Bio: Metcalf, David Ebenezer (History - 1848)

Contact: Janet Schwarze

Surnames: METCALF KIPP

----Source: Biographical History of Clark and Jackson Counties, Wisconsin, by The Lewis Publishing Co., 1891 page 380.

DAVID EBENEZER METCALFE, a farmer of section 12, township 24, range 24, was born in the Province of Ontario, Canada, August 16, 1848, the eldest of a family of four sons and two daughters. His father, Henry Metcalfe, was a native of Yorkshire, England, of English ancestry, and his grandfather was one of seven brothers, all of whom have had interesting careers. One branch of the family came to Canada, one went to India and one settled in Cuba. In the Canadian branch the second son is a physician in Thurso, Ontario, the third is a merchant at Smith's Falls in that dominion, and the fourth occupies the old homestead in Canada, with the mother.

Mr. Metcalfe, who name introduces this sketch, came from the East to Wisconsin in the fall of 1867, but did not settle at his present home until 1874, in the meantime being in and out of the county at intervals. From that date his interests have been in the farm, where he has done a great work in bringing it up to its present state of perfection. Meanwhile he has also taken an active interest in town and county affairs, as a member of the County Board and as Town Treasurer.

He married Lillian Kipp, who was born November 23, 1857, a daughter of Zaccheus Palmer Kipp, of Centralia, Wisconsin. The Kipp family trace their ancestry back to England, and likewise do Mrs. Metcalfe's mother's ancestry, the Newcombe's. Note: Centralia is now Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin.

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