Allegiance United States Parents Lambert Cadwalader Years of service 1830–1858 Education Princeton University | Name Thomas Cadwalader Rank Major general Died 1873 Children John Lambert Cadwalader | |
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Born September 11, 1795
Greenwood in New Jersey ( 1795-09-11 ) Place of burial Friends Burying Ground
Trenton, New Jersey (40°13′22″N 74°45′51″W / 40.22268°N 74.76424°W / 40.22268; -74.76424Coordinates: 40°13′22″N 74°45′51″W / 40.22268°N 74.76424°W / 40.22268; -74.76424) | ||
Thomas McCall Cadwalader (1795–1873) was an American who trained to be a lawyer but made his career in the military, retiring as a Major general.
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Life
Thomas McCall Cadwalader was born on the family estate called Greenwood in Trenton, New Jersey on September 11, 1795. His father was Lambert Cadwalader (1742–1823) and mother was Mary McCall (1764–1848), a descendant of the Schuyler and the Van Cortlandt families through her ancestors Stephanus Van Cortlandt and Gertrude Schuyler. He was their only child, a brother having died in childhood.
He graduated from Princeton University and read law, but chose a career in the military instead.
He was appointed deputy adjutant-general of the New Jersey militia on June 2, 1830. On April 10, 1833, he became Aide-de-camp to Elias P. Seeley with rank of lieutenant colonel. On July 30, 1842, he was promoted to brigadier general.In 1856 he toured Europe to report on how the US military could be modernized. He retired from the military on January 26, 1858. After his retirement he was given an honorary brevet promotion to major general.
Cadwalader died October 22, 1873, and was buried in the Friends Burying Ground at Trenton, New Jersey.
Personal life
On December 27, 1831, Cadwalader married Maria Charlotte Gouverneur (1801–1867). Her aunt Elizabeth Kortright (1768–1830) had married US President James Monroe, and brother Samuel L. Gouverneur (1799–1865) had married Monroe's daughter. Their children were: Emily, Mary, John, Richard and Maria.
Emily Cadwalader was born February 14, 1834, married William Henry Rawle after the death of his first wife, who was her cousin Mary Binney Cadwalader on October 17, 1869. Her step-daughter Mary Cadwalader Rawle (1850–1923), who was also her cousin twice removed, married the brother of Edith Wharton.
Mary Cadwalader married physician Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914) on June 23, 1875.
Son John Lambert Cadwalader (1836–1914) joined a prominent Wall Street law firm that now bears his name.
Richard McCall Cadwalader was born September 17, 1839. He graduated from Princeton in 1860 and Harvard Law School in 1863. He married Christine Biddle (1847–1900) on November 26, 1873 and died December 9, 1918. Their son also named Richard McCall Cadwalader (1877–1960), married Emily Margaretta Roebling (1879–1941), daughter of Charles Gustavus Roebling (1849–1918), whose father John A. Roebling designed the Brooklyn Bridge.
Daughter Maria Cadwalader was born circa 1841, married John Hone (1844–1915) on April 29, 1880 and died in June 1921. Hone's maternal grandfather was Commodore Matthew C. Perry and his great granduncle was New York mayor Philip Hone. They had a daughter Hester Gouverneur Hone-Bartol.
His cousin Elizabeth Cadwalader (1774–1824) married his uncle Archibald McCall (1767–1843). Many of his cousins once-removed became military leaders, following the footsteps of his father and grandfather.