BIO: Matthew Simpson METZ, M.D., Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA

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Medical Men of Franklin County, 1750-1925 by Ambrose Watts Thrush, M.D.;
Chambersburg, Pa.; Medical Society of Franklin County, Page 122
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MATTHEW SIMPSON METZ, M. D.

  M. S. Metz, McKinney, Collin County, Texas, was born February 8, 1861, in 
Chambersburg, a son of Abraham and Leah (Besore) Metz.  He attended the local 
schools and the Chambersburg Academy and then began the study of medicine with 
Dr. Benjamin Bowman in Chambersburg.  After attending a course of lectures at 
the Cleveland Hospital Medical College he located in 1883 at Wateska, Ill., 
where he practiced medicine for two years.  In 1885 Dr. Metz removed to 
McKinney, Texas, where he has been in continuous practice of medicine for the 
past forty years.

  In the meantime he attended the Hospital College of Medicine, Louisville, Ky., 
taking his degree M. D. in 1901.  This college since has been merged into the 
Louisville University.

  Dr. Metz is a general practitioner and has met with success.  He is a member 
of the Texas State Medical Society and an ex-president of the Collin County 
(Texas) Medical Society.  In politics he is a Democrat and is a member of the 
Christian Church.

  Dr. Metz married first in 1886 Mary E. Pearce of Onargo, Ill., and second, 
1908, Anna E. Hill of McKinney, Texas.