Casey, Silas – Cassoday, John B
Casey, Silas
naval officer, was born Sept. 11, 1841, in Rhode Island. He became master in 1861, lieutenant in 1862, lieutenant-commander in 1866, and commander in 1874. He was attached to the steamer Wissahickon in 1861, and was in the first attack on Fort Sumter and various engagements with the batteries in Charleston harbor. He was equipment officer at the Washington navy-yard in 1882-84, light-house inspector in 1885, and in 1886 commanded the receiving-ship Dale. He was made a captain in 1889; and promoted to commodore in 1898.
Casey, Thomas Lincoln
soldier, educator, was born May 10, 1831, in Sackett's Harbor, N. Y. In 1854-59 he was assistant professor of engineering in the United States Military academy.
From 1859 till 1861 he had command of the engineer corps on the Pacific coast. During the civil war he served at first as staff engineer at Fort Monroe, Va., became captain in the engineer corps on Aug. 6, 1861, and was superintending engineer of the permanent defences and field fortifications upon the coast of Maine. was
Casey, Zadoc
congressman, born in Georgia. He was a representative in congress from Illinois from 1833 to 1843; and also held the office of lieutenant-governor of the state, and was a member of one of the state constitutional conventions. He died in 1862, in Caseyville, Ill.
Cash, John H
journalist, jurist, was born in January, 1860, in St. Louis, Mo.
He is the editor and owner of The Leader of Westfield, N. J.; has been judge of the district court; and has filled various other public positions of honor.
Cashen, Thomas V
manufacturer, was born Feb. 14, 1835, in Pictou, N. S.
After the close of the war he came to Jacksonville, Fla., and for nine years was engaged in the business of contracting and building. In 1874 he became a partner of Alexander Wallace in the Alligator steam saw and planing mills; and in 1884 became sole proprietor.
Casilear, John W
painter, was born June 25, 1811, in New York. His principal works are Swiss Lake; Genesee Meadows; September Afternoon; Trout Brook; Autumn; Scene in New Hampshire; View on Chemung River; View of the Rocky Mountains; Scene on Long Island; Early Autumn; Genesee Valley; and Early Summer, Long Island Sound.
Caskie, John S
congressman, was born in Virginia. He was elected a representative in congress from his native state from 1851 to 1855. He died Dec. 15, 1869, in Richmond, Va.
Cason, Thomas J
lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born Sept. 13, 1828, in Union county, Ind. From 1861-64 was a member of the Indiana legislature; from 1864-67 was a member of the state senate; and in 1867 was appointed judge of common pleas, and re-elected to the same office for term of four years.
He was elected to the forty-third and forty-fourth cona gresses, serving on the committee on revision of laws. He still continues the practice of law at Lebanon, Ind., where he has attained a large practice.
Cass, George N
artist. He studied with Innes, and has painted landscapes in oil and water-colors, exhibiting at the Boston Art club and elsewhere. Among his works which are specially popular in New England are Evening on the Kennebec River; and View in Medway, Mass. His wife is also an artist, and has painted fruit, flowers, and still-life, in oil.
Cass, Joseph Forrest
banker, was born July 31, 1863, in Vernon county, Wis.
He is president of the Tripoli Savings bank, Iowa; and vice-president of the bank of Sumner, Iowa. He is also president of the Western Electric Telephone system, consisting of two thousand miles of lines in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota. He is also a director in the Waterloo and Cedar Falls railway; and is interested in various other business enterprises. a
Cass, Lewis
statesman, was born Oct. 9, 1782, in Exeter, N. H. He was a statesman of Michigan who was secretary of war in Jackson's administration; ambassador to France; and democratic candidate for president in 1845. He was the author of Inquiries Concerning the History, Traditions and Languages of the Indians in the United States; and France, its King, Court, and Government, 1840. He died June 17, 1866, in Detroit, Mich.
Cassady, J. E
lawyer, legislator, was born July 8, 1859, in Roane county, Tenn.
