He and his wife , Catherine `` Kate '' Raboteau Page bought 300 acres ( 1.2 km2 ) surrounding the railroad junction in 1854 and named his development Cary , after Samuel Fenton Cary ( a former Ohio congressman and prohibitionist he admired ) .
Allison Francis Page , a farmer and lumberman , and his wife , Catherine Raboteau Page bought 300 acres ( 1.2 km ² ) of land surrounding the railroad in 1854 and named it Cary .