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Below is a family biography included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1883. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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DAVID METZGER, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, was born in Lewis Township, Brown County, Ohio, December 28, 1851. He is the son of Joseph and Nancy (Watson) Metzger, the former a native of Brown County, of German descent, and the latter a native of Clermont County, of Irish descent. Our subject received a limited education in the common schools, and from his youth to the present, has been engaged in farming. In his farm operations, he has met with good success, and now he owns a good farm near Hamersville, upon which he resides. Mr. Metzger was married to May E. Shinkle, a daughter of Walter Shinkle, an early settler of Brown County, where she was born. Mr. Metzger’s grandfather, Conrad Metzger, emigrated to Ohio from Pennsylvania in 1802, and, in the same year, located in Lewis Township. Our subject and his wife are members of the Christian Church; he is a Democrat.
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This family biography is one of 992 biographies included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published in 1883 by W. H. Beers & Co. For the complete description, click here: Brown County, Ohio History and Genealogy
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