Cary family.

Dates:
Active 1828
Active 1967

Biographical notes:

Family of Shepard Cary, U.S. representative and businessman from Houlton, Me.; involved in extensive lumber operations and also in agricultural and mercantile pursuits; state legislator (1832-1853, 1862); elected as Democrat to 28th Congress in 1844 and served until 3 Mar. 1845; candidate of Liberty Party for Governor in 1854. Family members include his siblings: Jonathan Haskell Cary, William H. Cary, Jr., and Catherine (Cary) Bowen and her husband, Capt. Isaac Bowen. Shepard Cary was married to Susannah Whitaker and they had three sons: Theodore, George, and Jefferson Cary. Theodore was editor of Aroostook Times in Houlton; George served with 1st Maine Cavalry and later become a physician and surgeon, and Jefferson Cary, also a physician who practiced in Houlton before moving to Caribou, Me. Theodore and first wife, Althea Dodge, had only one child who survived infancy, Walter Cary, who became a lawyer. He married Florence Emerson and had a daughter, Catharine (Cary) Moses.

From the description of Cary family collection, ca. 1828-ca. 1967. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 401259759

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Subjects:

  • Business enterprises
  • Lumber trade
  • Physicians
  • Real property
  • Representatives, U.S. Congress
  • Stamp collecting
  • Women

Occupations:

  • Businessmen
  • Newspaper editors

Places:

  • Maine (as recorded)
  • Maine--Houlton (as recorded)
  • Maine--Aroostook County (as recorded)
  • Houlton (Me.) (as recorded)
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