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as engineer-in-chief in building fortifications and laying mines for the defense of Hampton Roads, Va.; and became major in 1898. He is the author of numerous Mono-

Thomas J., lawyer, jurist, state sencongressman, was born Sept. 13, 1828, was a in Union county, Ind. In 1861-64 he member of the IndiaCason,

ator,

na state

graphs on entomology. Casey,

Thomas

civil engineer,

was

Sackett's Harbor, N.Y. In 1859-61 he had Fort Sumter and various engagements with on in 1861; and was in the first attack on 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 in 1861; was superintending engineer of the permanent defences and field fortifications upon the coast of Maine; and in 1865 be-

came

colonel. In 1888 he

was appointed

bri-

gadier-general; and he had charge of the erection of the library of congress. He died March 25, 1896, in Washington, D.C.

Casey, Zadoc, congressman, was born in 1796 in Georgia. In 1833-43 he was a representative from Illinois to the twenty-third to the twenty-seventh congresses; also held the oiRce of lieutenant-governor of the state; and was a member of one of the state constitutional conventions. He died in 1862 in Caseyville,

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Cashen, Thomas V., manufacturer, was born Feb. 14, 1835, in Picton, N.S. After the close of the civil war he moved 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 pro;

prietor.

Cashing, William B., naval oflicer, was born Nov. 24, 1842, in Delafield, Wis. He was actively engaged in the civil war on the North Atlantic blocking squadron; and attained the rank of commander. He died Dec. 17, 1874, in Washington, D.C. Casilear, John W., painter, artist, was born June 25, 1811, in New York. His principal works are Swiss Labor; Genesee Meadows; September Afternoon; Trout Brook; Autumn; Scene in New Hampshire; View on Chemung River; View of the Rocky Mountains; Scene on Long Island; and Early Autumn. He died Aug. 17, 1893, in Saratoga, N.Y. Caskie, John S., congressman, was born in Richmond, Va. In 1851-59 he was a representative from Virginia to the thirty-second, thirty-third, thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth congresses. He died Dec. 15, 1869, at Rich-

mond, Va. Casler, John Overton,

soldier, author,

was

born Dec. 1, 1838 in Frederick county, Va. In 1861-65 he served as a private in the confederate army; and was in the first battle of Bull Run and nearly all campaigns of the army of northern Virginia under General Lee and Jackson. He is the author of Four Years in the Stonewall Brigade; and Lillian Stuart, the Heroine of the Rappahannock.

legislature; in

1864-67 was a member of the Indiana

Lincoln, soldier, educator, born on May 10, 1831, in

senate; and in 1867-71 was judge of the court of common pleas. In 1873-77 he was a representative from Indiana to the

state

forty-third and fortyfourth congresses, 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.

Caspari,

Charles, physician, author,

was

Md. He is dean and professor of theory and practice of pharmacy in the Maryland college of pharmacy. He is the author of Textbook on Pharmacy; and a Treatise on Pharmacy.

born

in Baltimore,

Cask, Charles Lee, soldier, was born in Hampshire. In 1813 he was a lieutenant in the United States army; became a captain in 1818; and resigned in 1824. He died Jan. 4, 1842, in Ohio. Cass, George W., painter, 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

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which are especially popular in New England are Evening on the Kennebec River; and in Medway, Mass. His wife is also an artist; and has painted fruit, flowers and still-life, in oil.

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Cass, George Washington, civil engineer, railroad president, was born March 12, 1810, in Dresden, Ohio. In 1849 he established the Adams express across the mountains from Baltimore; effected the consolidation of all

the company's lines between Boston and St. Louis and south to Richmond in 1854; and was its president in 1856-62. He was also president of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago railway. He was appointed brigadier-general of the Pennsylvania militia. He died March 21, 1888, in New York City. Cass, George Willis, lawyer, was born Feb, 11, 1851, in Coshocton, Ohio. In 1873 he began the practice of law in Chicago as a partner of William Elliott. In 1889 he practiced law by himself, devoting his time especially to corporation and real estate law. Cass, Joseph Forrest, banker, was born July 31, 1863, in Vernon county. Wis. He is president of the Tripoli savings bank of Iowa; and vice-president of the bank of Sumner of Iowa. He is also president of the Western electric telephone system, consisting of six thousand miles of lines in Iowa,

Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota. He is also a, director and part owner of the Waterloo and Cedar Falls railway; and is interested in various business enterprises.