rt 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 at Lexington KY for ten years. He was appointed postmaster by President Grover Cleveland.
v. ANNE CURRY, m. GEORGE ROGERS CLARK TODD.
Notes for GEORGE ROGERS CLARK TODD:
George Rogers Clark Todd was the brother of Mary Todd Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln said of him: “a more rabid secessionist was no where to be found. He was not a good husband to Anne and they lived with her parents until her father, John Rolland Curry, ordered him to leave Cynthiana. Dr. Desha then went to Cynthiana and outfitted Dr. Todd with a horse and funds, and drove with him all of the first night to aid him in making his escape.
He went South and during the Civil War he was an officer and a contract surgeon. He never returned to Cynthiana.
Source: PROVENANCE at www.lincolnminiature.com.
Generation No. 4
11. AMERICA SUSAN4 WHITLEDGE (SARA JANE3 CURRY, JOHN DELAWARE2, DR. ARCHIBALD1) was born September 07, 1830 in Cynthiana, Harrison Co. KY, and died October 22, 1873 in Bowling Green, Pike Co. MO. She married SAMUEL ALEXANDER TOMBS March 22, 1855 in Peno Twp. Pike Co. MO. He was born December 28, 1828 in Bowling Green, Pike Co. MO, and died August 12, 1904 in Bowling Green, Pike Co. MO.
About SAMUEL ALEXANDER
Child of AMERICA WHITLEDGE and SAMUEL TOMBS is:
i. JAMES WILLIAM5 TOMBS, b. October 06, 1870.
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