Cady, Theo. J. (1840-1912)

CADY

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Date: 9/16/2019 at 15:34:56

Theophalus Jasper Cady
Jan 14, 1840 - Oct 19, 1912

(From the 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, p.371)
T. J. CADY, proprietor of the Council Bluffs Veterinary Infirmary, at No. 135 Broadway, at the livery, feed and sale stables there, of which establishment he took possession in 1880, is a graduate of the Boston Veterinary Academy. He was born in Lake County, Indiana, January 14, 1840, the son of Samuel J. and Elmira (BEEBE) CADY, and of Puritan ancestry. When he was three years of age the family removed to Chicago, where he grew up and was educated. He attended the Iowa College at Grinnell two terms, and then went to Boston, where he studied veterinary science, as already stated. In 1861, in August, he enlisted in Company B, Second Iowa Cavalry, as a private; in 1862 he was commissioned Veterinary Surgeon, and as such served until the close of the war, being discharged as Chief of Cavalry on General WILSON's staff. The principal battles in which he participated were those of Farmington, Corinth (including siege), Stone River, Nashville, Murfreesboro, Holly Springs, Tupelo, Oxford, Booneville, etc.
After the war he spent one winter at Boonesboro, Iowa, doctoring horses; next he was a year in Council Bluffs, then in Kansas City and finally he returned to Council Bluffs, where he has since resided. The year 1872 he spent in Texas. He treats all diseases of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs; and his place is well fitted up for the care of animals. He also owns a good pece of property at 2201 Broadway. He is a Republican, a member of the Union Veteran Legion, Surgeon of Abraham Lincoln post, No. 29, G. A. R. and Chaplain of the V. A. S.
He was married in 1867, to Miss Ellen REYNOLDSON, born in England in 1849, and they had three children: Fred, residing in Nebraska; Nellie and Mary. His wife died in 1879, and he was married again, in August, 1880, to Mrs. Liddie HARRIS, of Craig, Missouri, and by this marriage there is one chid, T. Jackson by name. In 1890 Mrs. Dr. T. J. CADY, of the Berean Baptist Church at Council Bluffs, organized the young ladies of that church and congregation into a society to work for the "Christian Home," an unsectarian institution of that city established for the care of destitute and orphan children. This auxiliary organization, named the Berean Temple Society, gave its first public entertainment in October last (1890), under the leadership of Mrs. CADY, netting her $28.10 for the Home.