John C. Hitchler
Born: September 23, 1850 in Kendall Co., Illinois
Died: February 5, 1876 near Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 162, plot 1
Married: Mary Jane Veach on May 17, 1875
Parents: G. William and Nancy (Miller) Hitchler
Children: Ulla Beatrice Paschal
Mishael "Mish" Asure Hitchler
Born: March 26 ,1861 near Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: November 19, 1947 Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 64, plot 6
Parents: G. William and Nancy (Miller) Hitchler
Funeral Rites for M.A. Hitchelr on Saturday
Funeral services will be held for Mishael A. Hitchler at two o'clock Saturday afternoon from the First Methodist Church.
Rev. E. A. Briggs and Rev Clyde McDonald of Des Moines will officiate. Burial will be in the sugar Grove cemetery. The songs will be "Rock of Ages," "Nearer My God To Thee" and "Sometime We'll Understand."
Mrs. Theodore Matheny, Mrs. Elmer Lind and Miss Florence Miller will be in charge of flowers.
Pallbearers will be Theodore Matheny, Elmer Lind, Patrick Healy, Home Clement, and Clarence Dunmier (Dammeier). Mr. Hitchler, a life long resident of the Metz community, passed away at the Skiff hospital early on Wednesday morning. ~ The Newton Daily News, November, 1947.
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Biography of Mish Hitchler
Mishael Asure Hitchler, a farmer and the present township clerk of Mound Prairie township, was born in Jasper county in 1861, and now resides on the old Hitchler homestead on Section 11. His parents were William and Nancy (Miller) Hitcher, natives of Germany and New York respectively. They came to Jasper county in the spring of 1854, coming overland from Illinois.
There were eleven children in his father's family, nine of whom were born in Jasper county. John and Alice (?) came to the county with their parents in 1854 both deceased. Those born in Jasper county were Mary, Jane, George W., Mishael A., Charles W., Sarah, M deceased, Emily, Elnora, Elsmer S., Ida, deceased. Four of the children are residents of Jasper County. Our subject is a single man.
He was educated in the district schools and Orchard City Business College of Burlington. When two years of age he had the misfortune of breaking his right led, which was never properly set, and in 1882, had it amputated below the knee. Mr. Hitchler has taken an active interest in the affairs of the township and county. He was elected township clerk in 1886 and served four years. In 1898 was elected again and also in 1900. He has also served several terms as grand and trial juror.