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J. A. BENDER, proprietor of Hotel Colma, which is located at No. 1700 Eighth
Avenue, Altoona, Pa., has engaged in this business since April, 1906, and was
born in this borough, November 13, 1872, a son of Anthony and Catherine
(Harmon) Bender. His father was a native of Germany, and the mother a native
of Blair County, Pa. They were parents of the following children: William,
John A., Charles P., Oscar, Catherine, Emma, Mary, Lewis, and Joseph.
     Mr. Bender was reared and has always lived in Altoona, and during his
early manhood clerked in a grocery store in this borough, but later worked
seven years as a sheet iron worker for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He
has been engaged in the hotel business in this city since April 1906, now
being proprietor of Hotel Colma. In 1905 Mr. Bender was united in marriage
with Chloe Kephart, at Milwaukee, Wis., although she also is a native of
Blair County, Pa. In politics Mr. Bender takes an active interest in the
affairs of the Republican party, and is fraternally identified with the
L.O.O.M. and the Owls. He is a member of the Catholic church.