ALEXANDER J. CULBERTSON, one of the leading dentists of Washington, was born in Westmoreland county, Penn., a son of Alexander and Amanda (Giffen) Culbertson, natives of the same county. The father died in Greensburg, Penn., in March, 1871; the mother is yet living. The family are of Scotch-Irish extraction, and the grandfather, Alexander Culbertson, came to this country from the North of Ireland at an early day. Alexander J. Culbertson, the subject proper of these lines, passed his boyhood and youth in Greensburg, Penn., and there commenced the study of dentistry. In the spring of 1885, he came to Washington, this county, and having just graduated from Pennsylvania Dental College, in Philadelphia, he opened out for the practice of his profession in the building where he is now thoroughly established. In June, 1891, Dr. Culbertson married Etta M., daughter of Col. J. B. Ruple, and same year he finished his elegant home on Wade Avenue, where they now reside. Dr. and Mrs. Culbertson are members of the First Presbyterian Church; in politics he is a Republican.

Text taken from page 893 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed March 1997 by Victoria Smith of San Jose, CA as part of the Beers Project. Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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