George 5 Cary (John Dhu, 4 Mary 3 Beatty, Wil-

liam, 2 John 1 ), oldest son of Dr. John Dhu Cary (18)

and Alice Lee, was born 7 August, 1789, near "Allen's

Fresh," Charles County, Maryland. After a classical

education he studied law with Chief Justice Taney in

Frederick, Maryland, and later he settled in Georgia.

He was a member from Georgia of the eighteenth Con-

gress and was often heard in debate with the master

statesmen of that period, being a ripe, classical scholar

and a fluent speaker. In the annals of Congress for

1823 are recorded two of his speeches ; one an answer to

the speech of Daniel Webster on the Grecian Cause, the

other an answer to Buchanan's advocacy of the erection

of a monument to George Washington. Both will attest

his eloquence and erudition. He was a political favorite,

his friends deeming no position of honor beyond his

attainment, and he was once named as a probable can-

didate for the Presidency of the United States, his

chances being weighed against those of his friend, Wil-

liam A. Crawford of Georgia. But his political aspira-

tions were blighted by premature decline in health; his

last days being spent in literary retirement and the edit-

ing of a journal, "The Hickory Nut." He died at

Thomaston, Georgia, 10 September, 1843.

George Cary married 1 January, 1818, Ann Fowke of

Maryland, whose line of descent runs back to William

Fowke, born 1403, died 1438, known as William Fowke

of Brewood, Staffordshire, England. It is said of Ann

Fowke Cary that in her girlhood she was the society

favorite of Washington, "having the advantage of

wealth and the graces of the accomplished." She died

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6 June, 1820, and was buried in the Crawford burial

ground, Columbia County, Georgia.

Children :

42 i John James Cary (see sixth generation).