CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: J. P. CURRY - Smith County, TX

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Submitted by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net
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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson, p. 131.

J. P. CURRY.

John P. Curry, of Lindale, was born in Edgefield Dis­trict, South 
Carolina, Dec. 8th, 1844, removed to Mississippi in the fall of 1858. 
In April 1862 enlisted in Co. H. 87th Mississippi regiment of infantry. 
He participated in the campaigns and battles of the Army of Tennessee 
and bears evidence of his loyalty to the South as he was twice serious­ly 
wounded in battle. When he recovered was prompt to re­turn to duty and 
again took his place in the ranks of the company. The 37th saw much hard 
service and was at the front on the firing line, and young Curry made 
an ideal soldier. He has an interesting family, and is a progressive 
fruit and truck grower in Lindale, being a leader in that thrifty and 
prosperous community. He removed to Texas soon after the close of the 
war.