DEWITT C. CADY
Dewitt C. Cady is a native of Oneida county, New York, born May 23, 1842. He is a son of B.F. Cady, who came to Cass county in 1870, and settled on the northeast quarter of section 35, of Brighton township. In 1877 he built a house on the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of the same section. He died there in December, 1879. His widow, Betsey M. (Sherburne) Cady, now lives in Atlantic. Dewitt C. Cady was reared in his native village, South Trenton. He received his education in Oneida county, and subsequently taught school there. He also taught a few terms in Cass county. He was on the road as a traveling salesman, ten years. He came to Cass county with his father and settled on his present farm, where he is engaged in general farming. He also keeps a small dairy. Mr. Cady was married October 26, 1869, to Hattie A. Owens, a native of Oneida county, New York, and daughter of William and Mary Higgins Owens. They have three children...Frank C., Mary E. and Clarence W. Mr. Cady is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 595-596.
