Edward J. Cashin (1927-2007) was a historian who focused his research and writing on colonial and revolutionary era Georgia. He was born in Augusta, GA on July 22, 1927, the son of Margaret O'Leary and Edward Cashin. He earned his B.A. from Marist College in 1952, and received his M.A in History from Fordham University in 1956. He went on to earn a Ph.D. in Histoy in 1962. Cashin taught at Marist College, and at Augusta College. In 1969, he married Mary Ann Klug, and they had two children: Edward Lawrence and Milette. In addition to teaching, Cashin published a number of books, many of which focused on the history of Augusta, GA. His published works are as follows: 1975 Augusta and the American Revolution: Events in the Georgia Back Country 1773-1783 (with Heard Robertson) 1976 A History of Augusta College (with Helen Callahan) 1978 An Informal History of Augusta 1980 The Story of Augusta 1985 The Quest: A History Of Public Education In Richmond County, Georgia 1986 Colonial Augusta: "Key of the Indian Countrey" (editor) 1987 The Story of Sacred Heart 1989 The King's Ranger: Thomas Brown and the American Revolution on the Southern Frontier 1992 Lachlan McGillivray, Indian Trader: The Shaping of the Southern Colonial Frontier 1994 Governor Henry Ellis and the Transformation of British North America 1994 A Wilderness Still the Cradle of Nature: Frontier Georgia 1995 Old Springfield: Race and Religion in Augusta, Georgia 1995 Setting Out to Begin a New World: Colonial Georgia, A Documentary History 2000 William Bartram and the American Revolution on the Southern Frontier 2001 General Sherman's Girl Friend and Other Stories About Augusta (illustrated by Jeb Cashin) 2001 Paternalism in a Southern City: Race, Religion, and Gender in Augusta, Georgia (editor, with Glenn T. Eskew) 2001 Beloved Bethesda: A History of George Whitefield's Home for Boys 2003 From Balloons to Blue Angels: The story of Aviation in Augusta, Georgia 2009 Guardians of the Valley: Chickasaws in Colonial South Carolina and Georgia (posthumous publication)

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