Upshur County, West Virginia Biography of LOWRY W. PAGE, M. D. This file was submitted by Valerie Crook, E-mail address: The submitter does not have a connection to the subject of this sketch. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 434 Upshur LOWRY W. PAGE, M. D., has been engaged in the prac- tice of his profession in his native county since 1909, and since 1916 has made Buckhannon, judicial center of Up- shur County, his place of residence and his professional headquarters. His prestige indicates alike his personal popularity and his professional ability, and he is dis- tinctively one of the representative physicians and sur- geons of his native county. The doctor maintains active affiliation with the American Medical Association, the West Virginia State Medical Society and the Upshur County Medical Society. He was born at French Creek, this county, on the 15th of December, 1872, and is a son of Frank and Martha (Young) Page, the former of whom was born in Highland County, Virginia, and the latter in Upshur County, West Virginia, as now constituted. The marriage of the parents was solemnized in Upshur County, and here the father became a progressive exponent of farm enterprise. He was in the very prime of life at the time of his death, and his widow is still a resident of this county. Of their four children three are living: A. D. is a prosperous farmer at French Creek, this county; Festus Y. is associated with copper-mining enterprise in the State of Arkansas; and Doctor Page, of this sketch, is the youngest of the number. The father was a stanch republican and was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as is also his widow. The early education of Doctor Page included the ad- vantages offered by the public schools of French Creek, later attending the Normal Clinical Academy at Buck- hannon, and thereafter he made a record of ten years of effective service as a teacher in the schools of his native state. In preparation for his chosen profession he en- tered the Eclectic Medical College in the City of Cincin- nati, Ohio, and in this institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1909. After thus receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine he further fortified himself by the valuable clinical experience which he gained by serving as an interne in Seton Hospital at Cincinnati. He initiated his professional career by engaging in practice in the Village of Rock Cave, Upshur County, where he continued his successful practice until he broadened his field by removing to the county seat, Buckhannon, where he has been established in active general practice since 1916. Doctor Page is one of the loyal and progressive citizens of Buckhannon and is a director of the local Chamber of Commerce. He served as deputy, clerk of Upshur County from 1902 to 1906. His political alignment is with the republican party, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The doctor is affiliated with Franklin Lodge No. 7, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Upshur Chapter No. 34, Royal Arch Masons; and Buck- hannon Commandery of Knights Templars. The year 1894 recorded the marriage of Doctor Page and Miss Clara Hamner, and their only child, Basil L., was born July 24, 1899. He is a graduate of the Buckhannon High School and the West Virginia Wesleyan College, and was a member of the Students' Army Training Corps at this college in the period of the World war. In 1922 he entered the Western Reserve Medical College at Cleve- land, Ohio.