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John L. Cady

Merchant (Coffee/Tea)

Centurion, 1849–1851

Full Name John Luther Cady

Born 4 February 1819 in Fredericksburg, Virginia

Died 2 December 1851 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Plainfield Cemetery, Plainfield, Connecticut

Proposed by Jonathan Sturges

Elected 3 February 1849 at age twenty-nine

Archivist’s Note: Brother-in-law of Jonathan Sturges (his proposer)