The Press., 1908-02-19

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 in Stafford September 6, .1s42, q
 lineal descendant ofsS Nicholas Cady,
 who was a resident of Watertown,
 Mass. in ]. .1645. Some time before
 the revolutionary war the family
 moved to Connecticut, and several of
 the family served in that war. One
 of those, Isaac Cady, died of camp
 fever in TIT. leaving a son, Garner
 Oady, who was for many years a
 member of the general assembly from
 his native town of Stafford. His son,
 Garner Cady, Jr., the father of Ernest
 Cady, was killed in a runaway aoci.
 dent when AT years old. His wife
 was Emily Green of Stafford. and
 Ernest Cady was the second of their six children. His education was
 limited. for, during the summer, he
 worked on as Harm or in factory.
 attending the public schools in the
 winter until he was Is years old,
 when for one term he was able to at- tend Metcalf's academy at Worcester,
 Mass. This ended his school days, as he was called home at the end of the term, owing to lack of money, and
 began work as clerk in a store in Stafford With the exception of the time spent in service during the civil war, his residence in Stafford covered twenty eight years. In the fall of
 1864 he formed business partnership with R. s. Beebe of Stafford under the name of Beebe & Oady, which expired by limitation at the end of five years MT. Oady then took an extended trip through the western states and part of Canada, with view to settling in the west, but came back satisfied to remain in New Eng land. Before making his business with MT. Beebe, MT Oady had seen honorable service in the navy, enlisting as landsman August s, 1862, being assigned to the gun boat Westfield, Commander W R. Renshaw, under Commodore FarraRut, Much of the time was spent in block. ading the port of Galveston, Tex, and on the morning of January 1, 1863, the fleet was attacked by the confeder ate fleet, which captured one boat and then demanded the surrender of the Westfield, which had become ground ed Commander Renshaw decided to blow up his ship and laid train to the magazine, which was to have lasted thirty minutes, but which ex- ploded the magazine in half that time, killing fourteen officers. MT. Oady was the last person to leave the boat. He and his comrades were picked up and ordered on duty on the United States sloop of war Brooklyn, resum- ing blockade duty of Galveston. MT. Cady was discharged from service August 31, 1863, and used the money he received for the expenses of a three -months' course at Eastman's business college in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. In October, 1871, MT. Cady be- came the proprietor of the corporation store of the Norwich woolen mills at Norwich, and remained in charge lntil 1877, when he sold out and moved to Hartford. In July, 1878, le formed with R. N. and F. A. Pratt the Steam Boiler Appliance company, with @ capital of $50. 900. Tour years later the business was rganized under the name of the 'ratt 6 Cady company, the company rowing successful from that time un- il this. Mir Cady retired from bust ess about ten years ago, but for !! everal years after that time was presi- ent of the Eastern Consolidated Oil ompany. At the time of his death le was trustee of the Society for | Iavings and director of the National Machine company. He was member if the Connecticut Historical society if the Hartford club and was a thirty econd degree Mason, being 8 member if the Washington Commandery, K. E., and of Sphinx Temple, A. A. o. N. N. s. MT. Oady was democrat n politics but up to 1892 had never leld office, when he was nominated by lis party for lieutenant governor on he ticket with Luzon B. Morris and vas elected. His duties were arduous, IS the senate for that session was 'venly divided. It was said of him It the close of the session that none if his decisions was appealed from and hat he was never absent from B ession of the senate. At the close # his term he was nominated for | governor but was defeated by O Vincent Coffin of Middletown, the epublican candidate. On January
 I, 1871, MT. Cady married Ellen E. Hyde. 8 sister of Major E. Henry Iyde. who died October 27. 1907. Two children were born to them, Ernest H. Cady, who survives. and Charles " Cady, who died in 1900 The funeral was held at his resi- enoe, No. 249 Pennington avenue, t o'clock yesterday afternoon and vas largely attended. Rev. Ernest eF. Miel, rector of Trinity church, onduoted the services, and the music Vas furnished by the Temple quartet, Vho sang the Episcopal burial chant, Crossing the Bar'' and "Rock of Ages. '" The burial was in Cedar Hill emetery. Taps were sounded at the rave by Russell Whitaker.
 wsat Stafford.
 Remember the Concert st Congrega- onal Church, Stafford Springs, Wednes- ay night, March 4th, Miss Cow, con- ralto; Miss Donnell, reader.
 F. Wayland Preston is still con. ned to his home by illness.
 Edwin Neff of Danbury is the guest his sister. Mrs. George Ellithorpe.
 The Stafford cornet band will give
 concert and dance at Neff's hall next aturday evening, concert to begin t 8 o'clock. Admission to concert, o cents for all. Dancing 35 cents