Erie County NyArchives Photo Tombstone.....Metz, Godfrey 
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Cemetery:           Evergreen Cemetery In Eden, NY
Name:               Godfrey Metz

Date Of Photograph: June 20, 2007
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Tombstone of Godfrey Metz and his wife Margaret Phary in Eden, NY.

Inscription:
Godfrey Metz
Born July 24, 1824
Died
Aug 14, 1885
Margaret
Wife of
Godfrey Metz
Born
Dec 4, 1826
Died
Oct 5, 1894

Additional Comments:
Godfrey Metz lived in Eden, NY from 1835 to 1885.  The John and Eva Catarina 
Metz family (with 9 children) came to the US from Blakenloch, Germany in 1832 
and settled in Eden, NY, 1st in a log canin and then on Shadagee Rd. in a 
house which still stands today.

Godfrey Metz started a cooperage near his parents' home at the age of 16.  In 
1846 he moved the shop to a place near the "4 corners of Eden".  He employed 
many coopers and in 1858 installed the first steam engine.  Godfrey also built 
the 1st hotel in Eden in 1848 in front of the cooperage which became a famous 
Eden landmark.  He sold it to his brother John who in turn sold it to William 
Paxon who sold it to Pemberton in 1864 who sold it to George Roeller in 1876.  
It has been restored and was once called the Coach Stop Inn.  Godfrey also 
built a house of entertainment called "The Birch Woods" where there were 
swings for children and a dancing platform for adults.  He also built a 
racetrack where people would picnic. 

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