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James McCahen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, innkeeper, JP, and alderman)

b. 1822-06-24 d. 1870-05-19

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, innkeeper, justice of the peace, and alderman. Native of Ireland. Married to Elizabeth McCahen. Father of Catherine McCahen, Josephine McCahen, Byron McCahen, Margaret McCahen, Joseph McCahen, James McCahen, and John McCahen. Innkeeper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1850. Alderman of the fifth ward in Philadelphia in 1860. Alderman and justice of the peace in Philadelphia in 1861. Alderman and justice of the peace in Philadelphia in 1862.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, New Market Ward, p. 361 A-361 B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Ward 5, p. 269.

"James McCahen (1822-1870)," Find A Grave, Memorial #203052680, accessed July 23, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203052680.

KYR-0001-017-0105.

KYR-0001-031-0041.

Citation

McCahen, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213875 (November 12, 2026).

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