Jonathan Dana 1812

Isaac Dana

Mary Davis

In memory of MR. JONATHAN DANA, who died Dec. 21, AD. 1812; Æt. 76. "Behold and see as you pass by, as you are now, So once was I. As I am now, so you must be, prepare for death And follow me."

Footstone: J. D.

"There was an ancient house in the village which stood upon the site of a part of Panter's building, Hunting's grocery store, and Mrs. West's house. It was known as 'Dana's Tavern,' and was kept for many years by Mr. Jonathan Dana. It was a large gambrel-roofed house, with a row of sheds and out-buildings behind it reaching nearly across from Washington Street to Harvard Street.

"This tavern was a great resort for country produce dealers, but never had as large a local patronage or entertained as much fashionable company as the Punch Bowl, - as the latter had a large dancing-hall, which the Dana Tavern had not." H. F. W., p. 49.

Text from Harriet Alma Cummings. Burials and Inscriptions in the Walnut Street Cemetery. Brookline: The Riverdale Press, 1920.

Isaac Dana

Mary Davis