"Phillip Steinmetz was born in the province of Schwabruken, Rhein Baiern, Prussia, southwest of Antwerp, Belgium. He was by profession a lieutenant of Hussars, in the army of the empire, belonging to the illustrious family, of whom we have the genealogy of six generations of military men, of whom the late General Steinmetz, of the Prussian army, was one."
Read this free multigenerational genealogy of the Steinmetz family which follows the many branches of the family from their arrival in Pennsylvania on the eve of the American revolution until 1907, the date of publication.