NameLorenzo METTLER 1052
Birth Date1821
Birth PlaceRush Township, Northumberland Co., PA, USA
Death Date1889
Misc. Notes
Lorenzo was educated in the old log school house of that time. He remained upon the homestead farm until twenty-one years old, when he purchased the John Deibler farm in Shamokin township [Northumberland county], where he lived until 1854, when he purchased the farm where William Mettler, his son, now resides.
He was a man who interested himself in public affairs, and served in the different township offices. In politics he was a Republican, and in religions belief a Methodist.
He and his wife Permelia were the parents of eight children, three of whom lived to maturity.
To Lorenzo and his second wife Matilda three children were born, none of whom lived to maturity.
Spouses
Misc. Notes
Of Augusta, now Rockefeller township [Northumberland county, PA].
There are numerous Wolvertons listed in this source inlcuding a Charles (Permelia’s father?).
3556
Misc. Notes
Of Upper Augusta township.
After Lorenzo’s death she his resided [as of 1891] with her stepson, William H.
To Matilda, second wife of Lorenzo three children were born, none of whom lived to maturity.