BIO:  Alex B. METZLER, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Carroll Township, Pg 87

ALEX B. METZLER, son of Henry and Catherine Metzler, of Dover Township, was born 
in July, 1845, and is of German descent.  After a preliminary education in the 
public schools, in 1864, he attended at Cottage Hill College, this county.  In 
1865 and 1866, he clerked for John A. Weiser, and in 1867 for Stine & Harish; the 
latter year also he entered the shoe trade with his father, and continued until 
1876, when he bought his father’s interest and continued for himself, in Dover, 
until 1882, when he came to Dillsburg and bought out Levi Gross, of the Howard 
House, which he continues to conduct.  September 22, 1872, he married Lucinda, 
daughter of John and Lydia Kunkel, of Mt. Royal.  To this marriage have been born 
four children:  Nora K., Lizzie I., Henry A. and Amanda J.  Mr. Metzler is a 
member of the Hanover Lodge, No. 327. I. O. O. F., is a Democrat, and a popular 
landlord.