BIO: Charles A. McCAULEY, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, pages 217-218.
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  CHARLES A. MCCAULEY, M.D., Petersburg, Huntingdon county, Pa., was 
born near Mechanicsburg, Cumberland county, Pa., March 9, 1855, and is 
a son of Rev. Daniel and Hannah (Van Brandt) McCauley. The McCauley 
family is of Scottish origin. The great-grandparents of Dr. McCauley 
came to America when his grandfather, Daniel McCauley, was a boy; they 
settled in Virginia. There Daniel McCauley became an extensive land 
owner. He married, and had five children. His son, Daniel McCauley, 
Jr., grew up on his father's estate, received a liberal education, 
studied theology, and became one of the first clergymen of the 
Methodist Episcopal church in that section of the country. Rev. Mr. 
McCauley was highly endowed as to both talent and culture; his 
learning, his oratorical powers, and above all, his sterling worth and 
devotion to principle, made him a noted man, not only in his own 
denomination, but beyond its limits. He favored the Republican party, 
and was strongly anti-slavery in sentiment. He was married in Virginia 
to Hannah Van Brandt, who on the paternal side was descended from an 
old and well-known New York family, and on the maternal side was a 
relative of the poet Schiller. Their children are: Catherine (Mrs. T. 
J. Wright), of Columbia, Pa.; Dr. Charles A.; Henry C., a professor in 
Harrisburg; Daniel E., bookkeeper, of Reading; and two that died in 
infancy. After officiating for a number of years in different pulpits 
in Cumberland county, Pa., and in New Jersey, Rev. Daniel McCauley was 
compelled by an affection of the throat to give up preaching, and all 
active professional work, and devoted the remainder of his life to 
literary labor in Lancaster county, Pa., where he died in 1885.
  Having been educated in private, public and high schools of Columbia, 
Pa., Charles A. McCauley had so well improved his opportunities that he 
was accepted as a teacher while still in his early teens. At the age of 
fourteen he had already selected his profession, and began reading 
medicine while teaching school. This course continued until he entered 
the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania. During the 
long University vacations, he assisted in hospitals, thus obtaining a 
thorough practical knowledge of his professional duties. He graduated 
with honors in the spring of 1887. Dr. McCauley then came to 
Petersburg, Huntingdon county, and began practice, succeeding Dr. S. 
Davis. The practice of Dr. McCauley is second to none in the county, 
extending as it does throughout the valley, and including many patients 
in the borough of Huntingdon. The Doctor has built for himself the 
finest brick dwelling in Petersburg. He is well known and much 
respected in the community, taking an active part in public affairs, 
especially in educational matters. He is a Republican. He holds 
membership in the Huntingdon County Medical Society, and in the 
National and State medical societies, and is also a member of the 
William Pepper Medical Society of the University of Pennsylvania.
  Dr. Charles A. McCauley was married in Columbia, Pa., February 22, 
1877, to Sarah, daughter of Levi Heidler; she was born in Lancaster 
county, Pa., and is of German descent. Their children are: Greta W., a 
pupil in the high school at Petersburg; Guy Z. and Ethel, twins; and 
Clare M. Dr. McCauley is connected with the Reformed church.