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Cate, George W – Caton, Richard

Cate, George W

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in September, 1824, in Montpelier, Vt. He was district-attorney; a member of the legislature for two terms; judge of the circuit court of the seventh judicial circuit in 1854; was re-elected three terms, holding the position twenty-one years; and in 1874 resigned, and was elected a representative from Vermont to the fortyfourth congress.

Cate, George Washington

lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born March 10, 1834, in Worthwood, N. H. In 1877-78 he served as a member of the New Hampshire senate, and since 1888 has been judge of the second district court of Essex county.

He was a personal friend of the poet John Greenleaf Whittier, and from 1876 until Mr. Whittier's death sat at Judge Cate's table.

Cater, William H

soldier, farmer, stockman, was born May 6, 1842, in Belmont county, Ohio. In 1861 he enlisted. as a union soldier; and still carries a ball in his right shoulder, which he received at the charge on Fort Wagoner, S. C., July 18, 1863. He has filled all the positions of honor in the gift of his town and county; and has served as the department. commander of the Oklahoma G. A. R.

Cathcart, Charles W

surveyor, congressman, was born in 1809 in the Island of Madeira. He was for several years a United States surveyor; served in the state legislature; and was a presidential elector in 1845. He was elected a representative in congress from Indiana. from 1845 to 1849; and was a senator in congress from 1852 to 1853, by appointment.

Cathrall, Isaac

physician, author, was born in 1764 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a surgeon of the city almshouse from 1810 to 1816. He published Remarks on the Yellow Fever; Buchan's Domestic Medicine, with Notes; Memoir on the Analysis of the Black Vomit. He died Feb. 22, 1819.

Catlin, Amos P

lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Jan. 25, 1823, in Dutchess county, N. Y. He received his education in the Kingston academy, and has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Sacramento, Cal. He has been a member of the California state legislature; a member of the California state board of equalization; and judge of the superior court of Sacramento county.

Catlin, George Lynde

journalist, diplomat, author, was born in 1840 on Staten Island. He was a journalist and diplomat, consul at Limoges, Stuttgart, and Zurich; and the author of Bilbigheim, a story; The Presidential Campaign of 1896, written in 1898; Titbits for Travelers; and The Postilion of Nagold, and Other Poems.

Catlin, George S

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1808 in Harwington, Conn. He was a representative in congress from 1843 to 1845; was a number of years in the state legislature; and state's attorney, and judge of the Windham county court. He died in December, 1851.

Cato, Sterling G

jurist, was born in Georgia. He removed to Alabama, from which state he was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Kansas.

Caton, John Dean

lawyer, jurist, author, was born March 19, 1812, in Mornroe, N. Y. He gained a large and lucrative practice in Chicago, and in 1842 was elected judge of the Illinois supreme court, becoming chief justice in 1855. He resigned that honorable position in 1864, in order to devote himself to private business. He is the author of A Summer in Norway, and Antelope and Deer of America. was

Caton, Richard

merchant, born in England in 1763. He became a merchant in Baltimore, and in 1790 entered into an association for the manufacture of cotton. He was particularly interested in geological researches, and was one of the founders in 1795 of the library company, whose collection was merged in the library of the Maryland Historical society. He died May 19, 1845, in Baltimore, Md.