(1) Hij is getrouwd met Louisa Gross.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 25 december 1912 te Waynesfield, Auglaize Co, Ohio, hij was toen 34 jaar oud.
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(2) Hij is getrouwd met Cora Lee Ambos.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 13 december 1905 te Lima, Allen Co.Ohio, hij was toen 27 jaar oud.
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Lewis J. Metz "History of Shelby County, Ohio" by A.B.C. Hitchcock; Sidney, Ohio; 1913 Richmond-Arnold Pub. Co.; Chicago, IL. Page 793 Submitted by: Diana(Souders) Smith, LEWIS J. METZ who is a well known and highly respectedcitizen of Jackson township, a member of the township board ofeducation and a general farmer, resides on his 160 acres of welldeveloped land that lie three and one fourth miles northwest of JacksonCenter, O. He was born one mile north of this farm, in Jacksontownship, March 28, 1878, and is a son of Jacob and Catherine (Gross)Metz. Jacob Metz was born in Shelby County, Ohio Lewis J. Metz attended the public schools inJackson township and afterward assisted his father on the home farm. Hehas been on his present place ever since he has carried on farming forhimself. On December 13, 1905, he was married to Miss Cora Lee Ambos,who was born at Montra, in Jackson township, Shelby county. July 12,1887, and is a daughter of Jacob and Charlotta (Allenbach) Ambos. JacobAmbos was bom in Germany and was brought to the United States wheneight years old. In Auglaize county, O., he was married to CharlottaAllenbach. To them were born eight children, seven of whom are yetliving. The family home was at Montra for many years as he was askilled carpenter and builder and many of the substantial barns allover the county are of his construction. He was a veteran of the Civilwar and was a valued member of the G. A. R. Both he and wife belongedto the Lutheran church and were people held in the highest respect. Mr.Ambos lived to the age of sixty-nine years. Mr. Metz has a fine property, well drained andwell improved and a general line of agriculture is successfully carriedon, all of his land being under cultivation with the exception of fortyacres still preserved in valuable timber. Two little daughters make upthe family,Wilma Marie and Luetta Viola. Mr. and Mrs. Metz belong tothe Lutheran church at Montra and have a wide circle of friends andacquaintances. In politics a democrat, Mr. Metz takes pleasure in thesuccess of his party but has never accepted any public office forhimself except in school matters and since February, 1911, he has beena member of the board of education of Jackson township.
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