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CATTELL.

kaskia (1893) ; Tlie IMiife Islander (1898) : Tlie Chase of St. Casthi, and Other Stories of the French in the New World (1894) ; Days of Jeanne d'Arc (1897) ; and The Spirit of an Illinois Toini and The Little Renault (1897). She died in Chi- cago, 111., Dec. 27, 1902.

CATLIN, George, author, was born in Wilkes- barre, Pa., July 2G, 1796; son of Putnam and Polly (Sutton) Catlin, and grandson of Eli and Elizabeth (Way) Catlin, his grandfather being a captain in the revolutionary army. He was educated at home, and during 1817 and 1818 stud- ied at a law school at Litchfield, Conn., where he became noted as an amateur artist. He fol- lowed his profession in New York, Buffalo, Nor- folk, and in Philadelphia, from 1823 to 1829, and later travelled in all parts of America and Europe, becoming especially well-known as a painter of North American Indians. From 1853 to 1857 he travelled in Central and South America, and spent the following fourteen years in Europe. Among his published writings, all of which are profusely illustrated by himself, may be noted : Notes of Eight Years' Travels and Residence in Europe icith his North American Indian Col- lection (1848) ; Museum of Mankind (1851); Illustrations of the Manners, Customs and Con- dition of the North American Indians (7th ed., 1848) ; The Breath of Life (1864) ; Last Rambles amongst the Indians of the Rocky Mountains and the Andes (1868) ; The Lifted and Subsided Rocks of America (1870) ; Life Among the Indians (1847) ; and 0-Kee-ija ; a Religious Ceremony ; and other Customs of the Man- dans (1867). He died in Jersey City, N. J., Dec. 2:J. 187-2.

CATON, John Dean, jurist, was born in Mon- roe, N. Y.. March 19, 1812 ; son of Robert and Hannah (Dean) Caton. He attended the district school for a few years, and in 1829 entered the academy at Utica, where he paid especial atten- tion to mathematics and surveying. In 1833 he went to Chicago and established himself in his profession, being the second lawyer to practise in tliat city. In 1841 he was appointed judge of the suineme court of Illinois, and remained •on the bench until his resignation in 1864, hold- ing the chief-justiceship from April to June, 18.55, and from 1857 to 1864. From 1852 to 1867 he was president of the Illinois aJid Mississii)pi telegraphic comi)any. He travelled widely and devoted much time to natural history. In 1866 Hamilton college conferred upon him the degree of LL.D. He is the author of : A Sum- mer in Noru-ay (1875) ; The Last of the Illinois and a Sketch of the Pott airat amies (1876); Origin of the Prairies (1876); and The Antelope and Deer of America (1877). He died in Chicago, 111., July 30, 1895.

CATOR, Thomas Vincent, politician, was born at Roxbury. N. Y., July 18, 1851. He studied at the public school, Roxbury academy, and Cor- nell university, where he was graduated in 1871. He was admitted to the New York bar in 1873, and practised in that city until 1887. In 1881 he was one of the organizers of the national anti- monopoly league, and for several years a member of its congressional committee to secure the inter-state commerce act. In 1880 he removed to Jersey city, N. J., where in 1882 he was elected to the state legislature as a candidate of the anti- monopoly union. In the house he introduced the equal taxation bill passed in 1884. He serv :d two years as an alderman of the city. In 1887 was water commissioner of the state appointed by Governor Greene. Later in the same year l^e re- moved to San Francisco, Cal. He was a delegate to the Populist convention at Omaha in 189^. and in the winter of 1893-'94 was the candidate of the Populist members of the state legislature for United States senator. In 1896 he was a dele gate-at-large from California to the St. Louis convention, July 22, and before the convention favored the nomination of w^illiam J. Bryan for President. He was the candidate of the Demo- crats and Populists before the legislature in 1897, for United States senator, to succeed George C. Perkins. He is the author of numerous pam- phlets on political topics, of which " National Ownership of Railroads " and ' ' National Credit " were largely read.

CATRON, John, jurist, was born in Wythe county, Va., in 1778, and in 1812 removed to Ten- nessee, where he was admitted to the bar. He served in the New Orleans campaign of 1812 under General Jackson, and later was elected state at- torney by the Tennessee legislature. He was made one of the supreme judges of the state in 1824. and from 1830 to 1836 was its chief justice. He was a noted duellist, but officially discouvTjed its practice. In 1837 he was appointed by Presi- dent Jackson an associate justice of the supreme court. He opposed secession in 1861, and was, for a time, obliged to leave the state because of his opinions, but in 1862 returned and continued his judicial duties. He died in Nashville, Tenn., May 30, 1865.

CATTELL, Alexander Qilmore, senator, was born in Salem, N. J, Feb. 12, 1816. son of Thomas W. and Keziah (Gilmore) Cattell. In 1840 he was elected to the legislature of New Jer.sey ; in 1841-'42 was clerk of the state house of repre- sentatives, and in 1844 served as a delegate to the state constitutional convention. In 1846 he re- moved to Philadelphia, engaged in business, and held various local offices. He was a director of the Mechanics' bank, president of the corn ex- change association, and in 1858 organized the