U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Currence, Samuel Webster (1871-1913) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 422 SAMUEL WEBSTER CURRENCE, born October 5, 1871. Son of Adam M. Currence and Sarah Jane Tenney, daughter of John L. Tenney, soldier in Upshur Battery, and son of Josiah Tenney and Lydia (Currence) Tenney, daughter of William Currence, who built Currence Fort in Randolph County. Adam M. Currence was a son of John, who was a son of John, mentioned in History of Randolph, as Sheriff of Randolph County. Adam M. was a soldier in Company I, 3d West Virginia Cavalry and served throughout the war. Is a pensioner and a farmer of Washington District. In the Adam M. Currence family there were five sons and two daughters of which the subject of this sketch is the oldest. Samuel Webster Currence married on January 1, 1895, Lou Nay, daughter of Jed and Julia (Jollif) Nay and four children have been given to this union: Emerson DeWitt, Troy Mansell, Stewart Blair and Theodore Mason. Mr. Currence began teaching in 1887. Is a farmer of Washington District, has been Postmaster of Queens for four years and is now Postmaster at Sand Run. Was secretary of Board of Education for four years and was County Executive Committeeman for six years. He is a member of the Odd Fellows, Lodge No 248, Middle Fork and was one of the charter members. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Randolph County, WV (Page 38) FULL-NAME: Samuel W. Currence DEATH-DATE: June 4, 1913 at 41 years of age DEATH-PLACE: Elkins MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Bookkeeper CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Paralysis (wife of Samuel W. Currence) From Death Certificate, Ritchie County, WV #12476 FULL-NAME: Mrs. Lou Nay Currence BIRTH-DATE: November 18, 1865 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur County, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: October 29, 1945 DEATH-PLACE: Harrisville, Ritchie County WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widow (Samuel W. Currence) OCCUPATION: FATHER: Jesse W. Nay (born in Harrison Co.) MOTHER: Julia Etta Jollif (born in Ritchie Co., W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Mitral regurgitation / Nephritis INFORMANT: Emerson Currence (of Swandale, W.Va.) BURIAL: Mt. Vernon Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- There's a double-tombstone in Union Cemetery, Buckhannon, Upshur, WV CURRENCE Samuel Webster (1871-1913) Louisa Nay (1865-1945) ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------