Original: Page was a Wake County farmer and lumberman . He and his wife , Catherine '' Kate '' Raboteau Page bought 300 a surrounding the railroad junction in 1854 and named his development Cary , after Samuel Fenton Cary ( a former Ohio congressman and prohibitionist he admired ) .
Simplified: Allison Francis Page , a farmer and lumberman , and his wife , Catherine Raboteau Page bought 300 acres ( 1.2 kmÂ ) of land surrounding the railroad in 1854 and named it Cary .