Morgan-Limestone County AlArchives Biographies.....Cartwright, O. B. 1857 - 
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Author: Smith & De Land, publishers

  O. B. CARTRIGHT. M. D., was born in Limestone County, Ala., in 1857. His
parents were H. B. and Martha A. (Bailey, nee Vaughan) Cartright. The father was
a farmer and merchant at Shoal Ford, where he died some years ago. The mother
was a native of Virginia, and came to Alabama at an early day. They had five
children, of whom O. B. was the third.

  H. B. Cartright was twice married, the first time to Martha Gray. By her he
had born to him seven children.

  Dr. Cartright was reared in Limestone County, and studied medicine with Dr. J.
A. Pettus, of Elkmont, that county. He was graduated from Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, in 1879, and practiced medicine five years in his native county. He
came to Decatur in the spring of 1884, engaged in the drug business, and. has
established a fine and growing trade, to which he has devoted his entire attention.

  He was married, in 1883, to Miss J. Blanche Preuit, of Lawrence. They have two
children, Bradley P. and Lamar. The Doctor is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, and his wife is of the Christian Church.


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Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical
Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land
1888

PART IV.
MONOGRAPHS OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA,
TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE PEOPLE.


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