> Ranae, page 313 Under the heading Supervisors 1863 - John S. Roberts, Martinsburg, Chairman \ Augustus Akin, Perry Page 500- Joweph F. Metz, merchant, was born in Harrison county, VA jan 31, 1824, and is the son of Isaac and Lucy (Hoskinson) Metz. His father was born in Berks county, PA, June 7, 1799 and his mother in Monongahela county, VA, June 19, 1800. He father was of German descent and is mother of Welsh. Has been engaged in the mercantile business for 20 years, since 1844 at Chanbersburg. He came to Perry in November, 1875. He was united in marriage in 1852 with Elizabeth Akin. Three children, 2 girls and one boy, have been born to them. Mrs. M. died June 13, 1867. James A. the eldest son, is married and engaged in the sote with his father. May 7, 1872, he was married to Elizabeth Elliott, who is a member of M E Church of Perry. Mr. M is a member of bothe the Masonic and Odd Fellows orders. There is a George S. Metz - brother of Joseph living in Perry. He is a radical Republican politically. Dorothy > > From: Ranae Stastny <rstastny@magiclink.com> > To: umschab@ptsi.net <umschab@ptsi.net> > Date: Monday, March 06, 2000 12:17 PM > Subject: ??? on Comp. Index > > >Holly: > > > >I was checking for relatives in the Index and came across Augustus Akin > >313 and ~Elizabeth (Metz) 500. I checked these pages out and they have > >been skipped apparently. There was no reference to either. Can you > >help me out on this? Ranae > > > >