Married
(1) Mary Lily Baker on October 20, 1885 in Austin, TX
(2) Margaret "Margie" Moyers on February 7, 1893 in Atlanta, GA
From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Friday, December 12, 1941, p. 11:
San Angelo, Dec. 11 -- Charles B. Metcalfe, 85, who came to West Texas in 1873 as a stripling cowboy and remained to pioneer in the introduction of sheep, cotton and irrigation to the Concho Rivers basin, died in a hospital here Thursday afternoon.
Surviving are his widow and a son, State Senator Penrose B. Metcalfe.
Mr. Metcalfe was a former state legislator, a member of the Tom Green County Commissioner's Court when Ben Ficklin was the county seat -- a survivor of the Ben Ficklin flood -- a utility operator, having built with J. L. Millspaugh, the first water works system here -- and built the first hard surface roads in the county.
He was born in Lawrence County, middle Tennessee, May 18, 1856, the son of James Metcalfe, of Scotch-English ancestry, and Mary Jane Taylor, whose parents were Irish, and arrived in Tom Green County in 1873.
Mr. Metcalfe was married Feb. 7, 1893, to Miss Margie Moyers of Atlanta, Ga. He has one son, Penrose Blakely Metcalfe, born at the X. Q. Z. Ranch on South Concho River, Nov. 24, 1893.
He came to Texas, reaching Fort Worth Dec. 14, 1872, and arrived March 14, 1873, at the old Mail Station, four miles up the Concho River from Fort Concho. He worked for his uncle, Col. Frank C. Taylor, in 1873. He moved to Loyal Valley in Mason County and lived there until 1874.
Mr. Metcalfe served six years as county commissioner, during which time the courthouse at Ben Ficklin was built, also bridges at seven-mile crossing, 12-mile crossing, and at Lone Wolf Bridge. While serving as county commissioner, the county finances and taxes were so arranged that Tom Green County warrants have always been at par, and county court, which was presided over by Judge James Neill, Commissioner D. Z. Cooper, who represented the precinct which is now Sterling City and other counties west, Commissioners W. S. Kelly, W. F. Holt and Charles B. Metcalfe made the unique record of levying no county ad valorem tax, which so far as Mr. Metcalfe knew, was the only case of the kind in Texas history.
He served four years in the Legislature from 1914 to 1918. One of the most important measures in his service was the passage of the Tick and Scab Eradication Law, which has added many millions, or even billions of dollars to the values of the cattle and sheep industries, by giving the markets of the world Texas stock, and making possible the importation of pure bred stock for improving ours.
Mr. Metcalfe sold the larger part of his Glenmore farm to the West Texas Utilities in 1927. Glenmore Place was cut out of the northeast corner of the property.
From the Dallas Morning News, Friday, December 12, 1941, Sec. 1, p. 5:
San Angelo, Texas, Dec. 11 -- Col. Charles B. Metcalfe, 85, pioneer farmer, ranchman, dam-builder and legislator of the Concho River country, died in a local hospital Thursday. He had been in failing health for some time.
Colonel Metcalfe, who came to this section as a cowboy in 1873, was a leader in the introduction of sheep and cotton to the West Texas cattle country of the early days, and pioneered in irrigation and dam building. He was the Senate sponsor of the state law granting women suffrage.
Surviving are his wife and a son, State Senator Penrose B. Metcalfe, both of San Angelo.
(1) Mary Lily Baker on October 20, 1885 in Austin, TX
(2) Margaret "Margie" Moyers on February 7, 1893 in Atlanta, GA
From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Friday, December 12, 1941, p. 11:
San Angelo, Dec. 11 -- Charles B. Metcalfe, 85, who came to West Texas in 1873 as a stripling cowboy and remained to pioneer in the introduction of sheep, cotton and irrigation to the Concho Rivers basin, died in a hospital here Thursday afternoon.
Surviving are his widow and a son, State Senator Penrose B. Metcalfe.
Mr. Metcalfe was a former state legislator, a member of the Tom Green County Commissioner's Court when Ben Ficklin was the county seat -- a survivor of the Ben Ficklin flood -- a utility operator, having built with J. L. Millspaugh, the first water works system here -- and built the first hard surface roads in the county.
He was born in Lawrence County, middle Tennessee, May 18, 1856, the son of James Metcalfe, of Scotch-English ancestry, and Mary Jane Taylor, whose parents were Irish, and arrived in Tom Green County in 1873.
