Catlin, George Lynde – Cesnola, Louis P. Di
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.
Catron, John
lawyer, jurist, was born in 1778 in Wythe county, Va. In 1824 he was appointed one of the judges of the supreme court of the state; and in 1837 was appointed a justice of the supreme court of the United States, which position he held until his death. He died May 30, 1865, in Nashville, Tenn.
Catron, Thomas Benton
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Oct. 6, 1840, in Lafayette county, Mo. He has served as district attorney, and United States attorney for New Mexico. He was four times a member of the New Mexico legislature, and served as a delegate to the fifty-fourth congress from that state.
Cattell, Alexander Gilmore
merchant, United States senator, was born Feb. 12, 1816, in Salem, N. J. In 1840 he was elected to the state legislature.
In 1846 he settled in Philadelphia as a merchant; became a director in the Mechanics' bank; and was elected to the city councils from 1850 to 1854. In 1855 he returned to New Jersey, but continued his business in Philadelphia. He was one of the early presidents of the Corn Exchange association of that city; in 1858 organized the Corn Exchange bank, and was president of the same. In 1866 he was elected a senator in congress from New Jersey for the term ending 1871 to fill a vacancy.
Cattell, William Cassidy
educator, clergyman, college president, was born Aug. 30, 1827, in Salem, N. J. From 1855 till 1860 he was professor of Latin and Greek in Lafayette college, and in 1863 became its president. Through his exertions more than $1,000,000 was obtained for the institution, extensive grounds were added and commodious buildings were erected.
Cauldwell, Leslie Giffen
artist, was born Oct. 18, 1864, in New York city. He is an artist of New York city, and has exhibited his paintings in Berlin, Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and St. Louis. Several of his pictures were exhibited at the World's Columbian exposition.
Cauldwell, William
journalist, state senator, was born Oct. 12, 1824, in New York city. In 1867 he was elected state senator from New York, and reelected in 1869. In 1876 he became the sole owner and proprietor of the Sunday Mercury of New York city.
Caulfield, Bernard G
lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 15, 1828, in Alexandria, Va. He removed to Chicago in 1853, and was elected a representative to the forty-fourth congress from Illinois, having previously served in the forty-third congress to fill a vacancy.
Caulkins, Frances Mainwar- Ing
author, was born in 1796, in New London, Conn. She was a local historian of Connecticut; and the author of A History of Norwich; and A History of New London. She died Feb. 3, 1869, in New London, Conn.
Causey, John Williams
fruit grower, state senator, congressman, was born Sept. 19, 1841, in Milford, Del. He is engaged in farming and fruit growing; and was elected to the state senate for 1875- 77. He was delegate to the national democratic convention in 1884; was appointed internal revenue collector for the district of Delaware by President Cleveland, and was elected to the fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a democrat. He took an active part in all movements which tended to the agricultural interests of the United States.
Causey, P. F
governor, was born in 1801. He was a merchant by occupation, and was elected governor of Delaware in 1854, and remained in office four years.
He died Feb. 17, 1871, in Milford, Del.
Causin, John M. S
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in Maryland. He served several terms in the legislature; was a representative in congress from his native state from 1843 to 1845, and in 1849 was a presidential elector. He died Jan. 30, 1861, in Cairo, Ill.
Cauthorn, Henry S
lawyer, was born Feb. 23, 1828, in Vincennes, Ind. In 1854 he was elected prosecuting attorney; and in 1855 was elected city attorney of Vincennes, Ind. In 1870 he was the representative from Knox county, and was re-elected in the fall of 1872 and again in 1878.
Cavanaugh, James M
lawyer, miner, congressman, was born July 4, 1823, in Springfield, Mass. He removed to Minnesota in 1854, and was elected to the thirty-fifth congress. He moved to Colorado in 1861, and was a member of its constitutional convention. He removed to Montana in 1866, and was elected a delegate to the fortieth and forty-first congresses as a democrat.
Cavaness, James M
journalist, lecturer, poet, was born March 29, 1842, in Monrovia, Ind. He received his education at the Baker university; at the graduation he received the degree of A. B., and three years later the degree of A. M. In 1866-67 he was principal of the city schools at Butler, Mo., and later at Paola, Kas. He is now the editor and proprietor of The Advance of Chetopa, Kan.; and has published a volume of poems.
Caverly, Robert Boodey
lawyer, historian, poet, was born July 19, 1806, in Strafford, N. H. He attended the schools of his native town, Pembroke academy, and in 1837 graduated from Harvard university. When quite young he held the office of colonel in the major-general staff, and inspector in the New Hampshire militia. In his younger days he taught school, and subsequently practiced law in the courts of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and in the District of Columbia; and in 1857 served as city solicitor of Lowell, Mass. He was the author of The Merrimack, in two volumes; Caverly's Poems, two volumes; Poems, Epics, Lyrics and Ballads; The Voice; Hannah Duston and Indian Wars of New England; Indian Wars of New England and John Eliot; History of Barnstead; The Caverly Annals; The Boody Annals; and several other interesting books. He was instrumental in erecting a monument to the memory of Hannah Duston on Contoocook Island, in the Merrimac river, near Fisherville, N.
H.; and also urged the erection of stones to the unmarked soldiers' graves in the cemetery in Lowell. He died Oct. 20, 1887.
Cawein, Madison Julius
accountant, author, poet, was born in 1865 in Kentucky. He is a poet of Louisville, Ky., whose verse is very musical, and shows much individuality. He is the author of Days and Dreams; Moods and Memories; Intimations of the Beautiful; Blooms of the Berry; The Triumph of Music; Accolon of Gaul; Lyrics and Idyls; Poems of Nature and Love; Red Leaves and Roses; The Garden of Dreams; and Undertones.
Cayvan, Georgia Eva
actress, was born in 1860, in Bath, Maine. She has attained a national reputation as a noted actress.
Cecil, Elizabeth Frances
author, was born in Virginia. She is an author of Virginia, who wrote Industrial Heroes; Literary Salons; Popular Suffrage in Literature; and some fugitive verses.
Cesnola, Louis P. Di
soldier, diplomat, was born June 29, 1832, in Turin, Italy. In 1848 he took part in the Italian war against Austria, and was promoted to second lieutenant on the field at Novara in 1849. He was graduated from the military academy at Cheraseo, fought in the Crimean war, and emigrated to America in 1860. He served with distinction in the civil war, and was sent as United States consul to Cyprus, where he remained for eleven years. On his return to America the consulate-general of Havana was offered him, but he abandoned the consul service and accepted the appointment as director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a place which he has occupied ever since with distinction. He is the author of Cyprus, its Ancient Cities, Tombs and Temples: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; and other works.