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man, the first person to observe and describe the posterior portion of the ethmoid bone in its perfect state, i. e. with the triangular bones at- tached to it. It was largely through his endeavors that vaccination was submitted to generally throughout the city, and a society which he started, provided for the gratuitous vaccination of the poor. He was a correspondent of Humboldt, Somerring, and Michaud. The Wistaria genus of plants was called after him. From the autumn of 1793-the yellow fever year-until 1810, he was a physician to the Penna. Hospital. He wrote a System of Anatomy, in 2 vols., Phila., 1811. In 1815, he succeeded Thomas Jefferson as President of the American Philosophical Society. Socially he is known as the origi- nator of the " Wistar Parties." He was several years President of the Abolition Society of Pennsylvania.
He died Jany. 14, 1818. Issue (surname WISTAR) : RICHARD M., of Phila., M. D.,
MIFFLIN, of Phila., M. D., d. s. p. 1872, m. Esther F. Smith (descend. of James Logan),
ELIZABETH, d. unm. 1834.
THOMAS CADWALADER.
BY RICHARD M. CADWALADER, ESQ.
The father of Dr. Thomas Cadwalader, the Councillor, was John Cadwalader, who emigrated to Pennsylvania from Pembrokeshire, North Wales, towards the close of the XVIIth century, and m. Dec. 29, 1699 at the Friends' Meeting, Lower Merion, Phila. Co., Martha Jones, dau. of Dr. Edward Jones, one of the earliest practitioners of medicine in the Province. The mother of Martha Jones was Mary, dau. of Thomas Wynne, " chirurgeon " from Cærways, Flintshire, Wales, who came over with Penn in the " Welcome," and was Speaker of the first three General Assemblies.
From a letter by Robert Vaughan dated 3 mo., 1687, to his aunt Katharine, widow of John ap Thomas, in the hands of Dr. J. J. Levick of Phila., it would appear that John Cadwalader was an orphan at an early age, and was placed among relations in Llaythwyn, Wales, and probably received his education at the school at Pembroke. In his marriage certificate, he is styled " schoolmaster." On July 13, 1705, he was admitted a freeman of the City of Phila., and turned his attention to mercantile pursuits until his death. He was elected to the Common Council in 1718, and appears to have been an active member of that body until Jany. 28, 1733-4. From 1729 to 1734, he was annually chosen one of the representatives of Philada. County in the Provincial Assembly. This John Cadwalader must not be con- founded with John Cadwallader of Abington, Pa., a noted Quaker preacher, who died about 1741 in Barbadoes, while making a preaching tour in the West Indies.
John Cadwalader d. in Phila. July 23, 1734, and was bu. in the Friends' burying-ground. He died intestate, and letters of adminis- tration were granted to his widow Martha and his son Thomas. Martha Cadwalader d. April 16, 1747, and was bu. with her husband in the Friends' burying-ground.
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DR. THOMAS CADWALADER was b. in Phila., and received his early education at the Friends' Public School, then under the charge of Thomas Makin, who has achieved a reputation as the instructor of many distinguished men. It is believed that he began medicine with his uncle Evan Jones, chemist in Phila. Leaving America, he ar- rived in London, England, and pursued his studies as a physician. After this, he studied anatomy for one year under the celebrated Ches- selden, returning home about 1731.
He began his career as a physician in Phila., and was one of the original corporators of the Philadelphia Library Company, founded in 1731, and was a Director from 1731 to 1732, 1733 to 1739, 1752 to 1769, 1773 to 1774. Watson's Annals mentions him as one of the physicians inoculating for the small pox in the winter of 1736-7. In 1745, he published his Essay on the West India Dry Gripes, a violent colic, characterized by a pain in the abdomen, which seems to have been introduced into Philadelphia from the West Indies. This was one of the earliest publications in the history of Medicine in America, the purpose of which was to prove that quicksilver and drastic purgatives were highly injurious to the system, and to recommend the use of mild cathartics. Dr. Rush with other leading physicians approved of this, and the practice was adopted with success in England and America. In 1746, Governor Belcher granted Trenton, N. J., a charter as a borough. Dr. Thomas Cadwalader, who seems to have settled there after his marriage, was chosen first Burgess. The Young Men's Christian Association has in its possession a number of volumes of a public library founded by him at Trenton. In 1750, the citizens sur- rendered their charter as a borough to the Governor, and Dr. Cadwalader soon returned to Phila. Before leaving, he is reported by the applica- tion of electricity to have saved the life of a son of Governor Belcher.
