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Maj. Gouverneur Cadwalader (February 3, 1880 – October 14, 1935),[1] was an American sportsman and soldier.

Early life

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Cadwalader was born on February 3, 1880, in Springfield Township, Pennsylvania. He was a son of Richard McCall Cadwalader (1839–1918) and Christine W. (née Biddle) Cadwalader (1847–1900). Among his brothers were Thomas Cadwalader,[2] Dr. William Biddle Cadwalader,[3] Richard McCall Cadwalader Jr.[4] (who married Emily Margaretta Roebling),[5][a] Charles Meigs Biddle Cadwalader,[6] and Alexander Cadwalader,

His maternal grandparents were Jonathan Williams Biddle and Emily Skinner (née Meigs) Biddle. His paternal grandparents were Thomas McCall Cadwalader and Maria Charlotte (née Gouverneur) Cadwalader.[b] His uncle, John Lambert Cadwalader, was a prominent lawyer who served as the 10th U.S. Assistant Secretary of State.[8] He was also a great-grandson of Col. Lambert Cadwalader, an officer in the American Revolution who represented New Jersey at the Continental Congress.[9]

Cadwalader graduated from St. Paul's School before attending the University of Pennsylvania.[1]

Career

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After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Cadwalader became associated with the engineering department of the Pennsylvania Railroad and was stationed in Western Pennsylvania. Later, he joined the Cresson-Morris Company, a firm of engineers, machinists and founders. When the War broke out, he was serving as secretary-treasurer of the company, but did not return to business after the war ended.[1]

Following the beginning of World War I, Cadwalader and his brothers joined the service and was attached to the Watertown Arsenal (on the northern shore of the Charles River in Watertown, Massachusetts) as a Major in the Ordnance Corps.[1]

Personal life

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Coat of Arms of Gouverneur Cadwalader

In 1921, Cadwalader was married to Mae Drexel (née Fell) Henry (1884–1948). The widow of Capt. Howard Houston Henry,[c] Mae was a daughter of John Ruckman Fell and Sarah Rozet (née Drexel) Van Rensselaer.[10][11] After Mae's father died, her mother Sarah (a daughter of banker Anthony Joseph Drexel)[12] married Alexander Van Rensselaer.[13] Together, they were the parents of:

  • Mae Gouverneur (1923–2000), who married Rufus Lenoir Patterson III, a son of Morehead Patterson and grandson of Rufus L. Patterson Jr. and U.S. Representative Herbert Parsons, in 1942.[14] After his death in 1944,[15] she married Joseph Harrison Worrall in 1945. After his death in 1979, she married William Marshall Hollenback, son of Bill Hollenback, in 1987.[16][17]
  • Gouverneur Cadwalader Jr. (1924–2006), who married Catherine Schuyler Chambers, a daughter of Francis Taylor Chambers, in 1948.[18] He later married Joan Hayden.
  • Amanda "Minnie" Cassatt Gouverneur (1926–1996), who married William Hepburn Dixon, a son of Morris Hacker Dixon, in 1949.[19][20] David Crawford Burton.

He was a member of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, the Pennsylvania Club, and belonged to the Racquet and Whitemarsh Valley Hunt Clubs. Cadwalader was interested in dogs and horses and served as president of the Kennel Club of Philadelphia.[1]

Cadwalader died of heart disease at Hawkswell, his home at Camp Hill near Fort Washington (today part of Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania), on October 14, 1935.[1] His widow died on August 31, 1948, at her summer home at Dark Harbor, Maine.[21]

