Charles Earl Cady is well known in commercial circles in Laramie as a member of the Star Grocery Company. He was born October 22, 1889, in Chapman, Nebraska, and was the second in order of birth in a family of three children whose parents were Alva B. and Mary (Linden) Cady. The father was born in Nebraska and represents one of the pioneer families of that state, of English and Irish lineage. In 1907 he removed to Laramie and is now agent in this city for the Union Pacific Railway Company. His wife was also born in Nebraska and represents one of the old families of Grand Island.
    Spending his youthful days under the parental roof, Charles Earl Cady was educated in the public schools of his native state and in the University of Wyoming, in which he pursued a business course. In the meantime, however, he had made his initial step in the business world, starting out to earn his living when a youth of but twelve years. He was first employed by the Union Pacific Railroad Company in Nebraska as a call boy, and on the removal of the family to Laramie he was advanced to a clerical position and remained in connection with the railroad company until 1908. It was subsequent to that time that he continued his education by pursuing his business course. Later he secured a position with the Gem City Grocery Company, by which he was employed for two years, on the expiration of which period he formed a partnership with Henry W. Jensen and organized the Star Grocery Company. They began business in a small way but from that humble beginning have developed one of the leading stores of the kind in this section of the country, carrying a stock fully five times as large as that with which they started out. Their establishment is thoroughly attractive in its appearance and arrangement and in the line of goods carried, while the business methods of the house are such as commend the company to the support of the public. They employ five people and their store occupies a building eighty by eighty feet. It is thoroughly modern in equipment and up to date in every particular.
    On the 8th of July, 1914, Mr. Cady was united in marriage to Miss Wilburta Knight, a native of Wyoming and a daughter of the late Wilbur Clinton Knight, who was state geologist of the University of Wyoming for many years and was one of the pioneers of this section of the country. Her mother bore the maiden name of Emma Holvell and is now filling the position of dean of women in the University of Wyoming. Mr. and Mrs. Cady have become the parents of two children: Mary Elizabeth, born in Laramie, April 14, 1916; and Charles Earl, who was born October 5, 1917.
    Mr. Cady has always been a stalwart advocate of republican principles and he stands for progress and improvement in all matters that have to do with the general welfare of his city and state. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and is in hearty sympathy with its well defined plans and measures for the upbuilding of Laramie and the extension of its trade relations. He is a member of one of the college fraternities and his religious faith is evidenced in his membership in the First Presbyterian church. Mr. and Mrs. Cady occupy an enviable social position and are highly esteemed in those circles where intelligence and genuine personal worth are accepted as the passports into good society. He has become an important factor in business circles in Laramie and his success is well deserved, for in him are embraced the characteristics of an unbending integrity, unabating energy and industry that never flags.