In 1751, he subscribed towards the capital stock of the Penna. Hospital, of which he was one of the original physicians. The same year, he was elected a member of the Common Council of Philadelphia, and served until 1774. He was called to the Provincial Council with Chew and Mifflin, Nov. 2, 1755, and served until the Revolution. He became a Trustee of the College, now the University of Penna., in 1753. He was member of both the Philosophical Society and the Society for Promoting Useful Knowledge, before their union, July 2, 1769, as the American Philosophical Society held at Phila. &ct., and in 1765, he was elected a Trustee of the Medical College of Philadelphia,
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established by Dr. William Shippen the younger. He also gave a course of medical lectures.
He signed the Non-Importation Articles, and when the Revolution came, sided with the Whigs, but his age precluded him from a more active part. In July, 1776, the Committee of Safety of Penna. ap- pointed Drs. Cadwalader, Bond, Rush, and Shippen (Wm. Jr.) a com- mittee for the examination of all the candidates who applied for the position of Surgeons in the Navy. In July, 1776, Cadwalader was appointed a Medical Director of the Army Hospitals, and in 1778, he succeeded Dr. William Shippen the elder as Surgeon of the Penna. Hospital.
It is related of his courtesy, that meeting the disappointed suitor Bruhleman seized with a homicidal mania, in the streets of Philadel- phia, his agreeable salutation so disconcerted the assassin that he was allowed to pass on unconscious of his danger. Bruhleman was exe- cuted for the murder of Scull, who soon afterwards came in his way.
Dr. John Jones of New York in his work on Surgery thus dedicates it to Dr. Thomas Cadwalader :
"To you whose life has been one continued scene of benevolence and humanity, the most effectual efforts to soften human misery and to smooth the bed of death will I know be an acceptable present, how- ever short the well-meant zeal of its author may fall of its purpose. Nor will you suspect me of the vanity of supposing that I shall convey anything new or instructive to men of knowledge and experience in their profession, much less to yourself, to whose excellent precepts both in Physics and Morals I owe the best and earlier lessons of my life ; and if I have attained any degree of estimation with my fellow-citi- zens it is with the sincere and heartfelt pleasure I acknowledge the source."
He died at Greenwood, a farm now in possession of the grandchil- dren of his son Col. Lambert Cadwalader, about a mile from the City of Trenton, N. J., Nov. 14, 1779, aged 72 years, and was buried at the Friends' burying-ground in the city of Trenton. He m. June 18, 1738 Hannah, dau. of Thomas Lambert of New Jersey. Mrs. Cadwalader died in Philadelphia in 1786, in the 74th year of her age, and was buried in the Friends' burying-ground, at 5th and Arch Sts.
Issue :
ANNE, b. 1738, d. y. July 30, 1739,
MARTHA, b. 1739, d. Oct. 31, 1791, m. Oct. 20, 1774, John Dagworthy, b. Trenton, Mch. 30, 1721, a Captain in the Provincial forces at Braddock's defeat, commander at Ft.
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Cumberland in 1757, was Colonel under Forbes in 1758, and, commissioned Captain in the British Army, accompanied Wolfe's expedition against Quebec, removed to Delaware, and was Chm. of Com. of Safety of Sussex Co. and Col. and afterwards Brig. Gen. of the Delaware Militia, d. May 1, 1784,
Issue (surname DAGWORTHY) :
ELY, b. 1775, d. y. Mch. 2, 1776,
JOHN, b. Jany., 1742, m., 1st, Elizabeth Lloyd, and, 2nd, Wil- liamina Bond, see below,
LAMBERT, m. Mary McCall, see p. 387,
MARY, b. 1745, m. Philemon Dickinson, see p. 390,
REBECCA, b. 1746, d. s. p. about 1816, m. (was 2nd w. of) Philemon Dickinson,
MARGARET, b. 1748, m. Samuel Meredith, see p. 394,
ELIZABETH, b. 1760, was one of the flower-girls at Gen. Washington's reception in Trenton in 1789, d. unm. Apr. 13, 1799.