He received his education in the public schools, and at the Grant university of Athens. For eight years he was clerk of the circuit court; and in 1896 was elected a member of the Tennessee state legislature in the fiftieth general assembly.
Cassatt, Alexander Johnston
railroad president, was born Dec. 8, 1839, in Pittsburg, Pa. Since 1885 he has been president of the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk railroad.
Cassedy, George
congressman, was born in Bergen county, N. J. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1821 to 1827. He died Dec. 31, 1842, in Hackensack, N. J.
Cassel, Abraham Harley
educator, antiquarian, author, was born Sept. 21, 1820, in Kulpsville, Pa. He was the founder of the Cassel library, which consists of fifty thousand valuable books and documents. He presented about twentyeight thousand books and documents to the Brethren's Collegiate institute of Mount Morris, Ill.; and contributed to the historical society of Pennsylvania about three thousand books and papers relating to the early history of that state. er.
Cassel, Flora H
temperance work- She is the author of a volume of poems entitled White Ribbon Vibrations.
Cassell, Charles E
journalist, was born Aug. 31, 1849, in Wakefield, Md.
He is the editor and owner of The Clarion of Thurmont, Md., where he is a prominent business man and interested in the public affairs of his county and state.
Casserly, Eugene
lawyer, journalist, congressman, was born in 1822, in Ireland. He removed to California in 1850, and identified himself with the press of San Francisco. He was elected a senator in congress from California for the term commencing in 1869 and ending in 1875. He died June 14, 1883, in San Francisco, Cal.
Cassidy, George Williams
journalist, state senator, congressman, was born April 25, 1836, in Bourbon county, Ky. He became a journalist, and settled in Nevada. He was a state senator from 1872 to 1880; president of the senate during the session of 1879; and was elected a representative from Nevada to the forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses as a democrat.
Cassidy, Patrick S
journalist, poet, was born Oct. 31, 1850, in Ireland.
In 1868 he became connected with the Associated Press, remaining with that association for ten years. He successively edited the New York Sunday Democrat, Illustrated Times and the Celtic Magazine, of which latter periodical he was part owner. Since 1881 he has been regularly connected with the Sunday Mercury. He has written song verse; and is the author of a work entitled Glenough, or the Victims of Vengeance.
Cassin, John
naturalist, author, was born Sept. 6, 1813, in Chester, Pa. He was a naturalist of Philadelphia whose American Ornithology is a continuation of Audubon's work on that subject. Other works of his are Ornithology of the Japan Expedition; Mammalogy and Ornithology of the Wilkes Exploring Expedition; Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, etc.; and A General Synopsis of North American Ornithology. He died Jan. 10, 1869, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Cassin, Stephen
naval officer, was born Feb. 16, 1783, in Philadelphia, Pa.
He served with distinction in the war with Tripoli, commanded the Ticonderoga in Macdonough's victory on Lake Champlain, and was rewarded by congress with a gold medal for bravery in that action. He was a terror to the pirates that infested the West Indies, and captured four of their vessels in 1822. He died Aug. 29, 1857, in Georgetown, D. C.
Cassoday, John B
lawyer, legislator, jurist, author, was born July 7, 1830, in Herkimer county, N. Y. He pursued his early studies in the common schools, and at the academies in Wellsboro and Knoxville, graduating from the Alfred academy. He subsequently studied one year at the Michigan university, and attended the law school of Albany, N.
Y. In 1857 he settled in Janesville, Wis.. where he soon attained prominence as a great lawyer. He was a member of the Wisconsin state legislature in 1865 and again in 1877, when he was made speaker of that body. In 1864 he was a delegate to the Baltimore convention that nominated Lincoln for president; and in 1880 to the Chicago convention that nominated Garfield, and was chairman of the Wisconsin delegation. In 1880 he was appointed associate justice. of the supreme court: received the re-election to that office in 1881 and again in 1889. He became chief justice of the supreme court of Wisconsin in 1895, and still fills that high position. He is also professor of constitutional law in the college of law at the university of Wisconsin. Chief Justice Cassoday is the author of Cassoday on Wills; and has contributed extensively to law journals. 4