Person:Unknown Curry (10)

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Multiple records have established that James Curry of Greenbrier County, [West] Virginia [d. abt. 1823], Oliver Curry, Sr. [1769-1837], Elizabeth Curry [that married Joseph Claypool (as his first wife) on 28 Oct 1788 in Greenbrier County, VA], Hannah Curry and Mary "Polly" Curry, and Samuel Curry [1778-1823] who married Mary Ewing [1771-1853] and moved to Gallia County, Ohio, are all siblings. The identity of their parents has not yet been established. Additional research is needed.

His (Daniel P. Curry) great-grandfather was one of five brothers who emigrated from the North of Ireland and settled in America during the colonial period, the brothers taking up homes in different sections of colonies. The great-grandfather established his home in what is now Greenbrier County, West Virginia, six miles from Louisburg at or near Fort Springs. There he procured possession of some wild land, developed it, and a part of his property is still owned by a descendant, Samuel Curry, a cousin of Daniel P. Curry. There is an old family graveyard on the old homestead in that part of the present State of West Virginia, and many of the earlier members of the family sleep the last sleep there. [Source: Standard History of the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio, by Eugene B. Willard, pg. 1220.]

1.   Willard, Eugene B.; Daniel W. Williams; George O. Newman; and Charles B. Taylor. A Standard history of the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of the Industrial and Commercial Development. (Chicago, Illinois?: Lewis Publishing, 1916).