JOHN CADWALADER, b. Phila. Jany., 1742, son of the Councillor, before the Revolutionary War was engaged in mercantile pursuits in Phila. with his brother under the firm name of John & Lambert Cad- walader, which is among the signatures to the Non-Importation Agree- ment of 1765. John Cadwalader was Vice President of the Jockey Club in 1768, when Richard Penn, the Councillor, was President. In 1771, he erected a large double house in Second Street below Spruce Street, with gardens extending as far as Third Street. At the breaking out of the War, he commanded the Philadelphia Silk-Stocking Com- pany, many of the members of which became officers in the line. As a member of the Committee of Safety, he was chairman of a number of military committees, but resigned therefrom to accept the Colon- elcy of one of the City Battalions ; afterwards promoted to Brigadier- General, he commanded the Pennsylvania troops in the campaign of the following winter, 1776. When Washington matured his plans to cross the River Delaware above the Falls at Trenton with his- main division, the two smaller divisions under command of Genls. Ewing and Cadwalader were ordered to cross at the same time at points lower down the shore; that under Genl. Ewing, at the Ferry below Trenton, the other under Cadwalader, a few miles lower. In the instructions of Genl. Washington, on Christmas day, 1776, he-
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said, " If you can do nothing real, at least create as big a diversion as possible." Gen. Cadwalader crossed on the 27th from Bristol, and remained on the Jersey side. Ewing's command crossed on the 28th and 29th, taking a position at Bordentown. Genl. Washington had returned to Pennsylvania after the battle of Trenton, but again crossed the Delaware, and joined the divisions of Cadwalader and Ewing. Marching from Trenton on the third of January, 1777, Washington made the attack upon Princeton, and afterwards, in his report to the President of Congress, alluded to Genl. Cadwalader as "a man of ability, a good disciplinarian, a man of good principles and of intrepid bravery." Chief Justice Marshall, who was at that time an officer in the army, in a letter speaks of Genl. Cadwalader's "activity, talents, and zeal." Genl. Joseph Reed, in a Letter to the President of Penn- sylvania, dated Morristown, January 24, 1777, said "Genl. Cadwalader has conducted his command with great honor to himself and the Province, all the field officers supported their character, their exam- ple was followed by the inferior officers and men ; so they have re- turned with the thanks of every general officer of the army."
On February 21, 1777, Cadwalader was appointed one of the ten Brigadier-Generals authorized by law, but declined the appointment, preferring to remain in the field in the service of the State. In Sep- tember, he was chosen unanimously by Congress Brigadier-General of the Cavalry of the U. S. This he declined, believing the war practi- cally at an end. Genl. Washington, who had earnestly solicited Genl. Cadwalader to accept the appointment, repeated the expression of regret that he was not in the army, and of a desire to see him there again. At the request of Genl. Washington, asking his good offices, he was instrumental in organizing the militia of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and afterwards joined the army under Washington, and was actively engaged in the Battle of Brandywine, and again as a volunteer at the Battle of Germantown, and, it is said, was useful in partisan service on the flanks of the enemy at Whitemarsh.
In the Spring of 1778, in answer to a letter, Genl. Washington alludes with pleasure to the hope of seeing Genl. Cadwalader in camp again, adding, " We want your aid exceedingly, and the public perhaps at no time since the commencement of the war would be more bene- fitted by your advice and assistance than at the present moment and throughout all this campaign which must be important and critical." The British Army, evacuating Philadelphia, June, 1778, moved towards New York, as if inviting a general engagement in New Jersey. At a
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previous Council of War, Chief Justice Marshall says, of the seventeen Generals, Wayne and Cadwalader were the only two who urged an attack, although Lafayette and Greene seemed to favor it, while Genl. Washington was inclined to it. Washington ordered Arnold, then at Philadelphia, with a body of Continental troops and as many of the militia as could be collected in the city and in the country adjoining, to advance in the rear of the enemy, with the hope that Genl. Cadwal- ader would be prevailed upon to take command. At a second meet- ing of the council of general officers, finding that he was supported by those in whom he felt confidence, Washington determined upon the measure which resulted on June 28, 1778, in the battle of Mon- mouth, in which Genl. Cadwalader was actively engaged.
