An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., 
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, page 438

	W.H. METCALF, a prominent attorney of Vancouver, was born at Trenton, Grundy
county, Missouri, December 31, 1865. His paternal ancestors are of English
extraction, they having first came to this continent as English soldiers.
William Metcalf, the great-grandfather of our subject, was a Captain in the
English army, and fell at the Braddock defeat. Many of his descendants
participated as patriot soldiers in the war of 1812. Daniel Metcalf, the father
of our subject, was the first white male child born in Grundy county, Missouri,
was well-known throughout the State as one of the ablest attorneys, and was also
a prominent leader in politics. He died January 4, 1880. His widow, nee Mary A.
Crews, now resides at Corpus Christi, Texas, where she owns and edits the Sun.
	W.H. Metcalf attended the public schools of his native State, and completed
his collegiate course at the State University in 1884. Previous to that year,
however, he had been a student in pharmacy, and although not a graduate was for
several years connected with the drug business, But Mr. Metcalf was inclined to
the profession of his father, and made rapid progress in study in the office of
Judge Harber. He was admitted to the bar in 1888, was then engaged in the
practice of his profession at Chillicothe one year, was at Denver, Colorado, for
a time, later at Boise City, Idaho, and next at Corpus Christi, Texas. During
the period between 1888 and 1891 Mr. Metcalf was connected with journalism,
having served as local editor of the Lamar (Colorado) Sparks two years, In 1891
he permanently located in Vancouver, Washington, and associated himself with his
brother, Joseph W. Metcalf, the partnership continuing until January 1, 1893.
	November 29, 1888, at Kansas City, Missouri, our subject was united in
marriage with Miss Bessie Welch, a native of Missouri. In political matters, Mr.
Metcalf is a stanch Democrat.

Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in October 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer

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