The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-10-04

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ing up in ourbeti natui lerman,
emily seating itself n the heart, in
constant memoriam Of thegiftues Of
departed friends. Whilq such mon,
uments as these are attainable byall
who constantly practice and cult
vate the higher virtues d social life,
they are fully attained only by the
comparative few that live and die
in any community. When fOrtu-
nately attained, however, they are
no less sacred and honorable than
are the monuments of brass and stone
which patriotism erects in commem;;
Grafton of the mighty deeds ofheroes
or Statesmen. sF9 ii1a5t
The plain citizen, who has lived
long in the midst of cotemporaries a
harmless and blameless life, and
whose activities have constantly been
cultivating and practicing thehigher
social virtues, well deserves while
living-and will rarely fail'to be
awarded when dead-the grateful
and affectionate remenbrances Of
those with whom he has lived and
acted when upon the earth.
Few, if any, Of the many good and
worthy men who have Lived and
died in this community have better
deserved the affection oftheir cotem-
porarios while living, oS more sad
dencd the public heart when they
died, than DR.. Thomas Greigh, whose
recent melancholy dcathis now pain
ing the hearts of his many friends.
For the writer to undertake fully
to place before that portion Of the
public that did not well know the
subject Of this notice, would BE- to
give a daily diary Of his life-for all
his days were spent in acts ofintend-
ed kindness and ,benevolence. Ho
carried such intentions in all his
business, and to them his heart was
never alien.
To the writer, who had enjoyed
his intimate friendship, socially and
professionally, for nearly forty years,
it is pleasant duty, now that his
old friend is no more, to reflect upon
his kind and unblamable life, and
upon the many moral and social ex-
cellencies that adorned it. In all
this long and intimate acquaintance
he never knew the subject of this
notice to do an unkind act, or to in
dulge in uncharitable prejudices
against any one. That which passes
for the "milk of human kindness"
in the species generally, was, in him,
the cream Of exalted virtues. Cen
erosity, forbearance, kindness, chari'
ty, were the distinguishing features
Of his moral and social nature. He
was con6ding, possibly, to fault,
certainly often to his own injury;
for, never suspecting himself, ne
rarely, if at all, suspected others.
DR.. Creigh was born in the town
of Lewisburg, on the 20th of July,
1872, and was 65 years of age at the
time of his death. He was the son
of Thomas Creigh, sr, an old and
successful merchant Of that place,
whose honored memory is still kind
| ly cherished by the older citizens Of
the community where he lived and
died. He completed his classical
education at the University Of Ohio,
about the year 1888. Selecting the
profession of medicine for his life
work, he commenced its study soon
after the completion of his College
course, and graduated honorably rs a
physician in the Pennsylvania Uni
versity, at its session of 1886, having
attended three courses Of lectures at
that school. D
Armed with his degree hc immc-
diatoly settled, for the practice of his
profession, in tho town of his birth,
and served no long probation in ear
lily professional efforts to secure a
large and commanding business
which he prosecuted in tho same
town and neighborhood, and with
such constant labor and exposures as
were well calculated TO exhaust the
natural energies Of his constitution
Tired naturo MT last Welded to such