Soon after this, he fought a duel with General Conway, whom Wash- ington had designated "as a dangerous incendiary." A combination had been formed to supplant Genl. Washington, and substitute Genl. Gates in the chief command. This is generally spoken of as " Con- way's Cabal." Cadwalader's opposition to this, and certain remarks upon Genl. Conway's behavior at the Battle of Germantown, brought a challenge from Genl. Conway to Cadwalader. Genl. Conway was severely wounded, and, believing himself to be mortally so, expressed to Genl. Washington his grief, adding " My career will soon be over, therefore Justice and truth prompt me to declare my last sentiments May you long enjoy the love, veneration and esteem of these states whose liberties you have asserted by your virtues."
In 1779, he became a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania, succeeding his father, and, returning to his home in Maryland, became a member of the Legislative Assembly.
He died February 10, 1786 at Shrewsbury in Kent County, Mary- land, aged 44 years 1 month and 1 day.
He m., 1st, Elizabeth (b. Jany. 10, 1742, d. Phila. Feb. 15, 1776, bu. St. Peter's), dau. of Edward Lloyd of Wye House, Talbot Co., Md., by his w. Ann Rousby of Pautuxent (see "Old Kent"). Gen. Cad- walader m., 2nd, Williamina (b. Feb. 27, 1753, d. Bushen House near Crawley, Eng., Sep. 9, 1837), dau. of Dr. Phineas Bond of Phila. by his w. Williamina, dau. of William Moore of " Moore Hall," Chester Co., Pa., who was son of John Moore, Judge of the Admiralty in Penna.
Issue by 1st wife :
ANNE, b. 1771, d. 1850, m. 1795 Robert Kemble of New York, merchant,
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Issue (surname KEMBLE) :
MARIA, b. 1796, d. s. p. after 1861, m. William Hyslop Sumner of Boston, atty .- at-law, son of Increase Sum- ner, Gov. of Massachusetts,
ELIZABETH, b. 1773, m. Archibald McCall, see below,
MARIA, b. Feb. 21, 1776, m. Samuel Ringgold, see p. 378, Issue by 2nd wife :
THOMAS, b. Oct. 28, 1779, m. Mary Biddle, see p. 380,
JOHN, b. May 1, 1784, d. July 10, 1785,
FRANCES, b. June 25, 1781, m. David, 2nd Lord Erskine, see p. 384.
ELIZABETH CADWALADER, b. 1773, dau. of John and Elizabeth Cadwalader, as above, d. Oct., 1824, m. 1792 Archibald McCall of Phila., merchant, who d. 1843, son of Archibald McCall of Phila., merchant, by his w. Judith, dau. of Peter Kemble, President of the Provincial Council of New Jersey. Peter Kemble's wife was Marga- ret, dau. of Stephen Van Cortlandt by his w. Gertrude, dau. of Philip Schuyler ; and Mrs. McCall's sister m. Gen. Gage, who commanded the British Army in Boston at the beginning of the Revolution.
Issue (surname McCALL) :
JOHN CADWALADER, b. Dec. 24, 1793, of Phila., d. unm. Oct., 1846,
ARCHIBALD, b. Sep. 24, 1795, d. inf. Apr. 8, 1796,
EDWARD, b. 1797, sent to take charge of his father's commer- cial interests in Lima, Peru, where he d. Jany. 17, 1874, m. Manuela M. Damas,
Issue (surname McCall) :
John Cadwalader, b. 1822, grad. M. D. (Jeff.), surgeon in U. S. Army during Mexican War, d. unm. Fort McKavett, Texas, Oct. 26, 1855,
Mercedes,
Rosario,
MARY DICKINSON, d. unm. Mch. 12, 1881,
GEORGE ARCHIBALD, b. Mch. 16, 1802, grad. West Point 1822, commissioned Captain in 1836, and Major 1846, serv- ing in Florida and Mexican War, appointed in June, 1850, Inspector-General of the Army with the rank of Colonel, resigned Aug. 22, 1853, and resided at " Belair," near West Chester, Pa., at the breaking out of the Civil War, offered
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his services to Gov. Curtin, who made him Major-General of the Militia with the task of organizing the Penna. Reserves, and Pres. Lincoln commissioned him Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols .- He commanded the Reserves until June, 1862, and commanded all the Union troops at the battle of Mechan- icsville ; was taken prisoner at New Market Cross Roads June 30, and remained seven weeks in Libby Prison, after which he was on sick leave, resigning Mch. 31, 1863; was Demo- cratic candidate for Congress in the Fall of 1862 ; was author of "Letters from the Frontier "-d. " Belair " Feb. 26, 1868, m. 1853 Elizabeth, dau. of William McMurtrie by his w. Elizabeth Coxe,
Issue (surname McCall) :
Archibald,
Emily, m. Charles S. Bradford of West Chester, Pa., Issue (surname Bradford) : Frances Margaret,
Elizabeth, George, Richard,
HARRIET, d. unm., ELIZABETH LLOYD, b. Nov. 2, 1805, d. unm. Aug. 4, 1844, ANNE, of Phila., unm., MARGARET, of Phila., unm.
