Metcalf, Thomas

METCALF

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 1/8/2009 at 14:02:29

Thomas Metcalf

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.40, Council Bluffs)
Thomas Metcalf, wholesale and retail dealer in hats, caps, buck goods and clothing, was born in Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio, and in 1871 he married Miss Eva Canfield of Chardon, Ohio, and they have two children - Thomas, aged ten, and Frank aged eight years. Mr. Metcalf, came to Council Bluffs in the fall of 1867 and opened a hat and cap store on the south side of Broadway in a room eight by twenty feet. Here he remained two years, then moved into one-half of J. M. Philip's store, and in 18810 moved into his present stand. The firm of which Mr. Metcalf is a member carried on the hat and cap business exclusively for eight years, then added clothing. They employ six assistants and carry about $50,000 worth of stock, the annual sales amounting to $150,000. H. H. Metcalf, senior member of the firm, was married in 1868, to Miss Lida Brownsfield of South Bend, Ind. George Metcalf was married in 1878 to Helen Rue of Council Bluffs, and they have one child - Clara, one and a half years of age.