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Born 1875
From History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens (1906)
V. COURTRIGHT, M. D., who is numbered with the successful physicians and surgeons at Circleville, was born in this city on the 4th of July, 1875, and is a son of the late Dr.
Alva P. Courtright.
Dr. Alva P. Courtright was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, the family having been settled here for several generations. For a number of years he was one of the leading medical practitioners in this part of the State. He was one of the early physicians here, almost a pioneer in the profession and through a long, busy and useful life built up a reputation for skill second to none of his competitors.
Dr. D. V. Courtright, by choice and heredity, is a physician and surgeon. He was reared in a medical atmosphere and his father’s surgery remains among his earliest recollections. After graduating from the Circleville High School, in 1893, he spent one year at Miami University, and then went to Starling Medical College, Columbus, where he was graduated in
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