MARIA CADWALADER, b. Feb. 21, 1776, dau. of John and Eliza- beth Cadwalader, see p. 377, d. Aug. 28, 1810, m. May 3, 1792 General Samuel Ringgold, b. Jany. 15, 1770, son of Thomas Ringgold by his w. Mary Galloway. Samuel Ringgold was Member of Con- gress from Maryland, and proprietor of the extensive landed estate known as " Fountain Rock," in Washington Co., Md.
Issue (surname RINGGOLD) :
ANNA MARIA CADWALADER, b. July 10, 1793, d. unm. Mch. 4, 1828,
JOHN CADWALADER, b. Nov. 15, 1794, d. y.,
SAMUEL, b. Oct. 16, 1796, grad. West Point 1818, Captain 1836, served in the Florida war, brevet Major in 1842, mor- tally wounded in the battle of Palo Alto, was the first to in- troduce " Light Artillery," d. unm. May, 1846,
MARY ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 18, 1798, d. unm. Mch 9, 1836, ANN CADWALADER, b. Jany. 10, 1801, d. June -, 1870, m.
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Sept. 28, 1854 William Schley, b. Oct. 31, 1799, grad. A. B. (Princ.), of Frederick Co., Md., atty .- at-law, afterwards practised in Baltimore, Senator of Maryland, took an active part in framing the Constitution, and was author of many important statutes, throughout the Civil War adhered to the Union, d. Mch., 1872,
Issue (surname Schley) :
William Cadwalader, b. Sept. 9, 1825, d. Sept. 13, 1833,
Cadwalader Ringgold, b. Mch. 20, 1828, d. July 30, 1828,
Ann Cadwalader, b. Oct. - , 1830, m. 1857 William Woodville Jr. of the Baltimore bar,
Issue (surname Woodville) :
William, b. 1859, Middleton, b. 1866, Cadwalader, b. 1875,
Agnes, b. 1831, d. Sept. 23, 1857, m. William Key Howard, see Chew,
Allen, b. Feb. 20, 1835, d. y. July 10, 1835,
Samuel Ringgold, b. 1836, d. unm. 1871,
William Cadwalader, b. 1840, grad. A. B. (Harv.), admitted to Baltimore bar in 1861, signal officer on staff of Genl. FitzHugh Lee, was wounded at Gettys- burg July 3, 1863, and taken prisoner, but afterwards exchanged, and continued in service to the end of the war, returned to active practice, author of various legal articles, m. Dec. 17, 1868 Ellen, dau. of St. George W. Teackle of the Baltimore bar, Issue (surname Schley) :
Anne Teackle, b. Jany. 8, 1870, William Cadwalader, b. March 18, 1871, St. George Teackle, b. Aug. 23, 1872,
Alice, b. Dec. 26, 1844, d. July 10, 1847,
CADWALADER, b. Aug. 20, 1802, appointed midshipman U. S. N. in 1819, and Lieutenant in 1828, commanded the brig Porpoise in Capt. Wilkes' expedition 1838-42, Commodore 1862, taking part in the operations against Port Royal, ap- pointed Rear Admiral Mch., 1867, d. unm. New York Apr. 29, 1867,
CORNELIA, b. Sept. 2, 1805, d. 1868, m. Nov. 16, 1826, George M. Potts of Frederick Co., Md.,
Issue (surname Potts) :
Richard, b. 1827, surgeon U. S. A., afterwards C. S. A.,
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m., 1st, June 2, 1852 Rebecca O'B. McPherson, and, 2nd, Sept. 9, 1862 Eugenia, dau. of Hon. Geo. W. Dunlap, M. C., of Kentucky, Issue (surname Potts) : Mamie Clyde, d. unm., Geo. Dunlap, George, b. 1829, d. y. 1830,
Arthur, b. 1831, m. Jany. 20, 1869 Helen, dau. of Dr. Mobberly of New Market, Frederick Co., Md., Issue (surname Potts) : Elanor, Louisa, Richard,
Cornelia, Anne,
George Murdock,
Cornelia Ringgold, m. Dec. 12, 1861 Charles Worth- ington Ross, of the Frederick Co. bar,
Issue (surname Ross) : William Johnson, b. 1862, d. y.,
Cornelia Ringgold,
Charles Worthington,
George Murdock Potts, b. 1868, d. y.,
Richard Potts,
Caroline,
Eleanor, dec'd, m. 1860 Arthur S. Johns, son of Bp. Johns,
Issue (surname Johns) : Eleanor, d. y.,
EDWARD LLOYD, b. Apl. 19, 1807, d. unm.,
CHESTER, b. Jany. 17, 1809, atty .- at-law, d. s. p. 1837,
CHARLES, b. July 22, 1811, d. y. 1816,
FREDERICK, b. July 22, 1811, clerk in the War Dep't, m. -
1846 Louisa Adamson of N. Y.,
Issue (surname Ringgold) : Maria Cadwalader, Ellen De Courcey, De Courcey.
