MRS. M. E. CURRY, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by: Gaytha Carver Thompson
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville,  1890



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MRS. M. E. CURRY

Mrs. M. E. Curry resides on a beautiful and valuable plantation of 1,500
acres, situated twenty two miles southeast of Natchitoches, on the Red River.
She was born in the southeastern part of Missouri, being a daughter of Judge
John F. Ross, who was a Kentuckian by birth, his wife, whose maiden name was
Anna Lee, being also a native of the Blue Grass State.  Mrs. Curry was reared
to womanhood in the state of her birth, the most of her education being also
acquired there, and for some time she was an attendant of St. Vincent's
convent, were she acquired a thorough education.

In 1876 she came to Louisiana, and after spending two years in Rapides Parish
she came to Natchitoches Parish, where, in 1878, she was united in marriage to
Augustus I. Curry, a South Carolinian by birth, who came to this parish in his
boyhood.  He was a gentleman who possessed many worth traits of character, and
his death, which occurred in 1882, was lamented by all.  He left no children.

During her entire married life, and also her widowhood, Mrs. Curry has resided
upon the same farm.  Her home is one of the most beautiful county seats in the
parish, and is situated on the west bank of Red River, which at this point
forms a crescent.  In front of her residence is a beautiful natural grove, and
this together with artificial improvements, makes it a most desirable place at
which to live.  Mrs. Curry is an intelligent and cultured lady, and is very
highly respected and esteemed by her numerous acquaintances and friends.