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Biographical sketch of BURT DURWARD CADY from the book entitled, "Biographical Memoirs of Saint Clair County, Michigan," published in 1903 by B. F. Bowen Publishers in Indiana.
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This bio spans two (3) pages and contains a photograph of Burt D. Cady:
BURT DURWARD CADY
Burt Durward Cady was born in Port Huron, St. Clair county, Michigan, July 25, 1874. His father was Elwin Marvin Cady, a lumber and grain merchant, and his mother was Mehitable E. Cady. His ancestors on his father’s side were early settlers of the Eastern states, mostly Connecticut, and on his mother’s side in Vermont and New Hampshire. He was educated in the public schools of Port Huron, and his first occupation on his own account was peddling newspapers and working in a grocery stores. Mr. Cady entered a law office when eighteen years of age, was admitted to the bar on his twenty-first birthday, commenced practice October 4, 1897, and continued in practice alone until May, 1900, when he formed a partnership with Clifford W. Crandall, under the firm name of Cady & Crandall. He was elected assistant police justice when twenty-two years of age, at the fall election of 1896, carrying the city of Port Huron by eight hundred majority, and was elected circuit court commissioner in November, 1898, by over twenty-three hundred majority, leading the county ticket. In 1900 he was re-elected circuit court commissioner. Before his term of office expired a vacancy occurred in the office of prosecuting attorney of St. Clair county, and Mr. Cady was appointed to fill this vacancy. In 1902 he was elected prosecuting attorney, which office he is how filling with marked ability. In 1898 he was appointed member of the advisory counsel of the Republican State League to represent the seventh congressional district; he was elected secretary of the League in February, 1899; in February, 1900, was elected vice-president, and in February, 1901, was elected president. He organized the Municipal League of Republican Clubs in Port Huron, in the fall of 1898, and is president of this League, which embraces eleven active working clubs, with a membership of over one thousand, and is also secretary and treasurer of the Blaine Club of the seventh congressional district. His first presidential vote was cast for McKinley, in 1896.
Mr. Cady was married to Miss Mary Catherine Beamer, of Lapeer, Michigan, on June 3, 1902. He is prominently connected with several of the leading business enterprises of this city, being president of the Huron Indemnity Union, treasurer of the Edison Theatre Company, and treasurer of the Edison Bill Posting and Advertising Company, and one of the directors of the Port Huron Driving Park Association. He is a member of Pine Grove Lodge, F. & A. M., Port Huron Lodge, B. P. O. E., Charter Lodge No. 18, K. of P. member of Temple No. 56, D. O. K. K., Port Huron Lodge, I. O. O. F., also a member of the Society of Sons of the American Revolution.
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PLEASE NOTE: I do not have any personal interest in researching the CADY surname or the St. Clair county, Michigan location. I am merely posting a select number of the biographical sketches found in the above-referenced book *upon specific written request* as a service to the genealogical community. Therefore, please do not contact me with regard to research interests in the above. Thank you.
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