1798 - 1858

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• Title	Gov.
  Birth	21 Nov 1798	Charleston Twp, Sullivan, New Hampshire
  Christened	Claremont,New Hampshire
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Aug 1858
  Person ID	I17168	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2005 00:00:00
  Father	John METCALF, b. 30 Dec 1772, ,Oakham,Worcester County,Massachusetts
  Mother	Ruby CONVERSE, b. 1777, Thompson, Windham, Connecticut
  Family ID	F7991	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Lucretia Ann BINGHAM, b. 4 Dec 1814, ,Claremont,Sullivan County,New Hampshire
  Married	1 Jan 1835
  Family ID	F7993	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Martha Ann GILMORE, b. 28 May 1824, Newport,Sullivan,New Hampshire
  Married	10 Nov 1843
  Children	1. Ralph METCALF, Jr, b. 8 Aug 1844   2. Martha Jane METCALF, [child], b. 6 Sep 1845 > 3. Frances Elizabeth METCALF, b. 16 Aug 1847
  Family ID	F7994	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Ralph Metcalf worked with his father on the farm until Augues 1818, when owing to lameness of his limbs, he sought a profession. He attended Chester, VT Acadamy and entered 1819 Dartmouth through 1821 and accepted a professorship in Capt. Alden Partridge's Literacy, Scientific and Military Academy at Norwich, VT for one year. He then returned and graduated from Dartmouth in 1823. In 1825 he joined the office of the Hon. George Upham of Claremont, NH thru to 1826. He was than admitted to the bar. His first practice was in Newport, NH until 1828 and then he went to the state of New York in copartnership with Judge Waterman of Binghamton, NY. He returned in 1830 to NH settling at Claremont and in 1831 elected Secretary of State. In 1855 Mr. Metcalf was a candidate for governor of the "Know Nothing Party." He was elected Information in this database compiled by Robert J. Tate of Tucson, Arizona