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Caton, John Dean, 1812-1895

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Personal name headingCaton, John Dean, 1812-1895
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LocatedChicago, Ill.
Birth date18120319
Death date18950730
Place of birthMonroe, N.Y.
Place of deathChicago, Ill.
Field of activitylaw
AffiliationIllinois Supreme Court
Illinois Bar
Hamilton College
Illinois and Mississippi Telegraphic Company
Profession or occupationlawyer
jurist
justice of the peace
judge
chief justice
author
Found inMiscellanies, 1880: t.p. (John Dean Caton, LL. D., ex-chief justice of the Supreme Ct. of Ill.)
LC in OCLC, 9-24-85 (hdg.: Caton, John Dean, 1812-1895)
Virtual American Biographies, website viewed 19 November 2010 (John Dean Caton; jurist; born Monroe, Orange County, New York, 19 March 1812; lawyer in Chicago, Illinois in 1833; elected justice of the peace 1834; judge of the Illinois Supreme Court in 1842; chief justice 1855; resigned 1864; author)
Answers.com, website viewed 19 November 2010 (John Dean Caton; born March 19, 1812, in Monroe, New York; admitted to Illinois bar in 1835; honorary doctor of laws degree from Hamilton College in 1866; president of the Illinois and Mississippi Telegraphic Company, 1852 to 1867; author; died July 30, 1895 in Chicago, Illinois)
Associated languageeng