Dr. John Calvin Cort and Lydia R. Lynch

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Husband Dr. John Calvin Cort ^{1 2}

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           Born: 8 Sep 1860 - Rimersburg, Clarion Co, PA 2
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         Father: Rev. Lucian Cort (1824-1905) 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Harriet Scott (      -      ) 2 6

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Wife Lydia R. Lynch ²

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         Father: Austin G. Lynch (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Harriet Robinson (      -      ) 2

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1 M Austin L. Cort ²

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. John Calvin Cort

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He was educated in the Greensburg Seminary, of which his father was the founder and owner, and subsequently became assistant principal and professor of mathematics and languages. His studies for the medical profession were begun in the office of Dr. J. W. Anawalt and completed in the medical department of the University of Maryland, whence he was graduated March 17, 1885. For two years subsequent to his graduation he was in practice in Salisbury, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, then in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, for a like time, subsequently moving to Butler County, where he remained in pursuit of his profession until 1902. In that year he became one of the first settlers in Clairton, Allegheny County. He was a member of the Clairton Board of Health, and formerly held membership in the Pennsylvania State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. In Westmoreland and Butler counties he belonged to the local medical societies, and while a resident of Evans City, in the latter county, he was for ten years surgeon for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. His prestige in medical circles is based on firmer foundations than his popularity, on certain knowledge and extensive experience. He was a Republican in political sympathy, and served two terms as a member of the Clairton School Board, being president of that body at the time of the building of the new high school building. Dr. Cort was familiar with educational methods and systems and advised wisely and led with confident assurance the movement for an increasingly better school system in the town. [GPHWP, 1006]

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1125.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1006.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 91.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 641.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1124.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 158.