BIO: Thomas C. HARE, Blair County, PA

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Donehoo, George P., Editor-in-Chief.  Pennsylvania, A History, 
Vol. 3, Biography.  New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 
1926, pages 144-145.
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  THOMAS C. HARE - One of the leading lawyers of Altoona is Thomas C. Hare, 
a veteran of the bar of Blair County.  Mr. Hare is a prominent citizen of 
Altoona and he is active in all civic and fraternal affairs of the city.  He 
is acknowledged one of the most able and adroit attorneys of the city.
  Thomas C. Hare was born in Yellow Springs, January 14, 1876, and he 
received his early schooling in the grade schools of Altoona.  He followed 
the higher academic courses in Susquehanna University, from which he was 
graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and he took his legal studies 
in the University of Michigan Law School, from which he was graduated in 
1892 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws.  In the same year he was admitted 
to the bar in Blair County, and he has been in practice in Altoona, with 
offices at No. 223 Central Trust Building, ever since.  Of recent years his 
son, Robert F. Hare, has been in association with him in legal practice.
  Mr. Hare is Independent politically; he is a member of the Altoona Lodge 
of the Free and Accepted Masons, of the Altoona Rotary Club, the Spruce 
Creek Rod and Gun Club and the Altoona Chamber of Commerce.  In his 
religious views he and his family are Lutherans.
  Mr. Hare married, in Altoona, in 1894, Louise Kurtz, and of this union 
there are two children:  Eleanor, who was born in 1896, and Robert F., (a 
biography of whom follows).  The Hare family lives at No. 2012 Broad Avenue, 
in Altoona.