History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 1887
Metzger Family - GEORGE B. M. METZGER Biography
George B. M. Metzger, an attorney-at-law of Williamsport,
Pennsylvania, was born in that place, August 3, 1864, son of Hon. J. J.
and Hannah (Hess) Metzger. Hon. John J. Metzger was born in Clinton
township, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, June 20, 1838, and married in
1858. His father was George Metzger and the mother was Susan
(Dieterick) Metzger, they being the grandparents of the subject of this
notice. Hon. John J., the father, was elected president judge of
Lycoming county in 1881, and re-elected in 1898, having been admitted
to the bar in 1860. In 1862 he was elected district attorney for the
term of three years. In 1866 he was a member of the Williamsport city
council. From 1869 to 1872 he served as a member of the board of
education, and the last named year was a delegate to the state
constitutional convention. Politically he was a Democrat, and in
religious matters affiliated with the Lutheran church. As a lawyer he
attained eminence, and as a judge gave full satisfaction because of his
wise, just decisions. His children were : Verus H., who became a state
senator, now deceased ; Ella Z., now deceased; George B. McClellan ;
Floy May ; and Hannah Margaret. Mrs. Metzger died in March, 1870. He
died in the autumn of 1900.
George B. McClellan Metzger, who is an active member of the
Williamsport bar, was educated in his native town at the public schools
and at Dickenson Seminary, subsequently attending Pennsylvania College
at Gettysburg; he completed his course at Lafayette College, Easton,
Pennsylvania, graduating in 1884. He then read law in his father's
office and was admitted to the bar in April, 1887. He began the
practice of law as a partner of his father and brother.
In 1883 he married Mary, daughter of Philip Wagner, of Easton,
Pennsylvania, by whom five children were born : Ella Zaidee; Clarice
Geraldine, now deceased; Hannah Margaret; Mary W., and Helen C. The
family belongs to the St. Paul's Lutheran church of Williamsport.
Source: Genealogical and Personal History of Lycoming County, John W. Jordan, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1906.
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