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, Manley McClellan (1861-1930) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 429-430 MANLEY McCLELLAN CUTRIGHT was born January 26, 1861, near Hinklesville, the son of Christopher Columbus Cutright and Rebecca A. (Crites) Cutright. His grandfather was Christopher T. Cutright; grandmother. Sinai (Pringle) Cutright. McClellan Cutright left home at the early age of ten years, immediately after the death of his father. For the first four or five years he made his home with Perry Simpson Lorentz. When sixteen years of age, he secured a position with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and he worked for that company fifteen years at Lorentz, six years at Gaston and then at Buckhannon where he served the company as chief clerk, assistant agent and agent, to which last position he was promoted in 1897 as successor of W. P. Fowkes. He resigned January 1, 1904, and at once, was made chief clerk in the West Virginia Central Gas Company, which position he still holds. M. M. Cutright married Sarah Margaret Martin, second daughter of George W. and Rebecca M. Martin, January 25, 1899. Mabel Rebecca Cutright, their only child was born December 2, 1899. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #4285 FULL-NAME: Manley McClellan Cutright BIRTH-DATE: January 26, 1861 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: March 27, 1930 at age 69y-2m-1d DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Buckhannon District, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Sarah Margaret Martin)) OCCUPATION: Bookkeeper FATHER: Christopher Cutright MOTHER: Barbara Crites CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Kidney Trouble BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery (wife of Manley McClellan Cutright) From Death Certificate, Jefferson County, WV #'56-016868 FULL-NAME: Sarah Margaret Cutright BIRTH-DATE: October 9, 1866 BIRTH-PLACE: Buckhannon, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: December 23, 1956 at age 90y-2m-14d DEATH-PLACE: Charles Town, Jefferson County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widow OCCUPATION: House-wife FATHER: George Washington Martin (dec) MOTHER: Rebecca Ann Hyrn (dec) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Arteriosclerosis INFORMANT: Mmrs. Harry J. Cain, (Daughter) BURIAL: Buckhannon ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------