CURRY, b. 1853.
iv. SARA M. CURRY, b. 1855.
v. ANNIE CURRY, b. 1858.
vi. MILTON CURRY, b. 1859.
vii. FRANCES CURRY. b. 1860.
9. AMERICA3 CURRY (JOHN DELAWARE2, DR. ARCHIBALD1) was born 1824 in Harrison Co. KY. She married THOMAS DAVIS SCROGGINS 1851, son of George SCROGGIN and Mary MILLS. He was born July 05, 1823 in Bourbon Co. KY, and died November 13, 1863 in Pike Co. MO.
Marriage Notes for AMERICA CURRY and THOMAS SCROGGINS:
SOURCE: Ancestry.Com, ONE WORLD TREE, names children and pedigrees of Thomas Davis Scroggins.
Children of AMERICA CURRY and THOMAS SCROGGINS are:
i. PERRY ALLEN4 SCROGGINS.
ii. LILLIE SCROGGINS.
iii. JOSEPH CURRY SCROGGINS.
iv. GEORGE EVERETT SCROGGINS.
10. MAJOR JAMES ROLLAND3 CURRY (JAMES2, DR. ARCHIBALD1) was born 1789 in Bryant’s Station, Fayette Co. KY, and died in Cynthiana, Harrison Co. KY. He married MARTHA BRACKEN 1816 in Cynthiana, Harrison Co. KY, daughter of Thomas BRACKEN and Mary FLETCHER. She was born 1800 in Pittsburg PA.
Notes for MAJOR JAMES ROLLAND CURRY:
James R. Curry was 91 and listed as a lawyer on 1880 Cenus, Cynthiana , Harrison Co.KY. It states that his mother and father were both born in Delaware.
According to PROVENANCE, by Mildred Downing, he was born at Bryant’s Station, Fayette Co.KY. His father moved from VA to KY, first settling in Lexington. He was saved from Indians when he was a baby by being concealed in clothing and smuggled into the fort.
He was a wealthy man in his day. His lands were in Kentucky, Southern Illinois, and in Mississippi. He was a surveyor and later studied law in order to make himself familiar with the care and conveyance of his own property.
He was described as having been very tall and slender (135 pounds) of fair complexion, with blue eyes “…not “brilliant”, but a thoroughly good man.
He received the rank of Major during the War of 1812; was in Richard Johnson’s Regiment an in the division commanded by Gen. Joseph Desha.
He was a judge when the Civil War broke out, and was arrested as a southern sympathizer and taken first to Newport Barracks, KY and then to Camp Chase MD. Although he was an old man, he was forced to march long distances, but he was quickly released, possibly by direct intercession with President Lincoln.
He was also Harrison Co. Sr. Commissioner and an elder in the Presbyterian Church.
When he was short of help at Cairo, IL, while on a trip down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers by boat, he hired a young man there who turned out to be Abraham Lincoln, according to family tradition.
Children of MAJOR CURRY and MARTHA BRACKEN are:
i. MARY BRACKEN4 CURRY, b. June 06, 1816, Cynthiana, Harrison Co. KY; d. March 23, 1838, Versailles, KY; m. DR. JOHN RANDOLPH DESHA b. June 26, 1804, Washington, Mason Co. KY; 4. July 27, 1877, Donarail, Fayette Co. KY.
About MARY BRACKEN CURRY:
Notes for DR. JOHN RANDOLPH DESHA:
Dr. John Randolph Desha received his medical degree from Transylvania College, Lexington, KY about 1828. He practiced for a time in Tennessee, Little Rock, Arkansas, and Georgetown Kentucky. When his father died he left the homestead at Georgetown KY to the doctor on condition that he would return to it and care for his mother during the remainder of her life.
ii. ELIZA CURRY, b. 1821, Cynthiana, Harrison Co. KY; m. WALLACE MCINTOSH; b. Johnstown, PA; d. Cynthiana, Harrison Co. KY.
Notes for WALLACE MCINTOSH:
Wallace McIntosh was a merchant in Cynthiana. He and his wife, Eliza, had no children.
iii. DR. JAMES ROLLAND CURRY, b. Cynthiana, Harrison Co. KY; d. 1862. Richmond VA: m. MALVINA BRUCE; d. Eaton, OH.
Notes for DR. JAMES ROLLAND CURRY:
Dr. James Rolland Curry was in the Southern Army and stationed at Richmond VA. He was killed by a spy. Before the War he had lived in Washington D.C. After his death, Malvina lived in Eaton OH, but spent much of her time with her daughter, Martha.
iv. MARTHA CURRY, b. December 09, 1826, Cynthiana, Harrison Co. KY; m. WILLIAM MCCHESNEY, March 06, 1851; b. 1826, Louisville KY.
Notes for WILLIAM MCCHESNEY:
William McChesney was a grain merchant in Louisville KY, then he became postmaster a