U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Crites, Phillip (1866-1931) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 421 PHILLIP CRITES. One of the industrious and energetic young business men of Banks District. His birth place was Selbyville. One of the towns springing up along the B. & O., after its extension southward from Buckhannon to Pickens. This young man being raised on a farm and in a grist mill, availed himself of every opportunity for improvement and when the iron horse found its way into the dense lumber forests about his home, was ready to accept positions of trust. He went into the lumber business and is still in it, always working for the good of his employers. He is the son of Abraham Crites, Jr., and Rebecca Ann Crites and the grandson of Abraham Crites, Sr., whose wife was Wealthy Pringle, a daughter of William Pringle. His wife was Margaret Lewis, daughter of Abram Lewis. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #1375 FULL-NAME: Phillip Crites BIRTH-DATE: October 17, 1866 BIRTH-PLACE: Selbyville DEATH-DATE: January 15, 1931 DEATH-PLACE: Selbyviulle, Banks District, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Carpenter FATHER: Abraham Crites (born in Selbyville) MOTHER: ____ Crites (born in West Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: TUMER INFORMANT: Norris Crites BURIAL: Selbyville ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------