U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Cutright, Lyman (1867-1910) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 429 LYMAN CUTRIGHT, farmer, lawyer and politician. He is the eldest son of Granville H. Cutright and Elizabeth Jane (Beer) Cutright. He was born July 16, 1867. His father was the son of Abraham Cutright and Mary Ann (Weatherholt) Cutright, and Abraham Cutright was the son of Isaac, who was the son of John and Deborah (Osborne) Cutright. His mother was the daughter of John Beer and Mary (Hetrick) Beer, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Upshur county in 1860. His brothers are: Ralph E. Cutright, who is a successful physician of Rock Cave, this county; Frank, who is at present a teacher in the Clarksburg High School, and a graduate of both the Academy and Seminary in this county, and also the University of Nashville and the West Virginia University; Delos M., the youngest brother, resides near Clarksburg, and is a graduate book-keeper and accountant from the Mountain State Business College, and has for several years been superintendent of the coal company's office at Wilsonburg, W. Va. The subject of this sketch taught several terms of school in Upshur and Randolph counties. Was merchant and postmaster at Helvetia, W. Va., for a period of four years. Later he entered the law school of the West Virginia University, from which he graduated in 1901. Owing to the ill health of his father he spends most of his time on the home farm at Sago. He has always been an ardent Republican, and at present Chairman of the Upshur County Republican Executive Committee. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriage License, Randolph County, WV (Page 215) Lyman Cutright (age 26, born in Randolph, W.Va., residing in Helvitia) Rosalie Morgan (age 25, born in Randolph, W.Va., residing in Helvitia) were married December 6, 1893 at Sugar Grove by George W. Phillips Register of Deaths, Upshur County, WV (Pages 228-229) FULL-NAME: Lyman Cutright DEATH-DATE: June 24, 1910 at age 42y-11m-8d DEATH-PLACE: Sago MARITAL-STATUS: Widower OCCUPATION: Farmer CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Struck by Lightning ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------