Philip Metz
Philip Metz, Farmer; P. O., Montra.
Mr. Metz was born in France November 2, 1824. He is a son of Jacob and Catharine Metz. He emigrated to America in 1840 with his father’s family, and located in Stark County, Ohio, where he remained until in the fall of 1848, when he came to Shelby County, entered the west half of the northwest quarter of section 13, and a few weeks later he purchased the east half of the northeast quarter of section 14, Dinsmore Township, on which he made improvements, and has since resided. He has made farming his business through life, and now owns a good farm of 240 acres of land in one body; also, other farms not joining his home farm. On the 12th of April, 1852, he married Miss Catharine, daughter of Christian and Ellzabeth Elsass, then of Auglaize County, Ohio, but a native of France, where she was born September 29, 1832, and came to America with her parents in 1834. They have a family of nine children, viz., Jacob, Mary C., Christian, George, Philip, Caroline, William, Michael, and Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Metz are members of the Lutheran Church.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883