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, Ralph Greeley (1870-1954) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Pages 430-431 DR. RALPH GREELEY CUTRIGHT, born 1870, October 2, near Sago, son of Granville H. Cutright and Elizabeth Jane Beer, the daughter of John Beer and a Miss Hetrick. His father was a soldier in the Civil War, belonged to Company E, West Virginia Infantry, under Captain P. J. Potts, and was later re-enlisted in the 10th Virginia Cavalry and went west to protect the border settlements from Indian invasion. The subject of this sketch got his elementary education in the schools and his special education for the practice of medicine was received at Lebanon Normal in Ohio and at the Kentucky University. In August, 1899, he located at Rock Cave for the practice of his profession and still lives there. Married Ella Rohrbough, daughter of Simon Rohrbough and Julia Ann Cutright and the granddaughter of Jacob Rohrbough and great granddaughter of Anthony Rohrbough. To this union has been given one child, Ella Catherine, born September 21, 1906. His father was a son of Abraham Cutright and Mary Ann Pringle. The Doctor is a Republican in politics and a Methodist Protestant in religion. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #10170 FULL-NAME: Ralph Greely Cutright BIRTH-DATE: October 2, 1870 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: August 15, 1954 at age 83y-10m-13d DEATH-PLACE: Leonard Memorial Hosp., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: Buckhannon, Route #3, rural-Buckhannon, Upshur WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Doctor FATHER: Granville Cutright MOTHER: Elizabeth Beer CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cerebral Hemorrhage INFORMANT: Byrd Cutright - Widow BURIAL: Rock Cave There's a double-tombstone in Rock Cave Cemetery, CUTRIGHT Dr. R. G. Cutright (1870-1954) Ella Rohrbough, his wife (1874-1909) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------