The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-10-04
AID IN . last aLIempt 70 relieye saf.

I and in o last attempt to relieve suf'
lering humanity.
Asa physician, Dr. ereigh was a
lAo1nd, sensible, and safe practitioner
always conscientious, candid and
cautious with accurate aptness in
4 diagnosing disease, and of excellent
ljdagmen<in administering for Is
lrelief The physician more than all
Fother men, not even excepting the
gSersnd clergs have the most tte-
I duent opportunities fol displaying
M the comfort distressed humani-
that true beneyolence Of feeling
which flows from q heart abpunding
in kinds sympathy with the sdistress
81 others The pbysieian that 4. I'M
cipable Of, Of iAils 70 eSercise kindly
SWIMMING in the sick room and With
the families Of the afflicted, is great,
Ily wanting in an essential qualifica.
tion for his vocation. The kind, soft
and sympathizing manner Of DR.,
Creigh under such circumstance
alike to patients and surrounding
friends-ever made him, as it should
have done, to be long and affection
ately remembered byal with whom
he had professional intercourse.
Irrespective Of pecuniary good
which might be expected to result
from his labor, he was ever prompt
to the call of distress. While much
employed by the best families of the
surrounding country in which he.
lived, he was literally the poor mans
doctor, not discriminating in calls Of
distress between the claims Of the
man that paid and the man that
paid not. His success in the prac.
tice of his profession was eminent,
and so esteemed to be through the
entire course of his professional life.
And many are the families in the
broad circle of his labors that will
mourn his loss with deep and lasting
sorrow.
DR.. Creigh was twice married, and
left widow and an only child, ason
by his first marriage-Mr. Fred.
Creigh, of ofMissouri.
In religious faith he was a Presby-
terian, and had been commitment
of that branch of the Church for
many years, having connected him.
self with it when very young-about
the year 1S3S-under the pastorate
Of the Rev. DR.. McElhenpy,
In political sentiments he was
rather patriot than partizan, but
affiliated, in the good old times of the
Ancient Dominion. with the then
great Whig party of the country
He was twice elected by the people
of his native county to represent
them in the lower house of the Leg
islature; and in 1852 he was elected
to represent his district in the SEN
ate of Virginia, and filed the posi-
tion with honor to himself and to the
satisfaction of his constituency.
When the late civil war came on
he delayed not to offer his services
to the Medical Bureau of the Confed-
eracy, and, throughout the war,
served as Surgeon to various militia
ry posts and hospitals in the western
division of the army.
In the different public stations DR.,
Creigh occupied, he invariably ac-
quilted himself with fidelity and
ability. Thus, well fulfilling in his
life the various duties of citizen,
physician, legislator, he has left for
the consolation of his family a name
and character of which they may
well be proud, and to his country
men examples of proper living well
worthy of imitation. Requiescat IN
pace, and may coming generations
emulate his virtues. la
vulgar Words.