BIOGRAPHY: Henry A. FELIX, Mifflin County, PA

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The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley, comprising 
the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, Pennsylvania.
Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, Volume 1, pages 493-494.


  HENRY A. FELIX, Lewistown, Mifflin county, Pa., was born in Lewistown, April 
18, 1840, son of Anthony and Sarah B. (Fisher) Felix.  He was educated in the 
common schools and at the Cumberland Valley Institute, Mechanicsburg, Pa., where 
he studied for three years.  He then for one year assisted his father in his 
cabinet-making establishment at Lewistown.  In November, 1857, he embarked with 
his father in general mercantile business at Lewistown, and continued in the 
same until 1884.  On January 1, 1872, he went into the wholesale grocery and 
confectionery business on his own account, and has carried it on ever since with 
excellent success, gradually enlarging the business, from his moderate beginning 
to the present valuable interest.  Mr. Felix is usually active in local 
enterprises.  He was an important factor in the organization and incorporation 
of the Masonic Association of Lewistown, of which he was elected a director, and 
is now president.  He is a member of Lodge No. 203, F. and A. M., Lewistown; of 
Lewistown Chapter No. 186, and Commandery No. 26; of Lodge No. 255, K. of  P., 
Lewistown, and of Lulu Temple, Mystic Shrine, Philadelphia.  He is a Republican.
  Henry A. Felix was married in November, 1862, to Susan, daughter of Cyrus and 
Sophia Matters.  Their children are: Elizabeth H., born in May, 1863, died June 
21, 1896; and Effie M.  Mr. and Mrs. Felix are members of the Presbyterian 
church of Lewistown.  Mr. Felix is now president of the Board of Trustees of the 
church.  Elizabeth H. Felix, his daughter, was an earnest and devoted member of 
the same church, active in charitable work, and generally beloved and esteemed.