C. E. METCALFE,
Dealer in general merchandise at Wallace Switch, Washington county,
was born near Abingdon, March 27, 1864. He is a son of Rev. S. P.
Metcalfe, clergyman of the Christian Baptist Church in Washington
county, who was born in McMinn county, Tennessee, in May, 1834. The
father of Rev. S. P. Metcalfe was Charles Metcalfe, who was a soldier of
the war of 1812, and during the late war was proprietor of the cotton
mills near Athens, Tennessee, which were burned out twice during the
war. Gen. Thomas Metcalfe of Kentucky is a brother of Charles Metcalfe.
The mother of C. E. Metcalfe was Miss M. H. Mongle, daughter of
Abram Mongle, of Mongles Springs, Virginia, many years sheriff of
Washington county. His father was Jacob Mongle, one of the eminent
pioneers of Southwestern Virginia, proprietor of Mongles Springs, and
a veteran of the war of 1812.
