From: Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden, Editor, "Wyoming & Lackawanna Valleys, Pennsylvania Genealogies & Family Histories", Vol. I & II (New York, NY, USA: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906) page 432
Lyman Courtright, son of Cornelius Courtright, was born in 1822 , at Plains, followed the carpenter's trade and was also engaged in the lumber business. In this he was successful, but had the misfortune to see the results of his labors totally destroyed by fire. He married Anna Seigal, a native of Northampton county, Pennsylvania, and five of their ten children are now living: William F., mentioned hereafter; H. C., Alice (Mrs. Killgannon), Ellen (Mrs. Halpin), and Lydia (Mrs. Pearson). The death of Mr. Courtright, who was a man universally respected, occurred in 1867, at the comparatively early age of forty-five. His widow still survives him, having reached her seventy-eighth year.
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Lyman Cortright is the father of Peter Winter Cortright who died at Hilton Head, South Carolina during the Civil War and is buried at Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina. Plot #2103. Find A Grave # 2948221
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Cemetery record for Lyman Cortright is from PA, Luzerne Co., Wilkes-Barre, Hollenback Cemetery, Card file (A-K) NEPAGS, Microfilm 2-1.
His siblings are:
Ira Cortright #58429751
Butler Cortright #41736281
Elizabeth Cortright Good #28389884
Edward Stewart Cortright #55576784
Margaret Cortright Hoffman #188718701
From: Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden, Editor, "Wyoming & Lackawanna Valleys, Pennsylvania Genealogies & Family Histories", Vol. I & II (New York, NY, USA: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906) page 432
Lyman Courtright, son of Cornelius Courtright, was born in 1822 , at Plains, followed the carpenter's trade and was also engaged in the lumber business. In this he was successful, but had the misfortune to see the results of his labors totally destroyed by fire. He married Anna Seigal, a native of Northampton county, Pennsylvania, and five of their ten children are now living: William F., mentioned hereafter; H. C., Alice (Mrs. Killgannon), Ellen (Mrs. Halpin), and Lydia (Mrs. Pearson). The death of Mr. Courtright, who was a man universally respected, occurred in 1867, at the comparatively early age of forty-five. His widow still survives him, having reached her seventy-eighth year.
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Lyman Cortright is the father of Peter Winter Cortright who died at Hilton Head, South Carolina during the Civil War and is buried at Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina. Plot #2103. Find A Grave # 2948221
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Cemetery record for Lyman Cortright is from PA, Luzerne Co., Wilkes-Barre, Hollenback Cemetery, Card file (A-K) NEPAGS, Microfilm 2-1.
His siblings are:
Ira Cortright #58429751
Butler Cortright #41736281
Elizabeth Cortright Good #28389884
Edward Stewart Cortright #55576784
Margaret Cortright Hoffman #188718701
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Pvt Peter Winter Cortright
1845–1864
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William Frederick Courtright
1848–1930
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Mary Ellen Courtright Halpin
1850–1921
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Daniel Cortright
1852–1900
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Edward Stewart Cortright
1855–1884
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Margaret A Cortright
1857–1864
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Stephen Douglas Cortright
1860–1864
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Alice Cortright Kilgallon
1861–1938
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Lydia Courtright Pearson
1868–1945
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