Mr. Metcalfe was married Feb. 7, 1893, to Miss Margie Moyers of Atlanta, Ga. He has one son, Penrose Blakely Metcalfe, born at the X. Q. Z. Ranch on South Concho River, Nov. 24, 1893.
He came to Texas, reaching Fort Worth Dec. 14, 1872, and arrived March 14, 1873, at the old Mail Station, four miles up the Concho River from Fort Concho. He worked for his uncle, Col. Frank C. Taylor, in 1873. He moved to Loyal Valley in Mason County and lived there until 1874.
Mr. Metcalfe served six years as county commissioner, during which time the courthouse at Ben Ficklin was built, also bridges at seven-mile crossing, 12-mile crossing, and at Lone Wolf Bridge. While serving as county commissioner, the county finances and taxes were so arranged that Tom Green County warrants have always been at par, and county court, which was presided over by Judge James Neill, Commissioner D. Z. Cooper, who represented the precinct which is now Sterling City and other counties west, Commissioners W. S. Kelly, W. F. Holt and Charles B. Metcalfe made the unique record of levying no county ad valorem tax, which so far as Mr. Metcalfe knew, was the only case of the kind in Texas history.
He served four years in the Legislature from 1914 to 1918. One of the most important measures in his service was the passage of the Tick and Scab Eradication Law, which has added many millions, or even billions of dollars to the values of the cattle and sheep industries, by giving the markets of the world Texas stock, and making possible the importation of pure bred stock for improving ours.
Mr. Metcalfe sold the larger part of his Glenmore farm to the West Texas Utilities in 1927. Glenmore Place was cut out of the northeast corner of the property.
From the Dallas Morning News, Friday, December 12, 1941, Sec. 1, p. 5:
San Angelo, Texas, Dec. 11 -- Col. Charles B. Metcalfe, 85, pioneer farmer, ranchman, dam-builder and legislator of the Concho River country, died in a local hospital Thursday. He had been in failing health for some time.
Colonel Metcalfe, who came to this section as a cowboy in 1873, was a leader in the introduction of sheep and cotton to the West Texas cattle country of the early days, and pioneered in irrigation and dam building. He was the Senate sponsor of the state law granting women suffrage.
Surviving are his wife and a son, State Senator Penrose B. Metcalfe, both of San Angelo.
Married
(1) Mary Lily Baker on October 20, 1885 in Austin, TX
(2) Margaret "Margie" Moyers on February 7, 1893 in Atlanta, GA
From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Friday, December 12, 1941, p. 11:
San Angelo, Dec. 11 -- Charles B. Metcalfe, 85, who came to West Texas in 1873 as a stripling cowboy and remained to pioneer in the introduction of sheep, cotton and irrigation to the Concho Rivers basin, died in a hospital here Thursday afternoon.
Surviving are his widow and a son, State Senator Penrose B. Metcalfe.
Mr. Metcalfe was a former state legislator, a member of the Tom Green County Commissioner's Court when Ben Ficklin was the county seat -- a survivor of the Ben Ficklin flood -- a utility operator, having built with J. L. Millspaugh, the first water works system here -- and built the first hard surface roads in the county.
He was born in Lawrence County, middle Tennessee, May 18, 1856, the son of James Metcalfe, of Scotch-English ancestry, and Mary Jane Taylor, whose parents were Irish, and arrived in Tom Green County in 1873.
Mr. Metcalfe was married Feb. 7, 1893, to Miss Margie Moyers of Atlanta, Ga. He has one son, Penrose Blakely Metcalfe, born at the X. Q. Z. Ranch on South Concho River, Nov. 24, 1893.
He came to Texas, reaching Fort Worth Dec. 14, 1872, and arrived March 14, 1873, at the old Mail Station, four miles up the Concho River from Fort Concho. He worked for his uncle, Col. Frank C. Taylor, in 1873. He moved to Loyal Valley in Mason County and lived there until 1874.
Mr. Metcalfe served six years as county commissioner, during which time the courthouse at Ben Ficklin was built, also bridges at seven-mile crossing, 12-mile crossing, and at Lone Wolf Bridge. While serving as county commissioner, the county finances and taxes were so arranged that Tom Green County warrants have always been at par, and county court, which was presided over by Judge James Neill, Commissioner D. Z. Cooper, who represented the precinct which is now Sterling City and other counties west, Commissioners W. S. Kelly, W. F. Holt and Charles B. Metcalfe made the unique record of levying no county ad valorem tax, which so far as Mr. Metcalfe knew, was the only case of the kind in Texas history.
