Biography

11/06/1866 - 05/12/1945

METZENBACHER, William Lowell, a Representative from Crawford County; born, November 6, 1866 in Woodcock Township, Crawford County, Pa.; graduated, Cambridge Springs High School; attended, Northwest State Normal School (now Pennsylvania Western University, Edinboro); attended, Allegheny College; teacher, Crawford County (17 years); principal, Venango High School (1 year); principal, Blooming Valley High School (7 years); farmer; elected, assessor, Richmond Township (2 terms); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1912 and 1914; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1916, 1918); died, May 12, 1945 in Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; interred, Blooming Valley Cemetery, Blooming Valley, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.