sentences:  He was one of eight children born to Ann (née Shuler) Cady and David Cady, who served in the American Revolutionary War as a Commissioner (or Paymaster) for service and was present at the surrender of John Burgoyne.Judge Daniel Cady, also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was his uncle.Cady attended school at the Old Stone Manse at Fort Hunter, and graduated from Union College in 1808, thereafter studying law.