Tuolumne County Biographies

J. S. CADY

Submitted by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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Was born in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, on February 19, 1826, and was there 
raised and educated. In September, 1849, he went to the State of Wisconsin, 
where he remained one year, and returned to his native home to pay a visit, 
before starting for California. He chose the Nicaragua route, taking passage on 
the steamer North America, in February, 1852, and had the ill-fortune to suf�fer 
shipwreck on the Mexican coast, thereby retarding his arrival in San Francisco 
until May 18, of that year.  He at once proceeded to Sonora, where he arrived on 
the 22nd of May.  He was engaged in mining until January, 1854, and then was 
employed as a clerk for Gorham & Co., which position he filled until January, 
1855, then went to Colum�bia where he remained until going East in 1855. In 
1858, he again came to this county, and engaged in mining on Table Mountain, 
afterwards opening a store in Sonora on April 23, 1860. His business then, as 
now, was composed principally of the sale of paints, oils, house furnishing 
hardware and wall paper. Mr. Cady�s store is located on the corner of Washington 
and Dodge streets. He married Mary M. Curtiss, a native of Massachusetts, on 
September 5,1855.

�A History of Tuolumne County, California� Published by B.F. Alley, 1882. Pg. 
334-335.