THOMAS CADWALADER, b. Phila. Oct. 28, 1779, son of Gen. John and Williamina Cadwalader, p. 377, grad. A. B. (U. of P.), was ad- mitted to the bar, but took charge of the Penn and other large inter- ests, which withdrew him from practice. In April, 1799, as a private soldier in a cavalry troop, he was one of 16 who captured the ring- leaders of an insurrection in Penna. which grew out of a resistance to the enforcement of a law levying a tax to defray the charges of the French war. The prisoners were brought to Gen. McPherson, and were afterwards convicted of high treason, but were pardoned. Cad-
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walader applied for a commission in the army, which was proposed to be raised at the time of the naval war with France, and of which Washington had accepted the command, but the army was not re- quired. In the War of 1812, he was a Lieut. Col. of cavalry, but was soon after appointed to command the " advanced light brigade." They were encamped on the lands of Mr. Du Pont of Wilmington. Under Genl. Cadwalader's training, these troops became remarkable for their efficiency and discipline. He was afterwards Maj. Gen. 1st Div., Pa. Militia. He declined various civic positions, among others that of Minister to the Court of St. James, which Pres. Monroe was anxious to have him accept. He was appointed with Gen. Scott and Col. (afterwards President) Taylor in 1826 to revise the tactics of the U. S. Army. He was author of articles in various journals, and his man- sion at Ninth and Arch was the resort of the most accomplished scholars of the country. He died Oct. 31, 1841. He m. June 25, 1804 Mary, dau. of Col. Clement Biddle, Quarter-Master of Penna. and U. S. Marshal.
Issue :
JOHN, b. Phila. Apr. 1, 1805, grad. A. B. (U. of P.), studied law under Horace Binney, admitted to Phila. bar Sep. 20, 1825, soon after his admission became the Solicitor of the Bank of the United States, was conspicuous even among the brilliant men of that time, who secured for the bar of Phila- delphia its commanding position throughout the country ; was retained for the Government in the well known " cloth cases," and with Walter Jones and Daniel Webster, repre- sented the complainants in the Girard Will case, was admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1834 when 28 years old-During the period of the riots and disturbances of 1844, he raised and commanded a well known company of City Militia, and was active in securing the consolidation of the several districts of which Philadelphia was formerly com- posed. In 1854, during the well remembered "Know-Noth- ing " movement, Mr. Cadwalader, the Democratic candidate, was returned to Congress, after a hotly-contested canvass, from the then 5th District, composed of Montgomery county and Kensington. He took an active part in the debates, but declined a re-nomination. In 1858, upon the death of Judge Kane, President Buchanan tendered him the position of Judge of the United States District Court at Philadelphia, which he
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accepted and filled with great reputation to the day of his death, the jurisdiction of that court being greatly extended during the Civil War and afterwards by the Internal Reve- nue Acts, Bankrupt Law, &ct .- was hon. LL. D. (U. of P.), d. Jany. 26, 1879, m., 1st, Mary, dau. of Hon. Horace Bin- ney by his w. Elizabeth, dau. of John Cox of Bloomsbury, N. J., and, 2nd, Henrietta Maria, widow of Bloomfield McIlvaine, and dau. of Charles N. Bancker, of Phila., mer- chant,
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