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Before coming back to Utah, Dana had sent home two sisters, Elizabeth and Jane Culley, and he returned with two more, Ann Barlow (1835–1895) and Mary Ann Cato. Having been married four times before, Dana was married to these four new women on
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on a mission to the eastern United States to solicit funds for the emigration. Though slow in progress, Dana appealed to his listeners’ humanity by emphasizing the Mormon suffering and made political connections with
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for eternity to Susan, as she was a widow with two sons of her own.
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522:"American Philanthropy and Mormon Refugees, 1846-1849"
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