Education
He was educated at Yarmouth Seminary and Dalhousie University. Married Mrs. Mary J. Hetherington, Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 1887 (deceased, July 1914); secondly, Miss Juliette Elisa Charlotte Hulin, Paris, France, January 1918. Charles Cahan had two sons (John Flint Cahan 1889-1928; Charles H. Cahan Jr. 1887-1970) and one daughter (Lois Theresa 1891-1964).
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