Wilson Family Project

🔵 William J. Metzger

Age: 70y, 7m, 19d

Son of John Amos Metzger and Catherine Schuman

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📆 Events

Type	Date	Age at Event	Place
Birth	15 SEP 1871		Whitley, Indiana, USA
Residence	1880	8y, 2m, 15d	Richland, Whitley, Indiana, USA
Residence	1900	28y, 2m, 15d	Pleasant Township, Wabash, Indiana, USA
Residence	1910	38y, 2m, 15d	Pleasant Township, Wabash, Indiana, USA
Residence	1920	48y, 2m, 15d	Pleasant Township, Wabash, Indiana, USA
Residence	1930	58y, 2m, 15d	Pleasant Township, Wabash, Indiana, USA
Death	04 MAY 1942	70y, 7m, 19d	North Manchester, Wabash, Indiana, USA
Burial			Dunkard Church, North Manchester, Wabash, Indiana, USA

Birth
Date: 15 SEP 1871, Age:
Place: Whitley, Indiana, USA
Residence
Date: 1880, Age: 8y, 2m, 15d
Place: Richland, Whitley, Indiana, USA
Residence
Date: 1900, Age: 28y, 2m, 15d
Place: Pleasant Township, Wabash, Indiana, USA
Residence
Date: 1910, Age: 38y, 2m, 15d
Place: Pleasant Township, Wabash, Indiana, USA
Residence
Date: 1920, Age: 48y, 2m, 15d
Place: Pleasant Township, Wabash, Indiana, USA
Residence
Date: 1930, Age: 58y, 2m, 15d
Place: Pleasant Township, Wabash, Indiana, USA
Death
Date: 04 MAY 1942, Age: 70y, 7m, 19d
Place: North Manchester, Wabash, Indiana, USA
Burial
Date:
Place: Dunkard Church, North Manchester, Wabash, Indiana, USA

👩‍❤️‍👨 Relationships

🟣 Nora E. Butterbaugh, b. Oct 1874

Children With Nora E. Butterbaugh

🟣 Lulu M. Metzger, b. Jan 1895
🟣 Mabel F. Metzger, b. Jan 1898
🟣 Tressa S. Metzger, b. about 1905
🟣 Living Person

📰 Event Sources

Residence, 1880

1880 US Census

Residence, 1900

1900 US Census

Residence, 1910

1910 US Census

Residence, 1920

1920 US Census

Residence, 1930

1930 US Census

Death, 04 MAY 1942

Wabash Plain Dealer - 6 May 1942, pg 8

Funeral services for William J. Metzger, 70, who died Wednesday afternoon in his home west of North Manchester, will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Old Order Dunkard Church one mile west of North Manchester. O. A. Custer will officiate at services.

Death was caused by coronary occlusion. The body was returned from the Bender's Funeral Home to the family residence Thursday night where it will remain until services Saturday. Burial will be in the Dunkard Church Cemetery.

William J. Metzger was born September 15, 1871, in Whitley County to John A. and Catherine Schuman Metzger. He had spent most of his life in Wabash County as a farmer. He married Nora Ellen Butterbaugh who survives. He was a member of the Old Order Dunkard Church.

Sruvivors besides the widow are one son, Cecil, at home, three daughters, Mrs. Walter Karn and Mrs. Aaron Greer, both of North Manchester, and Miss Tressie Metzger at home, one brother, Abe Metzger of Pierceton, and one sister, Mrs. Alice Spohn of Huntington.

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