Jacques Mete' Descendants

Solomon Timothy Metty born Oct. 7, 1837 Monroe Co., MI was the 5th child of Leander Metty & Marie Anne Mouton. He left MI for KS in the early 1850’s, arriving in Pottawatomie Co. where he later married & raised his family. Records show he married for the 1st time on July 9, 1863 to Alice C. Palmer & they had two sons. In 1863 Sol served as Captain of Co. G in Wabaunsee Co., KS Militia. He operated a grocery/drug store in Louisville, Pottawatomie Co., KS. He apparently practiced medicine because in 1901 he was certified as a M.D. based on 45 yr. experience. His school of practice was Alleopathic medicine. He married again on Aug. 31, 1872 at Louisville to Margarete Johanna McKown, a milliner. They had nine children, including Pearl Marie, my grandmother. Sol died June 30, 1913 Topeka, KS & was buried at St. Bernard’s Cemetery, Wamego, Pottawatomie Co., KS.

Gilbert, eldest son of Leander, was born 26 May 1829, at St Antoine on the River Raison. On 1 January 1850, at the age of 20, he was united in marriage with Ellen Laird, also 20 years of age, at the home of James Laird in Mendon, St. Joseph County, Michigan. In the census of 1850, recorded on 11 October, his occupation is shown to be that of a farmer, in St. Joseph County. The family moved to Kansas sometime between 1857 and November 1859. Gilbert and his family remained in the Louisville, KS area until around late 1884 or early 1885 when they moved to Polk County Florida where he homesteaded land near Bartow. Gilbert died before he could "prove up" on his claim. According to the records of his grandson Howard Dewey Metty, death occurred on 2 February 1889. Ellen followed him in death two years later on 31 March 1891. They are probably both buried in Bartow, but to date I have been unsuccessful in locating any information concerning their burial place. The children followed t...