Jacques Mete' Descendants

Pottawatomie county History First White Settlers who Came to the County For the Purpose of Agriculture and Stock-Raising and with the intention of Becoming Citizens Sketches of the Settlers of 1854 Dr. Sol Metty came from Michigan to what is now Pottawatomie county, Kansas, in 1854, arriving here September 15 of that year. He run a little store in Louisville and as a doctor was a specialist and treated mainly chronic diseases. He first married Miss Alice Palmer, who died* and later he married Miss Maggie McKowen. He was captain of Company G, of the Kansas militia in 1863. Dr. Metty, after residing in the vicinity of Louisville for nearly half a century, moved to Topeka a few years ago where he still resides. He is about 70 years of age. The RECORDER is indebted to Dr. Metty for considerable information regarding pioneers and early county history. *There is evidence that Alice Palmer did not die until the early 1930s. This article addresses Solomon as Dr. Metty, and the question h...

If anyone is interested in the location and action of Samuel's unit during his period of service, there is an excellent history of the unit to be found at: http://hometown.aol.com/dharvey/9thcav.htm

On May 23rd, 1891, Samuel Metty filed his Declaration for Original Invalid Pension in St. Joseph County, Michigan. In it he declares that he is 56 years of age and that he is unable to earn a support by manual labor by reason of deafness and rheumatism, attributable to his service in Company K, 9th Regiment of Michigan Volunteer Cavalry in the war of 1861. In a supporting statement given on the 25th day of May 1892 he further states that while in the army in February 1865 he contracted a severe cold in his head, from which he has suffered more or less since, but did not know it was catarrh until so informed by the examining physicians. On the 25th of May 1900, Samuel again filed a petition to include in his claim additional disabilities. Based on his physical examination at Three Rivers on September 13, 1899, the doctors discovered that he had “disease of liver and arteries.” In the original declaration his surname appears to be spelled Methy, but when he signed the form, he sig...

July 1st, 1913: The Topeka Daily Capital, page 6: Oliver Solomon 76 years old died at his home 2025 Van Buren St., yesterday afternoon. The funeral will be held at Assumption Church at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning. The body will be sent to Wamego for burial. July 2nd, 1913: Dr. S. T. Metty, Pioneer Kansas Physician, Dies Practiced Medicine for half century in Topeka - Funeral Today The funeral of Dr. S T Metty this morning at 8 o'clock at the Church of the Assumption will mark the passing away of another Kansas pioneer. Dr. Metty practiced medicine in Topeka for more than half a century; he died a the family home, 2025 Van Buren Street last Monday afternoon. S. T. Metty was born in Monroe, Mich., in 1837; he came to St. Mary's, Kan. in '54, one of the early settlers in that section of the state, where his name still is remembered, though for the last fifty years he has been a citizen of Topeka. He is survived by his wife and eight children: J. F. Metty, William Metty...

As noted earlier, Arthur and Josephine were married on June 2nd, 1936 at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Currie, Murray, Minnesota. Their first of three sons was born on April 14th, 1939 on a farm approximately one and three quarter miles south of the village of Currie. They named me Cleo Francis. My maternal grandfather was named Francis, so my middle name of Francis is understandable, but I never heard my parents nor anyone else mention how the name Cleo was selected. It is rather interesting to note that several persons of both sex in the Currie area bear the name Cleo. I was christened on April 23rd, 1939 in the same church where my parents were married. Their second son followed on January 2nd, 1943. By this time our parents had relocated to another farm approximately five miles southeast of the village of Currie and it is here that Ronald Arthur was born. He too was christened at the same church and that event took place on January 10th, 1943. Their third an...

Ever wonder what became of Rose following the death of George! She is listed in the Rural Directory for St. Joseph County (period 1919-1924) as Metey, Rosa May owns 100 acres, 1 horse, 4 cattle. Well recently I discovered the obituary for Rosie May Flach published on 23 November 1973 and it reads as follows: Sturgis Daily Journal Mendon; Mrs. Rosie May FLACH, 88, died Thursday morning in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Raymond BERGHUIS, on Flach Rd., Rt. 1. She had been in failing health for several years. Mrs. FLACH was born near Fulton, Jan. 15, 1885, a daughter of Henry and Samantha (STILWELL) SHYER. She was married first to George METTY, who later died. She later married Leo FLACH on Sept. 27, 1920. They made their home on Flach Road. He died April 27, 1954. Surviving besides Mrs. BERGHUIS, are another daughter, Mrs. Bernadette MOYER, Constantine; a son, Willard FLACH, Vicksburg; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. One son, William, a brother, George and a sister, Do...

Several years ago, I contacted the U. S. Naval Academy and here is a summary of the history of the USS WAKIVA II. USS WAKIVA II (Yacht: t. 853 (gross); l. 239'6"; b. 30'6"; dr. 15'0" (mean); s. 15 k.; a 4 3", 2 .30-cal. mg) WAKIVA II - a steel hulled steam yacht built at Leith, Scotland, by Ramage and Ferguson - was launched on 3 February 1907 for Lamon V. Harkness. The graceful yacht served the Harkness family - first for Lamon V. and then for his son Harry - and ranged from the North Sea to the Netherlands East Indies in the halcyon days before the first World War. After the United States entered this conflict on the side of the Allies the Navy acquired WAKIVA II on 20 July 1917 and commissioned her on 6 August at the Boston Navy Yard, Lt. Comdr. Thomas R. Kurtz in command. While shipwrights were still laboring to complete the conversion of the erstwhile pleasure craft to a man-of-war for "distant service," Capt. Thomas P. Magruder hoisted ...