Introduction

Biography

Daniel was the son of Sam­uel March and Zoa Park. He mar­ried twice, to Jane Park­er Gil­son (1841) and An­na Brooks (1859).

He at­tend­ed the Mill­bu­ry Aca­de­my and Am­herst Col­lege (1834–36), taught for two years at the Ches­ter [Ver­mont] Aca­de­my, then en­tered Yale Uni­vers­ity, gra­du­at­ing in 1843.

Ordained a Con­gre­ga­tion­al min­is­ter in 1845, he served in Pres­by­ter­ian and Con­gre­ga­tion­al churches. He had an in­tense in­ter­est in mis­sions, and was known for lec­tur­ing on his world tra­vels.

Works

• Yankee Land and the Yan­kee (Hart­ford, Con­nec­ti­cut: Case, Tif­fa­ny and Burn­ham, print­ers, 1840)
• The Cri­sis of Free­dom Na­shua, New Hamp­shire: Dodge & Noyes, print­er, 1854)
• Walks and Homes of Je­sus (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia & New York: Pres­by­ter­ian Pub­li­ca­tion Com­mit­tee & A. D. F. Ran­dolph, 1866)
• Night Scenes in the Bi­ble (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Zeig­ler, Mc­Cur­dy, 1869)
• Our Fa­ther’s House, or the Un­writ­ten Word (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Zeig­ler, Mc­Cur­dy, 1869)
• Walks with Je­sus; or, Days of the Son of Man (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: P. W. Zieg­ler, 1889)
• Morning Light in Ma­ny Lands (Bo­ston, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Con­gre­ga­tion­al Sun­day-School and Pub­lish­ing So­ci­ety, 1891)