Casson, Henry – Catlin, George
Casson, Henry
journalist, secretary of state, was born Dec. 13, 1843, in Brownsville, Pa. Since 1873 he has been a resident of Viroqua, Wis., where he was editor and proprietor of the Vernon County Censor during 1875-85. During 1885-89 he was private secretary to Governor Rusk; to Governor Hoard in 1889- 91; and to the secretary of agriculture in 1891-92. In 1894 he was elected secretary of state of Wisconsin; and takes an active part in the public affairs of his adopted state.
Casteel, John William
journalist, was born Dec. 27, 1872, in Laurel county, Ky. He is the editor and owner of The Newton Herald of Jasper, Ark., of which city he has been mayor.
Castle, Curtis Harvey
educator, physician, congressman, was born Oct. 4, 1848, in Knox county, Ill. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as the fusion candidate of the populist and democratic parties.
Castle, Henry Anson
lawyer, journalist, was born Aug. 22, 1841, in Columbus, Ill. In 1862 he graduated from the McKendee college, Ill. He then enlisted as a private in the seventy-third regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry.
He was made sergeant-major of his regiment; was severely wounded in the battle of Stone River, and finally discharged.
He seafterwards raised a company for the one hundred and seventh regiment Illinois infantry, which he commanded as captain during his term of service. For ten years he practiced law in St. Paul, and in 1876 was chosen editorin-chief of the St. Paul Dispatch, of which he became owner. In 1885 he disposed of the Dispatch; and since 1895 has been president of the Provident Trust company.
In 1873 he was a member of the Minnesota legislature; in 1892-96 was postmaster of St. Paul; and during 1872-75 was commander of the department of Minnesota, G. A. R.
Castle, James N
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born May 23, 1836, in Shefford, P. Q. He was elected district attorney and located in Stillwater, where he has been engaged in the practice of law since. He was elected to the state senate in 1868, and re-elected in 1878 and 1882, serving in all ten years. He was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.
Caswall, Henry
clergyman, author, was born in 1810, in England. He was an episcopal clergyman of English birth, but ordained in the United States, where the most of his life was spent.
He lived for a time in England, however, and was a prebend of Salisbury. He was the author of An Epitome of the History of the American Episcopal Church (1836); Didascalus, or The Teacher; Mormonism and its Author: The Jerusalem Chamber, or Convocation and its Possibilities; The Californian Crusoe, a Tale of Mormonism; Scotland and the Scottish Church; The Western World Revisited; The Martyr of the Pongas; and The American Church and the American Union. He died Dec. 17, 1870, in Franklin, Pa.
Caswell, Alexis
clergyman, college president, author, was born in 1799, in Taunton, Mass. He was a baptist clergyman and educator; and for thirty-five years a professor at Brown university, and its president in 1868-72. He has lectured on Astronomy; and Meteorological Observations. He died Jan. 8, 1877, in Providence, R. I.
Caswell, Lucien B
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, born Nov. 27, 1827, in Swanton, Vt. In 1855 he was district attorney; a delegate to the republican convention of 1868; and a member of the state legislature in 1863, 1872, and 1874.
He was elected representative from Wisconsin to the forty-fourth, forty-fifth, forty-sixth, fortyseventh, forty-ninth, fiftieth and fifty-first a congresses as a republican. He was on several important committees.
Caswell, Richard
soldier, state senator, governor, was born Aug. 3, 1729, in Maryland. From 1754 to 1771 he was a member of the colonial assembly, and for the last two years was speaker of the house of delegates. He commanded the right wing of Tryon's forces at the battle of Allamance, in 1771; was a delegate to the continental congress from 1774 to 1776; in 1775 was president of the provincial congress which framed the constitution of the state, and was elected first governor of North Carolina under it, holding that office until 1779. In 1780 he led the North Carolina troops in the battle of Camden; in 1782 was speaker of the senate, and comptroller-general, performing the duties of both offices until 1784, when he was again elected governor, and held that position until he became ineligible by the laws of the state. In 1787 he was a delegate to the convention for framing the federal constitution; in 1789 was elected state senator, and was a member of the convention which ratified the constitution; and was also speaker of the senate. He died Nov. 20, 1789, in Fayetteville, N. C.
Catchings, Thomas Clendenin
soldier, lawyer, congressman, born Jan. 11, 1847, in Hinds county, Miss. In 1875 he was elected state senator for a term of four years; resigned in 1877, and was elected attorney-general of Mississippi for four years; and in 1881 was re-elected. He was elected a representative from Mississippi to the forty-ninth, fiftieth, fiftyfirst, fifty-second, fifty-third, fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a democrat.
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.
Cate, William Henderson
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 11, 1839, in Rutherford county, Tenn. He was elected to the legislature of 1871 and. 1873, including the extra session of 1874; was elected prosecuting attorney of the second circuit in 1878; was appointed. judge of the second circuit in March, 1884, and was elected to the same position without opposition in September, 1884. He or-- ganized the bank of Jonesborough 1887; and received certificate of election to the fifty-first congress as a democrat; and was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat. in
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.
Cathcart, William
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 8, 1826, in Ireland. He is a baptist clergyman of Philadelphia; and the author of The Baptists and the American Revolution; The Papal System; The Baptism of the Ages and the Nations; and The Baptist Encyclopædia. CATHERWOOD, MRS. MARY [HART- WELL], author, was born Dec. 16, 1847, in Luray, Ohio. She is a writer of Hoopeston, Ill., whose historical romances dealing with the early days of Canada and the northwest are as notable for their careful attention to historical details as for their graphic and picturesque style. She is the author of A Woman in Armour; The Lady of Fort St. John; and The Romance of Dollard.
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
artist, author, was born in 1796 in Wilkesbarre, Pa. He was an artist who spent many years among the Indians; and the author of Notes of Eight Years in Europe; Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians; Notes for the Emigrant to America; Life Among the Indians, a Book for Youth; The Breath of Life, or Mal-Respiration and its Effects; O-Kee-Pa, a Religious Ceremony, and other Customs of the Mandans; Last Rambles Among the Indians of the Rocky Mountains; and The Lifted and Subsided Rocks of America. He died Dec. 23, 1872, in Jersey City, N. J.