U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Strieby, Cyrus Oscar (1866-1948) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Men of West Virginia, Volume II Biographical Publishing Company George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas. Chicago, Illinois, 1903 Pages 523-524 CYRUS OSCAR STRIEBY, a well known and successful legal practitioner of Davis, Tucker County, West Virginia, was born in 1866, at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Henry J. and Rachel (Ridge) Strieby, the former of whom was also born at Williamsport, and the latter in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Henry J. Strieby was born at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in 1835, and now resides at his pleasant country home in Hampshire County, West Virginia. He was a school teacher in his earlier years and at one time served as auditor of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Later he engaged in milling and farming, but now lives retired. His political sympathy is with the Democratic party. The mother of our subject was born in 1843 in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Both Mr. and Mrs. Strieby belong to the Lutheran Church. They reared six children, — three sons and three daughters. Cyrus Oscar Strieby was educated in the common schools of his native locality and at the Muncy Normal School, and then accompanied his parents to Hampshire County, West Virginia. There he taught in the district schools for three years, and one year in Morgan County and then took a four-year course in the Susquehannah University, and was graduated in 1889. Removing then to Tucker County as a teacher, one year later he entered the office of W. B. Maxwell, with whom he read law for six months, continuing a study to which he had already given much attention. In December, 1890, he was admitted to the bar and began practice in Tucker County in 1891. For three years he was in partnership with W. B. Maxwell, but now conducts an individual practice which is in every way satisfactory. He enjoys a large legal practice in Tucker County, which occasionally extends beyond its limits into the adjoining counties. He also has a good practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, which has been marked by a high degree of success. On April 16, 1896, Mr. Strieby was married to Addie Adams, who was born in St. George, Tucker County, in 1871, and is a daughter of John J. and Angelica Adams. The children born to this union are: Elenora and Ruth. Mr. Strieby is identified with the Democratic party. Both he and his wife belong to the Lutheran Church. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Randolph County, WV #2472 FULL-NAME: Cyrus Oscar Strieby BIRTH-DATE: March 13, 1866 BIRTH-PLACE: Williamsport, Pennsylvania DEATH-DATE: February 16, 1948 DEATH-PLACE: 228 Randolph Avenue, Elkins, Randolph County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Addie Adams Strieby) OCCUPATION: Attorney - retired FATHER: Henry J. Strieby (born in Pennsylvania) MOTHER: Rachel Ridge (born in Pennsylvania) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Uremia / Chr. Brights dis. INFORMANT: Mrs. Addie Strieby (of Elkins, West Virginia) BURIAL: Maplewood Cemetery, Elkins, West Virginia ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Randolph County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/randolph/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------