Descendants

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References

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Notes
  1. ^ Emily Roebling Cadwalader (1879–1941) was the granddaughter of John A. Roebling, who designed the Brooklyn Bridge.[5]
  2. ^ Cadwalader's grandmother, Maria Charlotte (née Gouverneur) Cadwalader (1801–1867), was a niece of Elizabeth Kortright, the wife of U.S. President James Monroe. Maria's brother, Samuel Laurence Gouverneur, married Maria Hester Monroe, President Monroe's daughter.[7]
  3. ^ From Mae's first marriage to Howard Houston Henry (a son of State Senator Bayard Henry), she had a daughter, Sarah Drexel Henry (1895–1969), who married James Emmet Gowen in 1925.
Sources
  1. ^ a b c d e f TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (15 October 1935). "MAJ. CADWALADER, ENGINEER, IS DEAD; Pennsylvania Sportsman, 55, Served in Ordnance Corps During World War". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  2. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (4 December 1933). "T. CADWALADER A SUICIDE.; Prominent Philadelphian Shoots Himself Because of Ill-Health". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  3. ^ Times, Special to The New York (2 June 1957). "DR. CADWALADER, NEUROLOGIST, DIES; President of the Philadelphia Zoological Society Was Noted as Sportsman". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  4. ^ Times, Special to The New York (25 September 1960). "R.M'C. CADWALADER JR.; Philadelphia Philanthropist and Ex-Banker, 82, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  5. ^ a b Edwin Charles Hill (1922). "Charles Gustavus Roebling". The Historical register: A Record of People Places and Events in American History. Vol. 3. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 64.
  6. ^ Times, Special to The New York (20 June 1959). "Charles M. B. Cadwalader Dies; Led Academy in Philadelphia". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  7. ^ John Woolf Jordan; Thomas Lynch Montgomery; Ernest Spofford; Frederic Antes Godcharies (1914). Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania biography: illustrated. Vol. 3. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp. 894–897.
  8. ^ "J. L. CADWALADER, LAWYER, DIES AT 77; President of New York City Bar Association and Public Library Was Long III". The New York Times. 12 March 1914. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  9. ^ John W. Jordan (1978). Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-8063-0811-1.
  10. ^ Times, Special To The New York (17 February 1929). "LEFT $200,000 TO HUSBAND; Mrs. A. Van Rensselaer of Philadelphia Disposed of $400,000 Estate". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  11. ^ Times, Special To The New York (23 July 1933). "VAN RENSSELAER KIN HEIRS; Stepchildren to Get Bulk of Millions Left by Philadelphia". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  12. ^ Times, Special To The New York (4 February 1929). "MRS. VAN RENSSELAER OF PHILADELPHIA DEAD; Late A.J. Drexel's Daughter Was a Society Leader and a Philanthropist". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  13. ^ Times, Special To The Now York (19 July 1933). "A.VAN RENSSELAER, ARTS PATRON, DEAD | Philadelphia Philanthropist and Sportsman Succumbs to Long Illness at 82. | PRINCETON LIFE TRUSTEE | President of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association From 1901 Till Recently". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  14. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (12 July 1942). "MAE CADWALADER BECOMES A BRIDE; Fort Washington, Pa., Girl Is Married in Whitemarsh to Rufus L. Patterson 3d HAS ELEVEN ATTENDANTS: Miss Minnie Cadwalader Maid of HonorL J. J. Higginson Serves as Best Man". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Lieut. R.L. Patterson 3d Killed". The New York Times. 7 December 1944. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  16. ^ Iams, David (15 March 1987). "A Russian theme for opening of 'Winter Dreams'". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 160. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  17. ^ "William Hollenback Jr. '40". paw.princeton.edu. Princeton Alumni Weekly. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  18. ^ TIMES, Special to The New York (16 May 1948). "MISS C. S. CHAMBERS WED TO EX-MARINEI; Has 8 Attendants at Marriage to Gouverneur Cadwalader Jr, in Whitemarsh, Pa,, Church". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  19. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (22 March 1949). "MINNIE CADWALADER, W. H. DIXON BETROTHED". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  20. ^ "MISS CADWALADER WED TO W. H. DIXON; She Is Escorted by Her Brother at Marriage in Whitemarsh to Member of City Troop". The New York Times. 13 May 1949. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  21. ^ "MRS. G. CADWALADER OF PHILADELPHIA DIES". The New York Times. 2 September 1948. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
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