Showing posts with label Curry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Curry. Show all posts

Saturday, September 18, 2021

Eula Thornton

Eula Thornton (daughter of Lucius Walter Thornton and Mary Anna Weaver) was born on September 30, 1888 in Georgia.  She died on July 3, 1971.  She married Robert T. Curry (son of Robert T. Curry and Missouri A. Hammond) on February 12, 1908 in Butts County, Georgia.  He was born on October 10, 1877 in Georgia.  He died on December 5, 1921 in LaGrange, Troup, Georgia.

Eula Thornton and Robert T. Curry were married Carmel Cemetery in Mansfield, Newton, Georgia.

Children of Eula Thornton and Robert T. Curry
1.  Marjorie Curry was born in 1909 in Georgia.
2.  Mildred Curry was born in 1915 in Georgia.

Sources
Obituary of Mrs. L. W. Thornton -- September 1925
Obituary of Walter Thornton -- December 1937
Obituary of Willie Estelle Thornton - Jackson Progress - July 22, 1976

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

James Henderson York

James Henderson York (son of J. Harvey York and America “Myrtle” Lykens) was born on January 4, 1889 in Glenhayes, Wayne, West Virginia. He died on December 30, 1966 in Welch, McDowell, West Virginia. He married Eliza Curry (daughter of Harvey Curry and Sarah Meadows) on December 24, 1909 in Mingo County, West Virginia. She was born on March 12, 1889 in Logan County, West Virginia. She died on April 30, 1928 in Mingo County, West Virginia.

James Henderson York was buried in Palm Memorial Gardens in Matheny, Wyoming, West Virginia.

Children of James Henderson York and Eliza Curry
1. Delbert Charles York was born on October 9, 1910 in West Virginia. He died on July 1, 1952 in Omar, Logan, West Virginia. He was buried in Fairview Cemetery in Williamson, Mingo, West Virginia.
2. Harley York was born in 1914 in Virginia.
3. Violet York was born on May 15, 1918 in West Virginia. She died on July 17, 1935 in Pineville, Wyoming, West Virginia.
4. Elmer York was born in 1920 in West Virginia.
5. Myrtle York was born on March 15, 1921 in Canterbury, Mingo, West Virginia.
6. Cecil York was born on August 11, 1923 in Ajax, Mingo, West Virginia.

Child of James Henderson York
7. Billy Lee York was born in 1930 in West Virginia.

He married Alice Blanche Canterbury (daughter of Monteville Perry Canterbury and Chloa Ann Cozart) on February 4, 1936 in Raleigh County, West Virginia. She was born on May 4, 1905 in Wyoming County, West Virginia.
 
There were no children to this union.

Note:
I do not know who the mother of Billy Lee York is. He was born after Eliza Curry died and before James married Alice.
I am not related to the children of James Henderson York and Eliza Curry so their descendants will not be traced.

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