Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-02-06

DEATH OF JAMES b. CAuooN.-The
Maine State Press says james Il. Cahoon,
Esq, of Portland, Me, after protracted
and painful sickness was relieved of his
heavy burden by death, Tuesday morning
Thus has departed, in the Goth year Of hi,
age, a man, who for more than fifty year.
that he has resided in Maine. has fllaa
all the relations of life in which he has
moved, with exemplary fidelity and honor
As husband and father as mewhont
as Treasurer of the State, as Mayor of
Portland, and as christian gentleman.
he has lived without reproach. His whole
life has been characterized by activity,
intelligence and moral worth
Mr.. Cahoon was born in Sutton, VT,
February Is, 1902 In January, 1915.
not yet thirteen year old. he went to Port
land, and entered as clerk the store Of b
c. Atwood, in Haymarket Row. Mr. At
wood married his sister He afterwards
became partner of Mr.. Atwood, and their
auction and commission business was con
Quoted in Exchange street He subSe-
quently formed connection with the late
Nehemiah Cram. and the firm of Cram 4
Cahoon was among the earliest and larg-
est dealers and commission merchants in
-four and grain.
After the dissolution of that firm. Mr.
Cahoon continued in business alone for
some years, when he formed partner.
ship with Capt. George Turner, who wa.
large ship owner, and extensively en-
gagged in mercantile and other pursuits
He needed just such a man AZ Mr.. Cahoor
to arrange and keep in order his numer
Qua and miscellaneous transactions Mr.
CaRoon was an accurate accountant and
practical merchant, while Capt Turner
brought up to sea life, was better quail
fed for executive duty than for the de
tails of the countingroom. This connec
ton was unfortunately dissolved by tn,
death of Capt Turner, in 1881, and thu
settlement of the large concerns of TIA,
firm devolved upon the surviving partner
From that period Mr.. Cahoon's employ
ments have been varied but always active
For some years past he has been an agcn
in the very large concerns Of Mr.. J. b
Brown. He outlived all his partners il
trade, and most of the persons who wer
the early contemporaries of his busines
life.
In 1893, at tho early age of 36, Nh
Cahoon's financial ability and his ntegri
ty had became so favorably known, as I,
cause him TO be elected Treasurer of tn
State in the FIRST administration of Coy
Kent; but by change of political par
ties the next year, the Office which he ha,
faithfully administered, was transferrc,
to another.
In 1s49 he was elected mayor Of Port
land, as successor of Eliphalet Greeley
and was reelected the next year; we ca,
otter no better proof of the acceptable
manner in which he discharged the du
ties OF this responsible office, than the fac
that after an interval of two years, whcr
from an extraordinary excitement on tn
temperance question, this station wa
successivefy occupied by Neal Dow an
Gov Paris, he was again chosen for tn
years 1858 and 1854
IN every sphere, whether public or pri
vate, IN which it was his fortune to move
he was found competent to its duties, am
no shadow of reproach was ever cast upo,
his ability or his integrity. In priyat
life he was uniformly kind, courteou
and genial, and of simple, unaffeote
manners. He has been one of the man,
gers OF the Portland Benevolent Soeiet
over twenty-seven years, part Of the tim
it Secretary, and at the time of hi. deaf
Vice President; in his attendance upo
it, meetings he has been eonstan
aAd tAe administration of its charlie
ipdicious and faithful.
He walked with man from day to day
A. with brother and friend"
II. Cahoon was brought up in IL
4sehodist Communion, but afterwarc
ecunscted himself with the High Sire,
obaruh. In 1923 he married Marth,