U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Curry, Lloyd J. (1856-1935) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 423 LLOYD J. CURRY is a merchant at Rock Cave, is a Prohibitionist in politics and with his family belong to the M. E. Church. His birth occurred July 7, 1856. His parents are: William H., and Catherine (Townsend) Curry. On August 29, 1875, he married Elizabeth Sophronia McDowell, the daughter of J. A. and Margaret (Donnely) McDowell. And their children are: Mina, the wife of Sherman Hileman, whose occupation is that of a machinist and whose children are, Dana Hugh and Lauretta; Loreta, the wife of Ira H. Mearns, a merchant of Rock Cave, her death occurred May 30, 1906, and her mother speaks of her in the words of the poem. "I sometimes dream her pleasant smiles, Still on me sweetly fall Her tones of love I faintly hear, My name in her sadness call. I know that she is happy, With her robe of heaven on; But my heart is very desolate, To know that she is gone." ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #14715 FULL-NAME: Lloyd Judson Curry BIRTH-DATE: July 7, 1856 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: October 3, 1935 at age 79y-2m-26d DEATH-PLACE: Rock Cave, Banks District, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed (Elizabeth McDowell Curry) OCCUPATION: Retired Merchant FATHER: William H. Curry (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Sarah C. Townsend (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Myocarditis & Valvular Lesions INFORMANT: Mrs. Mina Wilson (of Rock Cave, W.Va.) BURIAL: Rock Cave (wife of Lloyd J. Curry) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #1268 FULL-NAME: Elizabeth Saphronia Curry BIRTH-DATE: February 27, 1855 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: January 6, 1924 at age 68y-10m-10d DEATH-PLACE: Rock Cave, Banks District, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: John A. McDowell (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Margaret H. Donelly (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Carcinoma of Stomach(?), cause obscure - no post-mortem INFORMANT: Mina Wilson (of Rock Cave, W.Va. BURIAL: Rock Cave Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------