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William Luther Cutright

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William Luther Cutright

Birth
Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
Death
9 Jul 1907 (aged 49)
Homewood, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Waldeck, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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The Weston Democrat, Fri. 12 July 1907:
William Cutright - Took his life at his home in Homewood Tuesday. Early Tuesday morning his wife died, and two of the family are ill of typhoid fever. Mr. and Mrs. Cutright were buried at the Polk Creek (now Waldeck) cemetery on Wednesday.

From Hilda Sayre - Local oral story:
"With his wife dead, and children ill, neighbors came in to help. He took the men to an outbuilding, showed them lumber for the casket; then reached up onto a shelf for the gun and shot himself."
1900 census (8 children born/6 living).
Roy Ambrose b 5 June 1882 at Weston, Lewis Co., WV (apparently died bef. 1900)
Roy V. Cutright
Alice V. Cutright
Florence Victoria Cutright age 17 marr. 16 June 1902 at Weston, WV, William Forrest Johnson age 23 son of Erville M. & Eliza J..
James A. Cutright
Mary M. Cutright (Cork)
George Simpson Cutright married at age 29 in Calhoun Co., WV 20 Aug 1927 Ella G. Eismon. He was a resident of Akron, Summit Co., OH at the time.
The Weston Democrat, Fri. 12 July 1907:
William Cutright - Took his life at his home in Homewood Tuesday. Early Tuesday morning his wife died, and two of the family are ill of typhoid fever. Mr. and Mrs. Cutright were buried at the Polk Creek (now Waldeck) cemetery on Wednesday.

From Hilda Sayre - Local oral story:
"With his wife dead, and children ill, neighbors came in to help. He took the men to an outbuilding, showed them lumber for the casket; then reached up onto a shelf for the gun and shot himself."
1900 census (8 children born/6 living).
Roy Ambrose b 5 June 1882 at Weston, Lewis Co., WV (apparently died bef. 1900)
Roy V. Cutright
Alice V. Cutright
Florence Victoria Cutright age 17 marr. 16 June 1902 at Weston, WV, William Forrest Johnson age 23 son of Erville M. & Eliza J..
James A. Cutright
Mary M. Cutright (Cork)
George Simpson Cutright married at age 29 in Calhoun Co., WV 20 Aug 1927 Ella G. Eismon. He was a resident of Akron, Summit Co., OH at the time.


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