BIO: Henry LIXFIELD, Clearfield County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja & Sally Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/ NOTE: Use this web address to access other bios: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/swoope/swoope.htm _____________________________________________________________ From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr., Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 594 & 597. _____________________________________________________________ HENRY LIXFIELD, general farmer, who is associated with his brother, Fred Lixfield, in operating the two Lixfield farms, one of fifty acres and an adjoining one of 100 acres, situated in Huston township, Clearfield county, Pa., belongs to a well known and highly respected family of this section. He was born on his father's farm in Huston township, March 4, 1864, and is a son of Henry and Dorothy (Chaunce) Lixfield. Henry Lixfield, the father, was born in Germany, and in early manhood accompanied his brother, Frederick Lixfield, to America. Frederick was a blacksmith by trade, and Henry understood the saw-mill business. They worked first in Lehigh county, Pa., and then came to Clearfield county, and Henry Lixfield was for some time in the employ of Hiram Woodward, the pioneer lumberman of Penfield. Later the two brothers purchased adjoining farms in Huston township, cleared their land and put up buildings. Here Henry Lixfield died. His widow (formerly Dorothy Chaunce) and five children survive him, namely: Anna; Eliza, wife of C. H. Hammond; Henry and Fred (twins) and John. Henry Lixfield of the above family went to school in boyhood but as his father died when he was quite young, responsibilities early rested on his and his brother's shoulders. He and his twin brother operate in partnership and make their home with their mother and sister. They are both members of the Grange and of the Odd Fellows at Penfield. They are independent voters neither having any ambition to hold office. They are well known and much respected, both being quiet, industrious, practical men, good farmers and excellent citizens.