David A. Nation (1828 – 1903)

David Nation was a newspaper editor, a lawyer, and a minister. He had fought for the Union in the Civil War. In Medicine Lodge, Kansas, Carrie Nation would sometimes interrupt his sermons by correcting the things he said. Sometimes she would announce that the service was over and everyone would have to leave.

An obituary for David Nation from The Barber County Index can be found at RootsWeb.com.

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