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Rhode
Island Slavery Data
E.
P.
MCCABE
The subject of this sketch was born in Troy, N. Y., October
10, 1850. His parents soon moved to Fall River and shortly afterward to
Newport. Almost unknown to this generation of Newporters, the old timers
claim him as one of their own. He attended public school here and went
to Bangor, Maine, where he further pursued his studies. He went to
Chicago in 1872. In a short while he secured a clerkship with the late
Potter Palmer of hotel fame. After a short time he received an
appointment as Clerk in the office of the Cook County Treasurer through
competitive examination. Soon tiring of city life, he went West and
settled in Graham County, Kansas. For a while he was engaged in the land
business. His ability and character soon won recognition and he was
appointed first county clerk, in which office he remained until his
election to the State Auditorship in 1882. To this office he was twice
elected. He refused a third nomination. The office, which he filled with
distinguished ability, was the highest elective office held by any
member of the race west of the Mississippi at that time. After the
second term he went West to California.
Source: Negroes of Rhode Island, by
Charles A. Battle, 1932 - Transcribed by C.
Anthony
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