Christoph A. Mettler

1860 - 1942  (81 years)

• Name	Christoph A. Mettler
  Born	3 Aug 1860	Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Mar 1942	South Dakota, USA
  Person ID	I75010	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Andreas Mettler,   b. 10 Jun 1828, Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 26 Sep 1901, Menno, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Schnaidt,   b. 15 May 1829, Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 8 Jun 1912, Menno, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Married	1849	Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina
  Family ID	F22482	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Christina Preszler,   b. 5 Mar 1862, Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 1923, South Dakota, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Married	28 Nov 1882	Menno, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA
  Children	1. Christina Mettler,   b. 9 Nov 1883, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 15 Feb 1885, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 1 years)   2. Christina Mettler,   b. 27 Feb 1885, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 29 Jan 1954, San Joaquin County, California, USA  (Age 68 years)   3. Christoph Mettler,   b. 16 Jan 1887, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 3 Nov 1961  (Age 74 years)   4. Emanuel C. Mettler,   b. 25 Aug 1889, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA   5. Alvina Mettler,   b. 25 May 1892, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 27 May 1892, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 0 years)   6. Edward C. Mettler,   b. 24 May 1894, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 24 May 1976, Menno, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 82 years)   7. Helmuth Mettler,   b. 25 Dec 1896, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 0Feb 1987, Nevada, USA  (Age 90 years)   8. Lydia C. Mettler,   b. 22 Oct 1900, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F34193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Christoph Mettler Biography This biography appears on pages 1224-1225 in "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. CHRISTOPH METTLER, one of the prominent and highly esteemed business men of Menno, Hutchinson county, was born in southern Russia, on the 15th of August, 1860, being a son of Andreas and Magdalena (Schnaidt) Mettler, whose ten children are all living. The parents were likewise born in southern Russia but represented staunch German stock, since the respective families removed over the line from Germany into Russia in an early day. In 1874 Andreas Mettler emigrated with his family to America, and forthwith took up his residence in Hutchinson county, South Dakota, becoming one of its pioneers. Here he took up homestead and pre-emption claims, and later purchased additional land, eventually becoming the owner of a landed estate. In the fall of 1879 he engaged in the hardware business in Menno, in partnership with Jacob Schnaidt, and the subject of this review likewise became a member of the firm. In 1888 Mr. Schnaidt assumed the control of the lumber business, which had become a department of the enterprise, and our subject and his father were thereafter associated in the conduct of the hardware business until 1888, when they disposed of the same to give their attention to operation of their well-equipped flouring mill, which they had acquired about five years previously. Upon the death of his honored father, on September 26, 1901, the subject purchased the property and has since successfully continued the enterprise, which is a most flourishing one, having marked value as an acquisition to the industrial interests of this section. Mr. Mettler is a straightforward, energetic and progressive business man and public-spirited citizen, and he is held in the highest confidence and esteem in the community. He gives his support to the Republican party but has never been ambitious for political office, and both he and his wife are worthy members of the German Reformed church. On November 28, 1883, Mr. Mettler was married to Miss Christina Pressler, of this county, and they have six children, all of whom remain beneath the home roof, namely: Christina, Christoph, Emanuel, Edward, Helmuth and Lydia.