The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-15
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A"eueu. ~ u iatucr u concurrence tnai
while he represented England at the Court
OF Athens his distan, kinsman, General
John VI. Read, represented the United
states there 1t the same time. Another
feature of this record is that two great
great grandsons OF a maa who took up
arms against tn. British Government should
be heirs presumpsive To two of the oldes;
dakedoms ia Great Britain, those Of Argyll
and Portland. One of Lady Erksine' S
daughters, Elizabeth Erksine, married Sir
IT. Vincent keaue Hawkins Whitshed,
Bart, and their daughter, Elizabeth 50.
phia Whitsbed, married Major. General
Arthur Cavendish Beutiuck, the heir APP
parent to the Duke of Port land, of whom
their sou, William Bentinck, is now heir
presumptive. Another daughter, Jane
Plummer Erksine, married James Henry
Calender, of Stairforth Castle, Stirling.
shire. At their death the Duke of Argyll
became their guardian. aud his second son,
Lord Archibald Campbell, married the
youngest, Jane Sevila Calender. The
Marquis of Lorue having no children. their
sou, Neil Diarmid, is in a fair way TO he
come Duke Of Argyll. Gen. Cadwalader
died in February. 1856.
Thos. Cadwaiader, born in 1919, entered
the University of Pennsylvania. While
student in that institution he Joined the
Mcpherson Blues as a private audrendered
signal service at the capture Of some rene
gades in Lascaster county. lie studied
law and practiced for time in Philadel-
phia. Upon the declaration OF war against
England in 1912 he was comm issisued sue.
cessively colonel aud brigader general OF
militia and marched to the defense of Bal
tirnore. After tho close of the war he was
made a mainr. general OF United States Vol
uuteers aud placed in command of the Mid
die department. In 1896 he was one Of a
commission Of three with Generals Scott
and Taylor TO revise the United States tao.
tics. For many years he was trustee OF
the library of the University of Pennsylva-
MIA.
lie married, in 1904, Mary, daughter Of
Col. Clement Biddle, quaItermaster. general
of the Revolutionary Army, and had issue,
Judge John Cadwaiader and his brother
George, born 1907. \ lawyer by prufes,
sion, he became brigadier- general Of the
United States Volunteers in the Mexican
war, aud distinguished himself in the march
from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexic,
notably at CheIubucco, on the heights OF
Chapultepec, and at the causeway leading
into the city. During the earlier part uf
the civil war he served n major general
of United States Volunteers.
Gen. George Cadwalader married Frances
Butler. daughter Of JAS Mease, and grand
daughter of Major Pierce Butler, Of Soul b
Carolina, one of the trainers of the Federal
Constitution and United States Senator.
Judge John Cadwalader married first
Mary, daughter OF the veteran lawyer, Hor-
ace Kinney. whose death at the advanc, d
age of ninety-six Philadelphia was called
upon To mourn some three years since. by
this marriage he had two dauehters-Mary,
the first wife of VIM. Henry Rawle, dis
tingushei lawyer himself. and the son and
grandson OF men eminen; IN the legal pro.
fess:on, and Elizabeth. the wife of HarIi-
son Hare, United States Navy.
John Cadwalader. Jr.. born about 1885.
graduated a, the University of Penrsylva.
mia, member Of the Philadelphia bar and
leading Democ:atic politician of that
city, Is the present representative Of The
pU4i.FsfY,I,Ta 1...r.l. = L. 4
race. He married III 1869 Helen Many.
daughter oi the late Joshua Francis Fisher,
well-kuowT historian ana antiqualy If
Philadelphia. whose wife was tie danri-
ter of Henry Middleton, member of Con
CESS from South Carolina. Minister tn
Russia, and a sou of Arthur Middleton, the
singer. Trey have three children.
One feature Of tie record of this family
is that they have not only maintained their
wealth and their social and political prcmr.
nsnce for two centuries. but have always
allied themselves with families disiIn
guished likewise for their social and po
litical emnence.
During the trial of certain prominent
tina, of the late Judge Cadwaiadur. before
whom the case tried, the latter thank, 4
God that none Of his blood ran ia the veins
OF tie culprit, and tina, lie could point 10 a
c.ean and honorable record for his race
and could transmit his name unsulled tn
his posteTity.
General George Cadwalader, who has
just died, owned an extensive estate r.
900 acres Of land-in Guupowder Neck.
Hartford county, Maryland.
CONGRESSIONAL d" STATIONERY. a
Washington dispatch To- The Cincin-
natl Commercial SAYS The Clerk of
the House Of Representatives has just
made his report Of the expenditure of
the contingent fund Of the Huese for
last year, and the statement contains
some very interesting items. Fans
were purchased by the dozen. among
lot OF other Congressional supplies. ~
we'll as about forty travelling bag
The following are interesting indiyi lual
purchases
razor and equipment. for L. , Watson .rPa s.. .-.
i.arN, for iIrn.irirk !! wrisht. P-un4 ...... -e
silica late. fpr v i. Blcpp. Nrw NuEk ...... :.
opera -las, Tor H : sien--r. rrana ..-.... 10 70
visiting lit fpr Thomas E~,ur. OAIr -..-...- 10
Photograph ailsgH ir 4. " Cater .-.-. 80
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