Re: Courtright Photography Studio 1870's Ft. Madison, Lee Co., Iowa
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Courtright Photography Studio 1870's Ft. Madison, Lee Co., Iowa
Lee Ashmore 7/22/09
The following article was taken from the Lee County Biographical Review (date unknown, probably early 1900s)
Otho C. Courtright, eldest of the children of John C. Courtright, is engaged in the business of photography at Fort Madison.Born on the home farm near West Point, he was educated in Whittier College at Salem, Iowa, and Howe's Academy of Mount Pleasant; and later this was supplemented by a course of study in a business college at Burlington.He assisted in the work of the farm until about twenty-one years of age, when he began his present business, locating first at Salem, Henry County, Iowa.After two years spent at that place he removed to
Farmington, but remained there only a short time before taking up his present location in Fort Madison, where he has been continuously since.Here he has a modern and unusually well appointed studio, and conducts a large and successful business.He was united in marriage at Fort Madison to Miss Birdie Marsh, and they have one son, Lazarre.Mr. Courtright has made many friends here, and is rapidly assuming a substantial position in the business world of Fort Madison.He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The card would not have been available in 1870 as Otho was born July 6, 1868 and died January 29, 1929.
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