Lincoln County, West Virginia The Biography of Benjamin Franklin CURRY The Biography of Benjamin Franklin CURRY was submitted by Pat R. Adkins, 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 Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia. New York: H. H. Hardesty and Company, 1884. Rpt. in West Virginia heritage Encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock. 1974. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CURRY was born in Fayette county, (then) Virginia, July 21, 1839. He is a son of Hiram and Barbara (Kayser) Curry and he came to Lincoln county in December 1841, with his parents, who were prominent residents of the county. B. F. Curry and Emily Jackson daughter of Jeremiah and May Paulina (Thompson) Witcher, were joined in marriage in Cabell county, West Virginia, December 12, 1860, and they have been blessed with eight children, born as follows; Jeremiah Wilson, October 10, 1861, died September 23, 1863; John Granville, May 29, 1863; Lizzie Florence, December 5, 1865; William Dallas, July 16, 1868, died September 16, 1869; Carrie May, July 21, 1870; Valeria French, May 24, 1873; Lulu Maud, July 22, 1875; Blackburn Frank, February 1, 1878. The six living children are at home. Mrs. Curry is a native of Cabell county, born January 17, 1837. Mr. Curry was for six years recorder of Lincoln county, and clerk of circuit court sixteen years, which position he still holds. Two brothers of Mr. Curry served in the late war, in the Federal army; Granville in Company G. 3d West Virginia Cavalry, and George in Company L. 1st West Virginia Cavalry. Benjamin F. Curry joined the Methodist Church in 1859 of which he is a steward. He is a farmer in Carroll district and the proprietor of a hotel, newly furnished and in every respect a first class hotel, terms moderate and fare unsurpassed "Campbell House." B. F. Curry, proprietor, Hamlin, Lincoln county, West Virginia.