Born: Hopkinsville, Kentucky, 1834.
Died: Girard, Illinois, 1887.
Was brought, when a year old, by his parents to Illinois. They settled in Greenfield. Mr. Metcalf moved to Girard in 1856, and there resided to the close of his great and good life. He was a successful general merchant, lumber dealer and banker. He became one of the leading citizens of that community, and was held in high esteem both for his personal worth and his public spirit.
He served the church most efficiently as an elder for twenty-one years, when his life closed. His Christian outlook was world-wide, and in his last will he remembered State, Home and Foreign Missions in $1,000, severally. His head was clear and his heart tender, and his influence for Christ will be felt till time falls asleep on the bosom of God.