Northumberland County PA Archives Biographies.....Lay, Anson A. 1869 - living in 1899

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DR. ANSON A. LAY, a rising young dentist of Shamokin, with abundant promise of a

brilliant future in his profession and also in the literary field, is a son of

Smith W. and Martha (Earl) Lay, and was born near Seneca Falls, N. Y., in 1869.



  The ancestors of our subject were of English origin and may easily be traced

back over a hundred years, and have all been natives of New York State.

Nathaniel Lay, great-grandfather of our subject, was united in marriage with a

Miss Minta, who was a native of Denmark.



  Both he and his son, David Lay, our subject's grandfather, rendered

distinguished service in the Revolutionary War and fought bravely throughout

that struggle.



  Smith W. Lay, father of our subject, was a talented man and a machinist by

trade. Our subject received his primary education in the common school of his

native place, after which he graduated with honors at the Seneca Falls, N. Y.,

High School. He then began the study of medicine under a preceptor, which study

he pursued diligently for about two years, after which he took a course of

lectures at the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. In 1890 he entered

the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, and after completing his studies

there he immediately began the practice of his profession, which he continued to

follow with much success in the following cities: Waterloo, N. Y.; Baltimore,

Md.; Wilkesbarre, Pa.; and Cleveland, Ohio; after which, in 1895, he located at

Shamokin, where he has splendid facilities and a large field for dental work.



  He at once proceeded to build up and extend his practice, and during the short

time he has been located in Shamokin he has developed a practice second to none

in the town.



  Aside from the dental parlors in Shamokin, of which he is sole proprietor, Dr.

Lay is interested in offices at Reading, Pa., Wilkesbarre, Pa., Cleveland, Ohio,

and Baltimore, Md.



   Dr. Lay was united in the holy bonds of wedlock with Inez Haley, a most

charming and accomplished lady, and is the father of one son, Victor. Our

subject is well versed in all the intricacies and details of the art of

dentistry and enjoys the confidence and good will of a very desirable class of

patrons. He is a thorough gentleman, with pleasant, agreeable manners, and bids

fair to become a very prominent citizen of Shamokin.





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Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District

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Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)





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