BIOGRAPHY: Bernard W. LITZINGER, Cambria County, PA 

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From Wiley, Samuel T., ed. Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria 
County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Union Publishing Co., 1896, p. 278-9
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BERNARD W. LITZINGER, a merchant of Loretto, this county, is a son of William 
and Monica (Maguire) Litzinger, and was born in Loretto on August 20, 1851.
     His grandfather, on the paternal side of the family, was Anthony Litzinger, 
a wheelwright and cabinet-maker by trade, who followed his trade a number of 
years in Huntingdon, Huntingdon county, this State. In 1835 he removed to 
Loretto, where he followed his trade until 1837, when he and his son Thomas 
founded the mercantile house of which Bernard W., the subject, is now the head. 
They remained in partnership until the death of Thomas, when William, the father 
of the subject, was taken in as partner. This business alliance continued until 
1853, when the latter succeeded to it, and operated it until 1887, the date of 
his death.
     Anthony Litzinger (grandfather) married and became the parent of four sons 
and four daughters: David, Lydia, Mary, Elizabeth, Catherine, Sarah J., Charles, 
Thomas, William, and Benjamin, all deceased.
     William Litzinger, father of Bernard W. Litzinger, was born in Huntingdon, 
November 5, 1819, and died in Loretto, July 17, 1887. He was a cabinet-maker by 
trade, but came into the mercantile business as described above, and was also 
extensively engaged in the lumbering business, and being a man of good business 
capacity, accumulated considerable wealth, and was regarded as one of the most 
substantial and successful business men of the county. Politically, he was a 
democrat, and being a man of good judgment and of strict integrity of character, 
was elected justice of the peace, in which capacity he served for a time.
     He married Miss Monica, a daughter of Luke Maguire, a descendant of one of 
the pioneer families of Cambria county. To this marital union were born the 
following children: Eugene, a retired farmer of Loretto; Bernard W., merchant; 
Sirenus, who died in boyhood; and Henry C., a merchant at Chicora, Butler 
county, this State.
     Bernard W. Litzinger obtained his education in the public schools, and at 
Villa Nova college, Delaware county, Pennsylvania. He worked for his father 
until the latter's death in 1887, when he succeeded to his father's business. In 
addition to carrying on an extensive general mercantile business, he is largely 
interested in agricultural pursuits, and owns considerable farm land.
     Politically he is a democrat, and has served as justice of the peace since 
1885.
     April 17, 1877, he married Annie Pfoff, a daughter of Frederick Pfoff, a 
farmer of Allegheny township, this county. To their happy union has been born 
one child, a son, Walter Frederick.