This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| | Born in Seville, OH on Feb. 22, 1851. Caughey ran away from home at age 13 and enlisted as a drummer boy in the Union army. Following the Civil War, he spent 20 years associated with Major Evarts, a Philadelphia historian. He arrived in San Francisco in 1889. For nine years he worked in the art departments of local newspapers before becoming a staff artist for the San Jose Mercury. About 1900 he moved to Portland, OR where he continued as a sketch artist for the Telegram. He died in Portland on Nov. 17, 1925. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Morning Oregonian and SF Chronicle, 11-18-1925 (obits). | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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