Historical records matching Col./Rep. Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe
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About Col./Rep. Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe
Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe (April 21, 1822 - January 31, 1906) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe, c. 1870
Born in Madisonville, Kentucky, Metcalfe attended the common schools, Shurtleff College, Alton, Illinois, and Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Alton, Illinois, in 1844. He served as member of the board of aldermen of Alton.
Metcalfe was elected mayor of Alton. During the Civil War served in the Union Army as assistant quartermaster with rank of captain and later promoted to colonel. He moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1863. He engaged in manufacturing. He served in the city council of St. Louis.
Metcalfe was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress. He died in Kirkwood, St. Louis County, Missouri, January 31, 1906. He was interred in Alton Cemetery. Alton, Madison County, Illinois.
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Col./Rep. Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe's Timeline
1822 |
April 17, 1822
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Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States
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1853 |
1853
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Alton, Madison County, Illinois, United States
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1855 |
July 19, 1855
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Alton, Madison County, Illinois, United States
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1857 |
August 12, 1857
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Alton, Madison County, Illinois, United States
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1906 |
January 31, 1906
Age 83
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Kirkwood, St. Louis County, Missouri,
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Alton Cemetery, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, United States
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