This is the obituary for my 3X great grandfather's brother. BANGOR DAILY WHIG AND COURIER
Tuesday, March 18, 1884
OBITUARY
DEATH OF THE HON. JOSEPH DANE
PORTLAND, March 17--Hon. Joseph Dane died last evening at his home in Kennebunkport of inflammation of the bladder, aggravated by a severe cold, aged sixty-one. He was a most prominent man in York County.
He was born in Kennebunk, graduated from Bowdoin College in 1843 and immediately began the study of law in Kennebunk, and was admitted to practice in 1846. At the time of his death he was President of the Ocean National Bank, of the Kennebunk & Kennebunk Railroad, Treasurer of the Kennebunk Savings Bank, Overseer of Bowdoin College, President of the Maine Unitarian Association, besides holding other positions of trust. He was Democratic candidate in 1882 for Representative to Congress from the first district. He leaves a widow. Funeral Wednesday pm.
Thank you to an anonymous contributor on Findagrave.com for passing this along to me - Kyle
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