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Dr. David Metheny was my great grandfather his son was Samuel Alexander Sterrett Metheny who was also a medical missionary in Mersine. I have some written information about david metheny that was written after his death. Let me know if you might be interested in what I might be able to dig out. Frank Metheny
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I'd like to update my records on that line of the family. Any information that you'd like to share would be appreciated. Jay
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Janet Theodora METHENY (b.Mar 10 1883-Adana,Turkey;d.Jun 18 1971)
sp: James Vale DOWNIE (b.Aug 12 1883-New Brighton,Beaver County,Pennsylvania;m.Mar 30 1909;d.Mar 14 1962)
1 child:
Theodora Vale DOWNIE sp: Arthur Joseph KOBLE (b.Apr 01 1921-Eastvale,BC,Pennsylvania;m.Jun 02 1951;d.Oct 01 1974-Kaycee,Wyoming)
a. Victoria Anne KOBLE
b. Nancy Janette KOBLE
sp#1: Howard MCCONAUGHY (b.Jun 19 1958;m.Jun 28 1980;d.Feb 22 1992)
i. Kathryn Ann MCCONAUGHY
sp#2: Thomas MEDILL
i. Thomas MEDILL
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Dear Mr Metheny
I am doing research about the Nusayri (Alawi)sect in the late Ottoman Empire and came across several documents in the Ottoman Archives in Istanbul about your great grandfather Dr. David Metheny who was active in Mersin. Some documents say that David Metheny kidnapped some Nusayri girls and send them to America. I am also looking about this in missionary reports in journals of the Reformed Presbyterians but was not successful so far.
Do you have any knowledge about this episode?
Regards,
Necati Alkan
University of Erfurt
Germany
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I live in Mersin, Turkey.
I wrote a short article about Dr. Metheny in Icel Sanat Kulubu Dergisi (Icel Art Club's monthly bulletin) a few years ago.
His tomb is one of the oldest in the Mersin cemetery. THe cemetery is unique in the sense that Christians, Moslems, Jews are all buried in the same area.
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What type of documents? Where & when were these girls kidnapped?
I've never heard or read anything about it.
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We would enjoy reading that article - is it available online? THANK YOU
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Hello,
I wrote it in Turkish. The title was "An American in Mersin".
Pics of Dr. Metheny as a young man and his tombstone are attached.
Regards
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I lived and worked in Ankara and know a friend in Beaver. We visited him recently and he mentioned he at one time was in possession of jounals and records the doctor has kept during that time loaned to him by someone in your family, Frank. I would be really interested in seeing those for some research on that period of history. Please contact me if you know of such journals.