John William Curry (1919 - 1951)

Born 9 Oct 1919 in Cleveland Township, Columbia County, Arkansas

Ancestors

Died 25 Jan 1951 at age 31 in Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana

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Biography

John William Curry was born on 9 October 1919 in Cleveland Township, Columbia County, Arkansas. He was the second child of Joe M. Curry and Annie Jewel Alexander Curry. ^{[1] [2]}

Family # 130 - US Census - 19 January 1920 - Cleveland Township, Columbia County, Arkansas:

Joe M. Curry - head age 32 - born AR

Jewell Curry - wife age 28 - born AR

Elsie Curry - daughter age 7 - born AR

John W. Curry - son age 3 months - born AR

As of the 1930 census John's family a few miles to Boone Township, Columbia County, Arkansas where John's father was employed as a foreman at a lumber mill. The family was Joe, Jewel, Elsie, John, and Joe's older brother Jim Curry. ^[3]

As of the 1940 census John's sister Elise had flown the nest and his family had moved back to Cleveland Township, Columbia County, Arkansas where John's father was again operating a farm. ^[4]

John died on 25 January 1951 in Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, and was buried with others of his extended family in the Mount Prospect Cemetery, Cleveland Township, Columbia County, Arkansas. ^{[5] [1]}

Research Note: No record was found indicating that John had married or had children, nor how or why he died in Minden, Louisiana.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 11 November 2018), memorial page for John William Curry (9 Oct 1919–25 Jan 1951), Find A Grave Memorial no. 125942746, citing Mount Prospect Cemetery, Columbia County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Kinfolk (contributor 46970675). (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125942746)
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 8 November 2018), Joe M Curry, Cleveland, Columbia, Arkansas, United States; citing ED 77, sheet 8A, line 43, family 130, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 59; FHL microfilm 1,820,059. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDN8-YDJ)
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 9 November 2018), Joe Curry, Boone, Columbia, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 12A, line 24, family 240, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 69; FHL microfilm 2,339,804. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM2K-RWB)
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (14 March 2018), G M Curry, Cleveland Township, Columbia, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 14-8, sheet 8B, line 51, family 126, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 126. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQVC-K76)
5. ↑ "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (10 March 2018), John D Curry, 25 Jan 1951; citing Minden, Webster, Louisiana, certificate number 1215, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 1,418,605. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS19-1GW)