Joseph Saco Biography from History of Rockingham County, NH From: Ranee Egee - raneeegee@hotmail.com Surname: SACO Source: History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915 Page 934 JOSEPH SACCO, a well known citizen of Portsmouth, contractor and builder, a1so dealer in wholesale liquors, was born in Italy, October 24, 1872, son of John Sacco. He came to the United States in 1894. first locating in Boston, where he remained until 1903, being variously employed. His first business enterprise was a grocery in Malden, Mass., a suburb of Boston, after which he went to bottling beer in Bos- ton. Later he started an employment bureau. Then coming to Ports- mouth, he entered into business here as a baker, and also employed laborers. In 1912 he began business here as a contractor, his first con- tract being for four miles of construction work for the Maine Central Railroad. He also built the bottling building for the Portsmouth Brew- ery. At the present time he is engaged in building the armory for the government, having about twenty men in his employ. Mr. Sacco is married and has a family of seven children, namely: Frank, John, James, Victoria, Antonia, Aleana and a baby as yet unnamed. He and his fam- ily are members of the Catholic church. He belongs to the Fraternal Order of Eagles and to the Foresters. In politics he is independent. ************************************************************************ * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.