HISTORY OF IOWA FROM ITS EARLIEST TIMES
    TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY VOL IV

Biographical Sketches of Notable Iowa Men and Women
from Scott County

By Benjamin F. Gue; 1903.

Transcribed by Debbie Clough Gerischer

GEORGE METZGAR:

was born in Germany, April 19, 1845. His father, who was engaged in the Revolution of 1848-9 became an exile, coming with his family to the United States in 1850. The son received his education in the common schools and in 1862 enlisted in the One Hundred Twenty-fifth New York Volunteers. He served in General Hancock's Second Corps and participated in most of the battles fought by the Army of the Potomac, receiving a severe wound at Gettysburg. He came to Iowa in 1869 making his home in Davenport. He became an active and influential Republican and has held the highest positions in the Grand Army of the Republic. In 1894 Mr. Metzgar was appointed by the Governor custodian of public buildings of the State, serving four years. In 1898 he was appointed postmaster of Davenport by President McKinley.

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