Lincoln County, West Virginia          The Biography of Blackburn B. CURRY

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Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and geographical
Encyclopedia, New York: H. H. Hardesty and Company, 1864. Rpt. in West
Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock, Richwood: Comstock, 1974

BLACKBURN B. CURRY ---a native of Lincoln county, was born May 20, 1850.
He is a son of Hiram Curry, deceased and Barbara A. (Kayser) Curry.
In Madison, Boone County, West Virginia, December 28, 1882 Blackburn B.
Curry and Lulu M. S. Samuels were joined in marriage; she was born in
Boone county, July 16, 1860 and she is a daughter of Colonel I. S. and
Margaret M. (Morris) Samuels. Blackburn B. Curry attended the University
at Morgantown, West Virginia. two years, and at the Commencement in 1875
he was awarded the regents' prize on declamation. Mr. Curry, a very
efficient business man, has held the office of assessor of Lincoln county
for five years, having been appointed in 1878, and elected in
1880, one year remains for him to serve. During 1877 and 1878 he was a member
of the board of examiners in Lincoln county. His postoffice address is
Hamlin, Lincoln county, West Virginia.