EMINENT FAMILIES. 



THE DANA FAMILY. 



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This is another American family which has furnished many 

 eminent members. Here again we see the lines of eminence con- 

 tinued through the younger branches of the family, i. e., through 

 the late reproductions. Of the four brothers in the second genera- 

 tion, the two elder brothers have left no immediate descendants of 

 whom we have record. The third brother had six descendants, of 

 whom four may be considered eminent, while to the youngest 

 brother are traced ten descendants, and among these ten are found 

 the most eminent. The same general results may be traced in 

 the Adams family, in the Lee family of Virginia, and among the 

 Darwins, the Herschels, the Cannings, and the Sidneys. 



Richard Dana, b. about 1620. 



THE BLISS FAMILY. 



This family is not taken up for its eminence but for the pur- 

 pose of determining which one of a man's grandsons is most likely 

 to become a prominent citizen. The Bliss family was chosen for 

 this purpose because the published genealogy of the family is 

 unusually complete and is arranged for easy reference. For con- 

 venience the different members of the family will be represented 



