S. E. McCauley
S. E. McCauley, one of the successful merchants of Lima, where he has conducted a grocery store for the past four years, was born in Salem, Ohio, in 1856. He is a son of the late Joseph McCauley, who was an influential resident of Lima, engaged in the milling business. About 40 years ago the family settled in Lima, in whose schools our subject obtained his education.
Mr. McCauley secured his first employment with The Moore Brother Company, wholesale and retail grocers, and remained with them for about four years, when he accepted a position as bookkeeper with H. & J. Langan. Two years later he began firing on the "Big Four" Railroad, and it was not until six years later that he abandoned that work and returned to Lima to resume commercial life. Entering the store of Cooper & Thomas, he remained with them until they sold the business Mr. Watson, when he entered the employ of that gentleman and continued with him for about 15 years. In May, 1901, he established his first business enterprise at his present location, No. 520 Jackson street, and has conducted the enterprise there since, carrying a complete and attractive stock of fancy and staple groceries and numbering among his patrons many of the first families of Lima.
In 1886 Mr. McCauley was married to Mary Weisner, a daughter of the late Christopher Weisner. They have three children Rhea, Clara and Georgiana. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. McCauley has served in the City Council of Lima for two years, and is a prominent Knight of Pythias.