Greenbrier County, West Virginia Biography of THE CURRY FAMILY. This biography was submitted by Sandy Spradling, E-mail address: This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 231-232 THE CURRY FAMILY. With other Irish-Scotch Covenanters belonging to the original settlers in the valley of Virginia before the Revolutionary war, was the Curry family, some of whom afterwards took up their residence in what has since been known as West Virginia. Robert Curry, who came from Ireland in 1755, and settled in Augusta county, Virginia, was the great-great-grandfather of the present generation by that name in Greenbrier county. He reared a family of nine children. He was the father of James Curry, who lived near the headwaters of the North river, but in 1812 moved to Pendleton county, where he was ordained an elder in the Presbeterian church, and died there in 1832. 'Margaret Frances was the wife of James Curry, and her parents were also natives of Ireland. They reared a large family. Their son, James, was mar-ried twice. His first wife was Miss Nickell. Their two children were Mrs. Elizabeth Mann (now dead) and Isaac Curry, who moved west and died in Missouri. By his second wife, Miss Ruth Newton, Mr. Curry had eight children, namely: (1) Newton, (2) Preston, (3) Anderson. (4) Alpheus, (5) Harvey, (6) Robert, (7) Maggie, (8) Rebecca. Anderson was killed in the Civil war. Alpheus and Newton were also in that strife between the States. Their father, James Curry., died in 1880. He lived about a mile from Fort Spring and died when an old man, a very highly respected citizen of the community. He had been an elder of the Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church for a long time. His son, Robert Curry, was also an official of the church for many years and lived at the old homestead, where J. F. Curry now resides. Robert Curry died on the home place, May 15, 1899, about fifty years of age. He was a very quiet gentleman, and a deacon in the Mount Pleasant church. He married Lula McClung, July 21, 1886. She was a daughter of Wm F. McClung, of Muddy Creek, and a granddaughter of Devil Sam. (See history of the McClung family.) Mrs. Lula (McClung) Curry is still living. Their children were: Mattie R. Curry, born April 24, 1887, married Dr. E. M. Perry, December 27, 1911 J. F. Curry, born March 30, 1890, lives on the home farm; Evelyn, born May 15, 1892, married Harry L. Crawford, September 10, 1913. He is a brother of John S. Crawford, county clerk. Dr. Elmer M. Perry (who married Mattie Curry) was born June 25, 1869. He graduated in medicine at the Baltimore Medical College (which consolidated with the University of Maryland), and College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1895. After taking his degree of Doctor of Medicine he was a physician in the hospital at Weston, W. Va., for several years. He then came to Fort Spring, where he has practiced his profession since that time. Two children were born to Dr. and Mrs. Perry: Elizabeth Catherine, born November 23, 1912, died November 25, 1913, and Elmer Richardson Perry, born November 20, 1913.