.
(Above information provided by Christine McDermott through research & obituaries)
• OBITUARY
Died at his farm near this city on Friday late, Mr. DANA HUBBARD. The deceased was one of the oldest and most esteemed citizens of this country. The large concourse which attended his remains to the grave, evinced the universal respect and esteem with which he was regarded. (Wheeling Daily Intelligencer / Wheeling, WV / 18 Oct 1852)
• FIRST BURIAL
According to a newspaper article in the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer in 1880, Dana and Asenath were both first buried at the East Wheeling Cemetery @ 16th & McColloch Street. Sometime in 1880 all burials at that location were removed to other cemeteries. Asenath’s headstone can still be read. Children, William and Martha are on the opposite side of her monument. Dana’s name cannot be found on the monument. However, there are two Hubbard headstones on the same plot as all the other Hubbard’s that cannot be read and one of them may be his.
Dana remained in Hamden until March of 1815 when he made a long journey on foot to Pittsburgh from Philadelphia, walking the entire distance. Asenath and her son made the 15-day journey from New Haven to meet Dana in Pittsburgh sometime in May of that same year by stage and sloop, across mountains and wilderness with a six-month old child on her lap throughout her perilous journey.
While in Pittsburgh, the Smithfield Street Church became their place of worship. Having only stayed in that area for four years, their decision to remove to Wheeling came in April of 1819. They sailed in a flatboat docking it on Wheeling Creek while Dana built their log cabin for his small family of now five with the birth of Henry Baldwin and William Dana who were born during their time in Pittsburgh.
Once in Wheeling, they joined the M.E. Church on Fourth Street, a congregation of only nineteen members, led by Asahel Booth and John List. Without a place to worship, they used the old Court House for this purpose until their first church was erected in 1820. Their family grew again with the birth of John Rogers in 1825 and Martha Rebecca in 1829 who died as a toddler in 1832.
In 1827, Dana built the first saw mill and grist mill in the city, and later the first steam saw mill in Western Virginia. Along with caring for his farm, he was also involved in his church.
(Above information provided by Christine McDermott through research & obituaries)
• OBITUARY
Died at his farm near this city on Friday late, Mr. DANA HUBBARD. The deceased was one of the oldest and most esteemed citizens of this country. The large concourse which attended his remains to the grave, evinced the universal respect and esteem with which he was regarded. (Wheeling Daily Intelligencer / Wheeling, WV / 18 Oct 1852)
• FIRST BURIAL
According to a newspaper article in the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer in 1880, Dana and Asenath were both first buried at the East Wheeling Cemetery @ 16th & McColloch Street. Sometime in 1880 all burials at that location were removed to other cemeteries. Asenath’s headstone can still be read. Children, William and Martha are on the opposite side of her monument. Dana’s name cannot be found on the monument. However, there are two Hubbard headstones on the same plot as all the other Hubbard’s that cannot be read and one of them may be his.
Dana was a son of Gen. John Hubbard and Martha Bradley. He married Asenath Dorman in Hamden, Connecticut on October 16, 1811. They joined the M.E. Church in New Haven on December 25, 1814, just shortly after the birth of their first-born son, Chester Dorman Hubbard.
Dana remained in Hamden until March of 1815 when he made a long journey on foot to Pittsburgh from Philadelphia, walking the entire distance. Asenath and her son made the 15-day journey from New Haven to meet Dana in Pittsburgh sometime in May of that same year by stage and sloop, across mountains and wilderness with a six-month old child on her lap throughout her perilous journey.
While in Pittsburgh, the Smithfield Street Church became their place of worship. Having only stayed in that area for four years, their decision to remove to Wheeling came in April of 1819. They sailed in a flatboat docking it on Wheeling Creek while Dana built their log cabin for his small family of now five with the birth of Henry Baldwin and William Dana who were born during their time in Pittsburgh.
Once in Wheeling, they joined the M.E. Church on Fourth Street, a congregation of only nineteen members, led by Asahel Booth and John List. Without a place to worship, they used the old Court House for this purpose until their first church was erected in 1820. Their family grew again with the birth of John Rogers in 1825 and Martha Rebecca in 1829 who died as a toddler in 1832.
In 1827, Dana built the first saw mill and grist mill in the city, and later the first steam saw mill in Western Virginia. Along with caring for his farm, he was also involved in his church.
(Above information provided by Christine McDermott through research & obituaries)
• OBITUARY
Died at his farm near this city on Friday late, Mr. DANA HUBBARD. The deceased was one of the oldest and most esteemed citizens of this country. The large concourse which attended his remains to the grave, evinced the universal respect and esteem with which he was regarded. (Wheeling Daily Intelligencer / Wheeling, WV / 18 Oct 1852)
• FIRST BURIAL
According to a newspaper article in the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer in 1880, Dana and Asenath were both first buried at the East Wheeling Cemetery @ 16th & McColloch Street. Sometime in 1880 all burials at that location were removed to other cemeteries. Asenath’s headstone can still be read. Children, William and Martha are on the opposite side of her monument. Dana’s name cannot be found on the monument. However, there are two Hubbard headstones on the same plot as all the other Hubbard’s that cannot be read and one of them may be his.
Dana remained in Hamden until March of 1815 when he made a long journey on foot to Pittsburgh from Philadelphia, walking the entire distance. Asenath and her son made the 15-day journey from New Haven to meet Dana in Pittsburgh sometime in May of that same year by stage and sloop, across mountains and wilderness with a six-month old child on her lap throughout her perilous journey.
While in Pittsburgh, the Smithfield Street Church became their place of worship. Having only stayed in that area for four years, their decision to remove to Wheeling came in April of 1819. They sailed in a flatboat docking it on Wheeling Creek while Dana built their log cabin for his small family of now five with the birth of Henry Baldwin and William Dana who were born during their time in Pittsburgh.
Once in Wheeling, they joined the M.E. Church on Fourth Street, a congregation of only nineteen members, led by Asahel Booth and John List. Without a place to worship, they used the old Court House for this purpose until their first church was erected in 1820. Their family grew again with the birth of John Rogers in 1825 and Martha Rebecca in 1829 who died as a toddler in 1832.
In 1827, Dana built the first saw mill and grist mill in the city, and later the first steam saw mill in Western Virginia. Along with caring for his farm, he was also involved in his church.
(Above information provided by Christine McDermott through research & obituaries)
• OBITUARY
Died at his farm near this city on Friday late, Mr. DANA HUBBARD. The deceased was one of the oldest and most esteemed citizens of this country. The large concourse which attended his remains to the grave, evinced the universal respect and esteem with which he was regarded. (Wheeling Daily Intelligencer / Wheeling, WV / 18 Oct 1852)
• FIRST BURIAL
According to a newspaper article in the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer in 1880, Dana and Asenath were both first buried at the East Wheeling Cemetery @ 16th & McColloch Street. Sometime in 1880 all burials at that location were removed to other cemeteries. Asenath’s headstone can still be read. Children, William and Martha are on the opposite side of her monument. Dana’s name cannot be found on the monument. However, there are two Hubbard headstones on the same plot as all the other Hubbard’s that cannot be read and one of them may be his.
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