History of Monroe County
Author: John McClellan Buckley, Vol. 1 page 512, published by Lewis Publisher 1913
FELIX METTY
Among the early French settlers upon the River Raisin were several whose vigorous constitutions and simple mode of life carried them to a venerable age, an unusually large number of centenarians having passed nearly their whole lives in Monroe county. One of these notable Frenchmen was Felix Metty, who died here, almost upon the identical spot upon which he had lived for almost a century, at the age of one hundred and two years.
The deceased was born in Canada, nearly opposite Detroit, in the year 1756. And at the period of early manhood removed to Detroit, where he participated in many of the perils and sufferings, incident to those times and to this frontier, until after the war of 1812, when he removed to Frenchtown and there remained till the day of his death. The old gentleman retained his vigor of body and mind until about a year before his death, walking regularly from the residence of his son, some three or four miles to the Roman Catholic church in this city, of which he had always been a devoted and faithful member. He was universally esteemed by his neighbors and friends, as a strictly upright man in his dealings, kind and humane in his feelings towards his fellow men.
Note: In Genealogy of the French Familes of the Detroit River Region 1701-1936 Vol II, it lists Felix Metay as being born on 19 October 1766 on the North East Coast of Detroit. This is more likely the correct date since his parents did not marry until 11 Jan 1757 and he had at least five older siblings. Thus the author is in error as our ancestor Felix was two years shy of being centenarian when he died on 17 Nov 1858 at Monroe.
FELIX METTY
Among the early French settlers upon the River Raisin were several whose vigorous constitutions and simple mode of life carried them to a venerable age, an unusually large number of centenarians having passed nearly their whole lives in Monroe county. One of these notable Frenchmen was Felix Metty, who died here, almost upon the identical spot upon which he had lived for almost a century, at the age of one hundred and two years.
The deceased was born in Canada, nearly opposite Detroit, in the year 1756. And at the period of early manhood removed to Detroit, where he participated in many of the perils and sufferings, incident to those times and to this frontier, until after the war of 1812, when he removed to Frenchtown and there remained till the day of his death. The old gentleman retained his vigor of body and mind until about a year before his death, walking regularly from the residence of his son, some three or four miles to the Roman Catholic church in this city, of which he had always been a devoted and faithful member. He was universally esteemed by his neighbors and friends, as a strictly upright man in his dealings, kind and humane in his feelings towards his fellow men.
Note: In Genealogy of the French Familes of the Detroit River Region 1701-1936 Vol II, it lists Felix Metay as being born on 19 October 1766 on the North East Coast of Detroit. This is more likely the correct date since his parents did not marry until 11 Jan 1757 and he had at least five older siblings. Thus the author is in error as our ancestor Felix was two years shy of being centenarian when he died on 17 Nov 1858 at Monroe.
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