He served four years in the Legislature from 1914 to 1918. One of the most important measures in his service was the passage of the Tick and Scab Eradication Law, which has added many millions, or even billions of dollars to the values of the cattle and sheep industries, by giving the markets of the world Texas stock, and making possible the importation of pure bred stock for improving ours.
Mr. Metcalfe sold the larger part of his Glenmore farm to the West Texas Utilities in 1927. Glenmore Place was cut out of the northeast corner of the property.
From the Dallas Morning News, Friday, December 12, 1941, Sec. 1, p. 5:
San Angelo, Texas, Dec. 11 -- Col. Charles B. Metcalfe, 85, pioneer farmer, ranchman, dam-builder and legislator of the Concho River country, died in a local hospital Thursday. He had been in failing health for some time.
Colonel Metcalfe, who came to this section as a cowboy in 1873, was a leader in the introduction of sheep and cotton to the West Texas cattle country of the early days, and pioneered in irrigation and dam building. He was the Senate sponsor of the state law granting women suffrage.
Surviving are his wife and a son, State Senator Penrose B. Metcalfe, both of San Angelo.
(1) Mary Lily Baker on October 20, 1885 in Austin, TX
(2) Margaret "Margie" Moyers on February 7, 1893 in Atlanta, GA
From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Friday, December 12, 1941, p. 11:
San Angelo, Dec. 11 -- Charles B. Metcalfe, 85, who came to West Texas in 1873 as a stripling cowboy and remained to pioneer in the introduction of sheep, cotton and irrigation to the Concho Rivers basin, died in a hospital here Thursday afternoon.
Surviving are his widow and a son, State Senator Penrose B. Metcalfe.
Mr. Metcalfe was a former state legislator, a member of the Tom Green County Commissioner's Court when Ben Ficklin was the county seat -- a survivor of the Ben Ficklin flood -- a utility operator, having built with J. L. Millspaugh, the first water works system here -- and built the first hard surface roads in the county.
He was born in Lawrence County, middle Tennessee, May 18, 1856, the son of James Metcalfe, of Scotch-English ancestry, and Mary Jane Taylor, whose parents were Irish, and arrived in Tom Green County in 1873.
Mr. Metcalfe was married Feb. 7, 1893, to Miss Margie Moyers of Atlanta, Ga. He has one son, Penrose Blakely Metcalfe, born at the X. Q. Z. Ranch on South Concho River, Nov. 24, 1893.
He came to Texas, reaching Fort Worth Dec. 14, 1872, and arrived March 14, 1873, at the old Mail Station, four miles up the Concho River from Fort Concho. He worked for his uncle, Col. Frank C. Taylor, in 1873. He moved to Loyal Valley in Mason County and lived there until 1874.
Mr. Metcalfe served six years as county commissioner, during which time the courthouse at Ben Ficklin was built, also bridges at seven-mile crossing, 12-mile crossing, and at Lone Wolf Bridge. While serving as county commissioner, the county finances and taxes were so arranged that Tom Green County warrants have always been at par, and county court, which was presided over by Judge James Neill, Commissioner D. Z. Cooper, who represented the precinct which is now Sterling City and other counties west, Commissioners W. S. Kelly, W. F. Holt and Charles B. Metcalfe made the unique record of levying no county ad valorem tax, which so far as Mr. Metcalfe knew, was the only case of the kind in Texas history.
He served four years in the Legislature from 1914 to 1918. One of the most important measures in his service was the passage of the Tick and Scab Eradication Law, which has added many millions, or even billions of dollars to the values of the cattle and sheep industries, by giving the markets of the world Texas stock, and making possible the importation of pure bred stock for improving ours.
Mr. Metcalfe sold the larger part of his Glenmore farm to the West Texas Utilities in 1927. Glenmore Place was cut out of the northeast corner of the property.
From the Dallas Morning News, Friday, December 12, 1941, Sec. 1, p. 5:
San Angelo, Texas, Dec. 11 -- Col. Charles B. Metcalfe, 85, pioneer farmer, ranchman, dam-builder and legislator of the Concho River country, died in a local hospital Thursday. He had been in failing health for some time.
Colonel Metcalfe, who came to this section as a cowboy in 1873, was a leader in the introduction of sheep and cotton to the West Texas cattle country of the early days, and pioneered in irrigation and dam building. He was the Senate sponsor of the state law granting women suffrage.
Surviving are his wife and a son, State Senator Penrose B. Metcalfe, both of San Angelo.
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