Insurance agent, and lawyer; born in Reading, Pa., January 16, 1864; son of S.E. Ancona (formerly congressman from the Berks district) and Francisca E. Ancona. He was educated in the public schools of Reading, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., in the class of 1884, Franklin Oration. He was married in Reading, Pa., Sept. 17, 1893, to Sarah E.E. Bechtel, and they have four children: Paul, born in 1894, Fred, born in 1900; Syd, born in 1901, and Dan, born in 1907. He was admitted to the bar of Berks County, Pa., November, 1886, admitted to the bar of Kings County, Washington, 1891, Fire Insurance agent of Reading, since October, 1891. He is a Democrat in politics, and a Lutheran in his religious views. He is a member of the Bar Association of Berks County, is a Mason and Elk; also a member of the Berkshire Country Club. Residence: 1579 Mineral Spring Road, Reading. Business address: Baer Building, Reading, Pa.
John W. Leonard. Who's Who in Pennsylvania: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries, 2nd ed. New York: L.R. Hamersly & Co., 1908, p. 12.
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