History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 582. [Bourbon County] [Ruddel's Mills Precinct] G. W. RIGHTER, physician and surgeon; P. O. Ruddel's Mills; was born in Harrison County, Ky., March 16, 1844; son of John B. and Rebecca (Smith) Righter; he a native of Clarksburg, Harrison County, Va.; she of Harrison County, Ky. John came to Kentucky about 1830, and was a farmer and trader in negroes; he died May 16, 1881, and his wife is still living, having raised six children, all of whom are still living. Dr. Righter is the third in the family and received a collegiate education, after which he farmed for a while, but in 1869 yielded to the inclinations of his early life and studied medicine; he entered the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College in 1869 and graduated in the spring of 1873; practiced two years and then took a course in the Pulte Medical College of Cincinnati, after which he located at Ruddel's Mills, where he has a large and growing practice; he was married Nov. 13, 1873, to Miss Mary Miller, of Harrison County, Ky., daughter of James Miller, and has two children. T. J. and Bettie T. Dr. Righter entered the Confederate service in 1862 and served till [sic] the close of the war, having been a member of Capt. Morgan's Division, and participated in over thirty engagements; the doctor and wife are members of the Christian Church, and he is a Mason and a Democrat. Righter Smith Miller = Harrison-KY Harrison-VA OH http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/bourbon/righter.gw.txt