1854–1892

Introduction

Born: Feb­ru­ary 9, 1854, Ore­gon, Ogle Coun­ty, Il­li­nois.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 5, 1892, on a ship near Si­er­ra Le­one.

Buried: At sea.

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Biography

Vivian was the son of Jo­na­than Wood­cock Dake and Athel­ia M. Mer­rill. He mar­ried twice, to Len­na B. Bai­ley (1876) and Ida Mae Dake (1878).

He was the found­er of the Pen­ta­cost Bands (not Pen­te­cost­al) that ev­an­gel­ized Il­li­nois, Io­wa, Kan­sas and Ohio.

He was on a miss­ion­ary trip at the time of his death.

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