of Sandusky County, Ohio · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Jacob Metzger
parentsMetzger
Jacob Metzger⚭ Sarah Jane Shellhammer
childrenAlva E. Metzger
Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of Sandusky County, Ohio
Their story
What the record says
Subject of sketch.
Grew to manhood on father's farm in Seneca County, Ohio.
Civil War veteran, Company B, 164th O.V.I., served in Washington campaign 1864.
Later joined a construction corps through KY, TN, AL, GA, WV.
Farmer.
Democrat.
Son Alva E. was a veterinary surgeon at Clyde.
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