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Maria Louisa ALLEN433 |
| Birth Date |
1815 |
| Birth Place |
Cincinnati, Hamilton Cty., OH |
| Death Date |
25 Sep 1847 |
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| Children: |
Martha Louisa (1837-) |
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Ella Woodnut (1841-) |
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Lou Allen (1847-) |
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Lida S. SIDWELL |
| Birth Date |
1828 |
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| Marriage Date |
29 May 1849 |
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| Children: |
Olive (1851-) |
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Samuel Fenton (1857-) |
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Jessie Fenton |
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| Notes for Samuel Fenton CARY |
Samuel Fenton Cary graduated from Miami University in Oxford, OH in 1835. He received his degree from Cincinnati Law School in 1837 and began legal practice. He was elected at the age of twenty-six by the legislature to the State Supreme Court. He declined and remained in private practice, however in 1845 he left his law practice to devote himself to the Temperance movement. He had become moderately wealthy through inheritance so he was able to retire comfortably. (In 1850,
he paid $639 in property taxes, among the two hundred highest totals in Cincinnati.) The 1850 census shows the value of his real estate at $80,000 and the 1860 census shows the value at $100,000 with a personal estate value of $6,000.
During the Mexican War, Samuel acquired his rank as General while serving as Paymaster during the Mexican War. Turning his energies to the pressing need of recruitment and defense, he served as Cincinnati's provost marshal in 1862 when the city was threatened with attack. In 1867 he was elected as an Independent Republican for Cincinnati's Second Congressional District. He served one term in Washington and campaigned vigorously for labor rights which included an eight hour workday law, and for national monetary reform. It was because of the latter issue that while dedicating himself to making currency more available he ran for Vice President of the United States on the Greenback ticket in 1876.
Cary was a robust six feet tall, two hundred pound impressive looking man who gained respect and admiration from audiences that he spoke before all over the country and other parts of the world. He remained a well known figure until his death in 1900. (Obituary from Cincinnati, OH newspaper, October 1900.)
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