DANIEL METZGER, farmer, P. O. Republic, is a native of Pickaway County, Ohio, born August 15, 1818, son of Henry and Catharine (Vise) Metzger, natives of Union County, Penn., and who were married in Pickaway County, Ohio, and moved to this county in October, 1833; they were the parents of four children: Elizabeth, Mary A., Harriet and Daniel. Henry Metzger was born February 8, 1797, died March 4, 1868; his widow was born August 14, 1794, died May 9, 1880. The father of our subject was one of the first to enter land in this county, and he improved many acres with his own hands and the assistance of his only son, Daniel. He was a noted military man, having drilled several companies of home guards. He was an ardent advocate of the principles of the Democratic party, and was a member of the Lutheran Church. Daniel Metzger, the subject of this sketch, bought his first land in Adams Township in 1841, to which, by industry and economy, he has added until he now has 210 acres, most of which he has improved in various ways. He has been twice married; first to Miss Sarah Whiteman, August 31, 1838, by whom he has had four children: Catharine, Henrietta, Harriet A. and Henry V., all living and married. Henry Y. has six children: Harriet A., the widow of John Bowman, has one son; Henrietta, the wife of Otha H. Hull, ha, four children, and Catharine, the wife or Samuel Bowers, has three children. The two latter families live in Henry County, Ohio, and the two former reside in Adams Township, this county. Mr. Metzger's first wife died April 10, 1850. She was a native of Columbia County, Penn., born September 18, 1819, a daughter of Daniel and Susan (Coleman) Whiteman, who came from Pennsylvania to Seneca County, Ohio, in a very early day; both are now dead. Mr. Metzger's second marriage took place June 22, 1851, with Miss Catharine Bowerman, of Adams Township, this county, a native of Seneca County, N. Y., born November 13, 1822, a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Ritter) Bowerman, natives of Pennsylvania, and who married in Seneca County, N. Y., coming to Seneca County, Ohio, in 1829. They had twelve children, of whom nine are still living. The father died August 16, 1876, aged eighty-one years; the mother died in February, 1877, aged seventy-eight years. Mr. Bowerman was a noted hunter in his day, and for several years gained a livelihood by hunting. By his second marriage Mr. Metzger is the father of five children, the sole survivor of whom, Mary J., is now the wife of Samuel Weller, and has three children. Mr. Metzger is an active Democratic politician; has served in many of the township offices; has been justice of the peace for nine years, and is now filling the office of infirmary director of this county.


Trancribed by Bonnie Walsh.
WARNER, BEERS & CO., 1886
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part IV, p.706-707
ADAMS TOWNSHIP