Benton Co., AR - Biographies - William J. Curry

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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William J. Curry, M. D., was born in Shelby County, Ill., January 30, 1851, and 
is a son of John W. and Catherine (Bennett) Curry, both of whom were born in 
Tennessee. The father was reared to manhood in his native State, and then 
removed to Illinois with his parents, where he married Miss Bennett, and by her 
became the father of eight children: William J and George living, and Lafayette, 
Mary E., James R., Pierce, Annie and Ella deceased. The father is still living 
in Illinois, and is engaged in farming and stock raising. His wife died in 
April, 1874. Dr. William J. Curry was educated at Decatur, Ill., and at the 
Louisville Medical College, from which institution he was graduated in 1875. In 
1877 he came to Benton County, Ark., and the following year was [p.823] married 
to Emma Neal, who was born in Tennessee, and came to Arkansas, when quite young, 
with her parents. George, Ethel, John, Eulala and Donnie are their children. The 
Doctor is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity. 
He owns considerable property in the town of Lowell, and is deeply interested in 
all enterprises calculated to benefit his county. He has arisen to prominence in 
his profession, and is one of the first physicians of the county.