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 HBRRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Cable, Hobart M., manufacturer, founder, was born March 3, 1841, in Walton, N.Y. For four years he was a representative in the Massachusetts state legislature. In 1889 he began the manufacture of pianos and organs in Chicago, 111. He was one of the founders of the Cable company; and since 1900 has been president of the Hobart M. Cable company, manufacturers of the Cable pianos. Cable, Joseph, congressman, was born in Ohio. In 1849-53 he was a representative from Ohio to the thirty-first and thirty-second congresses. He died in Ohio. Cable,

Ransom

R., railroad president,

was

born in 1834 in Athens county, Ohio. About 1859 he entered the coal and railroad business at Rock Island,' HI.; and rose to be superintendent and finally president of the Peoria and Rock Island railroad. In 1883 he was made president of the Chicago, Rock Island and pacific railroad. Cabot, Carcljm Sturgis, litterateur, author, was born April 13, 1846, in Concord, Mass. She is the author of Six Stories in the Child's Hour; Sketches of Nantucket, Mass.; and Football Grandma. Cabot, Ella Lyman, educator, author, was born about 1870 in Boston, Mass. In 1889 she began teaching ethics and taught in various private schools of Boston, Mass. She is the author of Everyday Ethics; Seventieth Report of the Massachusetts Board of Education; and An Experiment in Teaching Ethics. Calwt, George, congressman, United States senator, was born Dec. 3, 1751, in Salem, Mass. In 1777 he was elected a member of the provincial congress from Massachusetts. He was a member of the convention which formed the constitution of Massachusetts; and also of that which ratified the constitution of the United States. In 1791-96 he was a United States senator; and in 1798 he was secretary of the navy. He died April 8, 1823, in Boston, Mass. Cabot, James Elliot, journalist, author,

1821 in Massachusetts. He is a journalist of Boston, Mass. He is the author

was born

in

A Memoir of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Cabot, Richard Clarke, physician, author, was born May 31, 1863, in Brookline, Mass. Since 1895 he has been a director of the Boston children's aid society. He is the author of Clinical Examination of the Blood; Physical Diagnosis; and Case Teaching. Cadillac, Antoine De La M., founder of Detroit, was born about 1660 in France. He was the founder of Detroit in 1704; laid out lots and streets; and built the first chapel. He died about 1720 in France. Cadmus, Cornelius A., congressman, was born in October, 1844, in Bergen sounty, N.J. He was elected a member of the house of general assembly from Passaic county in 1883; and was sheriff of Passaic county in 1887-90. In 1891-95 he was a representative from New Jersey to the fifty-second, fiftythird congresses as a democrat. He died in 1903 in Passaic county, N.J. of

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Cadwalader, Charles Evert, soldier, physicwas born Nov. 5, 1839, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1861 he enlisted in the first city troops, and accepted a commission in Colonel Rush's sixth Pennsylvania cavalry regiment. He attained success in the practice of medicine in Philadelphia, Pa.; and became widely known for his philanthropic activities. He died in 1907 in Philadelphia, Pa. Cadwalader, George, soldier, author, was born in 1804 in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1862 he was appointed major-general of volunteers. He was one of the commission to revise the military laws and regulations. He was the author of His Services in the Mexican Camian, philanthropist,

paign. Pa.

He

died Feb.

3,

1879, in Philadelphia,

Cadwalader, John, soldier, was born in 1742 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a member of the Pennsylvania convention in 1775 and

an active member of the committee of

safe-

In 1777 he assisted in organizing the militia of the eastern shore of Maryland. He died Feb. 10, 1786, in Shrewsbury, Pa. Cadwalader, John, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born April 1, 1805, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1855-57 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-fourth congress; and declined a renomination. In 1858-79 he was judge of the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. He died Jan. 26, 1879, in Philadelphia, Pa. Cadwalader, John Lambert, lawyer, govty.

ernment official, was bom Nov. 17, 1836, near Trenton, N.J. His legal studies were made with Daniel Lord in New York City; and subsequently he practiced his profession in that place. In 1874-76 he was assistant secretary of state.

Lambert, soldier, congressin 1743 in Trenton, N.J. He a regiment early in the revolu-

Cadwalader,

man, was born

commanded

and in 1784-87 he was a delegate from Jersey to the continental congress. In 1789-91 and 1793-95 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the first and third congresses. He died Sept. 13, 1833, in Trenton, tion;

New

N.J.

Cadwalader, Richard McCall, lawyer, auwas born Sept. 17, 1839, in Trenton, N.

thor, J.

He

practices

law

the author of The

in Philadelphia, Pa. He of Ground Rents.

is

Law

Cadwalader, Thomas, physician, was born in 1708 in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1776 the committee of safety of Pennsylvania appointed him on a committee for the examination of all candidates that applied for the post of surgeon in the navy; and at the same time he was appointed a medical director of the army hospitals. He was one of the original incorporators of Philadelphia library com-

pany the

he saved a son of Governor Jonathan Belch-

in 1731. It is reported that

life of

by the application of electricity before He published an Essay on the West India Dry Gripes. He was the father of er

1750.