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Sarah <I>Davis</I> Metzger

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Sarah Davis Metzger

Birth
Canada
Death
11 Aug 1881 (aged 44–45)
Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Unmarked - Section 20, Lot 10
Memorial ID
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Franklin Democrat, Friday, August 12, 1881, page 3, column 3
DIED. Mrs. Metzker [sic] at her home in this city yesterday morning. She had been sick for some time and leaves several children to mourn her death.
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NOTE - Husband was John Frederick Metzger born either in Africa or Canada.
1861 Census of Canada - Woolwich, Waterloo
J. F. Metzger, Teacher, 33, b. Africa, M. religion; wife, S. A. 26, b. C.W. [Canada West], ME religion; Children: John T. 3 b. C.W.; and Jemima A. 2 b. C.W.

1871 Census of Ontario Canada
John F. Metzger 43 [Son, Tim's dc said erroneously his father was Timothy T.?]; Wife, Sarah A. 36; Children: Mary M. 14; Temotheus [Tim] 13; Jemima 11; Ezekiel 10; Harriett E. 7; Sarah A. 4; and Frederica 2

1880 U.S. Census of Franklin, Johnson, Indiana
Sarah A. Medzker 44, [marked married but no husband listed]; Children: Timothy T. 22; Jemima 21; Ezekial A. 18; Hattie E. 15; Sarah A. 12; Rebecca 10 (Sarah and all children born in Canada)
Herriott Davis 110, mother - widowed, b. MD, black

RESEARCH NOTES ON REMAINING CHILDREN:
1900 U.S. Census of Cleveland, Cuyahoga Ohio
hhd 420 - Martin Johnson 30 and wife, Gertrude M. 26
METZGER, Jemima (hhd) 41, Dec 58 Canada
Williams, Charles N.S., wife, REBECCA WILLIAMS b. Oct 1871, Canada
[All members of this household were black]

[Researched by CatheaC 47339429 and Mark McCrady]
Franklin Democrat, Friday, August 12, 1881, page 3, column 3
DIED. Mrs. Metzker [sic] at her home in this city yesterday morning. She had been sick for some time and leaves several children to mourn her death.
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NOTE - Husband was John Frederick Metzger born either in Africa or Canada.
1861 Census of Canada - Woolwich, Waterloo
J. F. Metzger, Teacher, 33, b. Africa, M. religion; wife, S. A. 26, b. C.W. [Canada West], ME religion; Children: John T. 3 b. C.W.; and Jemima A. 2 b. C.W.

1871 Census of Ontario Canada
John F. Metzger 43 [Son, Tim's dc said erroneously his father was Timothy T.?]; Wife, Sarah A. 36; Children: Mary M. 14; Temotheus [Tim] 13; Jemima 11; Ezekiel 10; Harriett E. 7; Sarah A. 4; and Frederica 2

1880 U.S. Census of Franklin, Johnson, Indiana
Sarah A. Medzker 44, [marked married but no husband listed]; Children: Timothy T. 22; Jemima 21; Ezekial A. 18; Hattie E. 15; Sarah A. 12; Rebecca 10 (Sarah and all children born in Canada)
Herriott Davis 110, mother - widowed, b. MD, black

RESEARCH NOTES ON REMAINING CHILDREN:
1900 U.S. Census of Cleveland, Cuyahoga Ohio
hhd 420 - Martin Johnson 30 and wife, Gertrude M. 26
METZGER, Jemima (hhd) 41, Dec 58 Canada
Williams, Charles N.S., wife, REBECCA WILLIAMS b. Oct 1871, Canada
[All members of this household were black]

[Researched by CatheaC 47339429 and Mark McCrady]

Gravesite Details

Five unmarked burials in Section 20 Lot 10 - Charles, Marie and Belle Metzger; and Hattie Hicks and Bessie Gibbs. There are 8 burials per lot - 3 more unrecorded who are probably family



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  • Created by: CatheaC
  • Added: Mar 13, 2020
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207908457/sarah-metzger: accessed ), memorial page for Sarah Davis Metzger (1836–11 Aug 1881), Find a Grave Memorial ID 207908457, citing Greenlawn Cemetery, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by CatheaC (contributor 47339429).