Individual Details

Transcribed from The JOPLIN NEWS HERALD, Friday, Jan 21, 1938 by PattyMac 2003:
AX WOUND PROVES FATAL TO MAN, 58
Hiram Metcalf, 58 years old, died at 10 o'clock this morning in St. John's hospital as the result of an ax wound in his leg, suffered last fall. He lived at 734 Ohio Avenue.
Mr. Metcalf was cutting wood near his home when he cut his left leg near the knee with an ax. Infection set in shortly afterwards.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Susie Metcalf; three sons, Claude Metcalf, at home; Roy Metcalf of Springfield and Glenn Metcalf, 720 East Ninth street; three daughters, Mrs. Flora Erwin and Mrs. Ida Marshall of Oklahoma City and Mrs. Millie(Nellie) Jennings of Winterset, Ia.; three brothers, Lyish(Elisha) Metcalf and John Metcalf, both of Neosho, and Lidge(Elijah) Metcalf of Colorado, and three sisters, Mrs. Susie Lee and Mrs. Lucy Long of Exeter, Mo., and Mrs. Martha Ridleer(should be Ridenour) of Ridgedale, Mo. He was member of the Freewill Baptist church at Rocky Comfort.

Married (1) Dorathy Elizabeth "Sis" Harrison on 30 Sept 1897 in Barry Co, MO; (2) Susie Cash, between Jan 1920 & 1923. Hiram and Lizzie (Harrison) had the following children: NELLIE, FLORA, ROY, IDA,& GLENN.

Birth	30 Apr 1880	Kentucky
Marriage	30 Sep 1897	Barry County, Missouri - Dorothy Elizabeth Harrison
Death	21 Jan 1938	Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

Spouse	Dorothy Elizabeth Harrison (1875 - 1918)
Child	Nellie Frances Metcalf (1899 - 1978)
Child	Flora Jane Metcalf (1900 - 1957)
Child	Roy Palmer Metcalf (1905 - 1978)
Child	Ida Louise Metcalf (1907 - 1992)
Child	Glen Monroe Metcalf (1908 - 1971)

Father	Elisha Metcalf (1859 - )
Mother	Sarah Margaret Williams (1856 - 1936)