Jacques Mete' Descendants

As reported earlier, Francis (Frank) was born on 31 August 1834, the son of Richard and Victoria (Bissonnet) Metty. He was still living in the household of his father at the time of the 1860 census, but was to marry shortly thereafter. He found his bride to be right in his father's household. On 5 February 1856, Richard had married for the third time and his new wife, Rachel Knaggs Digue, had a daughter Phillis, born in March 1837. The father was Thomas Diguier dit Courtois. Phillis and Francis married on 22 January 1861 at Sable River, Monroe County, Michigan. The years before Frank went off to war, were probably very difficult for the young couple. According to information I have located, particularly relating to St Antoine's Cemetery, their first child was born in 1861 and died 16 January 1864. The child was buried in St Antoine's Cemetery. Their next child was born in October 1862 and named Richard Stanley. This child died on 27 February 1863 and is also buried in St. A...

Francis (Frank) Metty was born 31 August 1834 at St Antoine, River Raisin, Monroe County, Michigan. He was the son of Richard and grandson of our common ancestor, Felix. He died on 2 April 1915 at River Rouge, Wayne County, Michigan. On 2 February 1865 he enlisted as a Pvt Co D Reorganized 11th Michigan Infantry. Frank was described at time of enlistment as being 5'5", light complexion, gray/black hair and blue eyes. He was discharged on 16 September 1865 at Nashville, TN. Among the documents in his pension file is an affidavit of a comrade in arms, which gives insight into the life of a soldier during the Civil War. It reads as follows: “That while we served together in said Company we were frequently on duty together and some of the time we were engaged in train guard service accompanying United States Military Railway trains running between Chattanooga and Knoxville, in the State of Tennessee.: “That on or about the 20th day of April 1865, in Camp at Chattanooga, Tennessee,...

For anyone who has never checked pension files, they can prove to be valuable sources of information. This is an example of one of the items generally found in the file. In this case it was filed on 29 December 1898 and in it is information relative to the claimant's marriage and the birth of some of his children. Sometimes the information can be amusing as well. For instance question #3 on the form asks: What record of marriage exists? Here our ancestor proudly responds: "record is good." I do not believe that is really the answer the government was expecting?