George was a person with many birth date or so it seems. On June 4, 1898 in Samuel's application for pension George is listed as being born on Aug 7th, 1881. However, unless other evidence is unearthed, we will have to accept the recording that Lisa discovered at the courthouse, 8 July of 1882, as being the correct date. Going back to the pension file, it does appear that the information was recorded by someone other than Samuel, as the writing does not match that of his signature. Speculating a little further, he could have given the information as 8-7-1881 (dd-mm-yr) and the recorder wrote it out as Aug 7th, 1881. That would still leave the year as being incorrect, but the month and day would agree with the courthouse records. As for George's death, here is something I found several years ago: George Metty, a well-known-farmer of Mendon Township, Dies by his own hand George, a well-to-do and well-known farmer of Mendon Township was discovered dead in his bedroom, at his home ...
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