resting_place predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place nationality office birth_date term_start residence image article_title term_end name alma_mater
old burying ground , cambridge jedediah foster nathaniel peaslee sargent william short thomas dawes theophilus parsons 25 april 1811 charlestown , massachusetts cambridge , massachusetts american united massachusetts supreme judicial court chief justice of the massachusetts supreme states judicial court ambassador to russia associate justice of the 13 june 1743 december 19 , 1780 1785 1791 united states francis dana.jpg francis dana
 september 1783 1791 1806 francis dana harvard university ;
francis dana

francis dana -lrb- june 13 , 1743 -- april 25 , 1811 -rrb- was an american lawyer , jurist , and statesman from massachusetts .
he served as a delegate to the continental congress in 1777 -- 1778 and 1784 .
he signed the articles of confederation .
his wife elizabeth was a daughter of ann remington and william ellery , a signer of the declaration of independence .
he was also the father-in-law of washington allston , a noted painter and poet .
