Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Auker, Charles A. January 10, 1899 - 
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Source: History of Blair County, PA, Vol. II, 1931
Author: Tarring Davis

  CHARLES A. AUKER, who has been practicing law at Altoona since 1925, was born 
at Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa., January 10, 1899, a son of R. L. Auker, a 
native of the same place, and Minnie Nora (Stoner) Auker, born in Fermanagh 
Township, Juniata County. The father spent his entire life at Mifflintown, where 
he was engaged in the monument business, his death occurring November 13, 1929. 
Charles A. Auker acquired his early education in the public schools of 
Mifflintown, graduating from high school in 1916, after which he matriculated at 
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., from which he graduated as a member of the 
class of 1920 with the A. B. degree. He served three months at Dickinson in the 
S. A. T. C. during the war. He then taught school at Nazareth Military Academy, 
Nazareth, Pa., in Dover, New Jersey, and Sommerville, New Jersey. Returning to 
Dickinson College, he studied for his profession there, receiving the degree of 
bachelor of laws in 1925. He is a member of the Beta Theta Ti fraternity. In the 
same year, he came to Altoona, was admitted to the bar, and has since conducted 
a general practice, maintaining offices at No. 1321 Eleventh Avenue. He is a 
member of the various Masonic bodies, the Shrine, Chapter, and Commandery, 
Kiwanis Club, and Clover Club, and State and County Bar Associations. He married 
Grace Jacoby, of Altoona, daughter of Howard and Gertrude Jacoby, and they have 
one son, Charles A., Jr. Mr. Auker is a member of the First Presbyterian Church 
and a Republican in politics. 

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