Biography - Sarah Curry
Mrs. Sarah D. CURRY, farmer, P. O. Walshville, was born in Morgan County, Ill., in 1834, daughter of William and Tabitha (BELL) ELLEDGE, he born in Kentucky, and died in Morgan County, Ill., in 1836; she, born in Kentucky, and died in Pike County, Ill., in 1874. Subject was the sixth child of a family of seven, and was educated in Morgan and Pike Counties, Ill. She was married in Pike County, Ill., in 1845, to Riley J. CURRY, a farmer born in Kentucky, and died in this county August 13, 1876, son of Nicholas CURRY, a native of Ireland, who came to this country in an early day, and died in Morgan County, Ill., about the year 1850. Our subject is the mother of ten children, namely: James A., Tabitha E., George F., William R., Charles B., John F., Winefred L., Elbert G., Edwin H., Esther B. Mrs. CURRY is a member of the Christian Church.
Extracted 19 Nov 2016 by Norma Hass from 1882 History of Bond and Montgomery Counties, Illinois, Part 2 Biographical Department, page 188.
