Sons of Solomon and Alice (Palmer) Metty
To the union of Solomon and Alice there were born two sons. The eldest, Charles P., was born 10 May 1864 in Pottawatomie County, Kansas. The second was John L., born 25 September 1866 at Louisville, Pottawatomie, Kansas. Ironically, they would both die at a relatively young age, and in each case the cause of death was drowning. Charles drown in Vermillion River while ice skating at age of 24 years and 8 months on 12 January 1889 and is buried in the LaClede Cemetery, LaClede, KS. His younger brother John, met a similar fate at Topeka, Kansas on 19 March 1912, when he fell from a boat into the Kaw river. He 45 years of age. To the best of my knowledge, Charles left no descendants. John however, did leave descendants, some of whom today reside in Kansas, Utah, Texas, Arkansas and Missouri.
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