Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Brantlinger, Charles Edwin 1893 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Banja http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00004.html#0000757 July 22, 2025, 6:58 pm Source: History of Blair County, PA, Vol. II, 1931 Author: Tarring Davis CHARLES EDWIN BRANTLINGER, proprietor of the Capital Hotel, of Hollidaysburg, was born at Altoona, Pa., in 1893, and is a son of William W. Brantlinger, who has been an engineer with the Pennsylvania Railroad for fifty years and resides in Altoona, and of Anna (McIntosh) Brantlinger. Graduating from the Altoona High School in 1910, Charles E. Brantlinger matriculated at the University of Pittsburgh, where he studied pharmacy, graduating in 1914. For two years thereafter, he operated a drug store at Pittsburgh and returned to Altoona in 1917. In 1918, he established at Hollidaysburg a pool room and recreation hall, which he operated successfully until 1929. In that year, he purchased the Capital Hotel, a thirty room hostelry maintaining dining and coffee room service, and now conducts this business. Mr. Brantlinger is a member of the Knights of Columbus, Kiwanis Club, and Hollidaysburg Club. In October, 1914, he married Nana M. Calvin, of Hollidaysburg, and they are both communicants of St. Michael's Catholic Church. This file has been created by a form at http://www.usgwarchives.net/pafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb