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Colonel James Livingston, an officer in the revolutionary army. They had a large family of children, the most distinguished being Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the reformer. A sketch of Daniel Cady as a lawyer, by his son-in-law, Henry B. Stan- ton, will be found in Barbour's New York supreme court report*, vol. xviii., p. 662. He died in Johns- town. N. Y., Oct. 31. 1859.

CADY, Josiah Cleveland, architect, was born in Providence, R. I., in 1838. He was graduated at Trinity college with the class of 1860, studied architecture, and located in New York city, where he designed some of the prominent public buildings in that city, including the homes of the Century, University, Manhattan, and Athletic clubs; the Metropolitan opera house; the Museum of natural history, Presbyterian hospital, and several church edifices. He also designed the Peabody museum. North Sheffield hall, Chitten- den Memorial library, Dwight hall. White and Berkeley dormitories, and Winchester hall at Yale university; Morgan hall and the Lyell gymna- sium at Williams college; Jarvis hall of science. Epsilon chapter house for Delta Psi at Trinity col- lege; and the building for scientific purposes and the new gymnasium at Wesleyan university. He was a member of the American institute of architects and the architectural league, and an officer of several scientific and philanthropic as- sociations, including the American science asso- ciation, the State charities aid association, the skin and cancer hospital, the Demilt dispensary, and the New York city mission. In 1860 he re- ceived the degree of A.M. from Trinity college.

CAFFERY, Donelson, senator, was born in the parish of St. Mary, La., Sept. 10, 1835. He was educated at St. Mary's college, Maryland, and was afterwards admitted to the bar. In 1861 he joined the Confederate army, serving first as a private, and later on the stafl" of Gen. W. H. T. Walker. In 1879 he was a member of the consti- tutional convention, and in 1893 was elected to the state senate. In 1893 he was appointed United States senator to succeed R. L. Gibson, deceased, taking his seat Jan. 7, 1893. He was elected by the legislature in 1894 to fill out the term, and also for the full senatorial term expiring March 4, 1901. He is the author of Aklredge on Free Coinage of Silver (1><9()).

CAHOONE, J. Benjamin, naval officer, was born in Rhode Island in 1800. He served as a purser in the United States navy from 1830 to 1861, when he reached the age limit and was retired. During the civil war he was assigned to emergency duty at the Portsmoutli and Boston navy yards, became pay director, and in 1868 was again retired, receiving in consideration of extra service the relative rank of commodore. He died in Ne%v York city, July 27, 1873.


CAIN, Richard H., clergyman, was born in Greenbrier county. Va., April 13, 1835. He was a negro and had no education except such as he received in the Sabbath-school, until 1846, when he commenced to study for the ministry. He spent the year 1860 at Wilberforce university. Xenia, Ohio, and engaged in pastoral labors in Brooklyn from 1861 to 1864, Avhen he was sent as a missionary to the freedmen of South Carolina, and was for many years identified with the Afri- can M. E. church in that state. He was a dele- gate to the state constitutional convention of 1867, a member of the state senate in 1868, and a representative from Charleston in the 45th Con- gress. He was appointed bishop by the general conference of the African M. E. church in 1880, and was assigned to the district of Louisiana and Texas. He founded Paul Quinn college at Waco, Texas, and advanced education within his district. Subsequently he became presiding bishop of the first episcopal district of the African M. E. church, embracing the conferences of New York, New Jersey, New England, and Philadelphia. He received the degree of D.D. from Wilbertorce in 1873. He died in Washington, D.C., Jan. 18,1887.

CAINE, John T., delegate, was born in the Isle of Man, Jan. 8, 1829, w^here he received a gram- mar-school education, emigrated to the United States early in 1846, and resided for a time in New York city, where he became identified with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In the fall of 1848 he went to St. Louis, Mo., where he cast his first ballot, and was active from 1849 to 1853 in forwarding the large number of Mormon immigrants who passed through St. Louis, bound for Utah Territory. He settled in Salt Lake City in 1852; served on a mission in the Sandwich Islands, 1854-'56, and became connected vvitli the Salt Lake Herald in 1870, serving as managing editor and also as president of the company. He was secretary of the legislative council, and a member of that body, 1876-"84; a member of the Utah constitutional conventions of 1873 and 1883, and president of the convention in 1887 that made polygamy and bigamy punisliable and asked for admission into the Union as a state. He was recorder of Salt Lake city, 1876-'82; a trustee of De.seret university, 1876-88; a delegate to congress, 1882-"93. and a .state senator in 1897.

CALDERHEAD, William A., representative, was born in Perry county. Oliio. Sept. 26, 1844. He was educated in the public scliools; .served in the Oiiio volunteer infantry, 1862-'65. and in 1873 settled in Kansas, where he taught sciiool and fitted for the law. He was admitted to the bar; engaged in practice in Marysville, and served as county attorney, 1889-'91. He was elected a rep- resentative in congress as a Republican, 1895- 1905.