| Birth: | Jun. 5, 1825 Double Branches (Lincoln County) Lincoln County Georgia, USA | | Death: | Feb. 12, 1903 Asheville Buncombe County North Carolina, USA |  Soldier, statesman, educator and orator; served in the Texas Rangers in the Mexican War; United States Representative from Alabama, 1857-1861; Confederate States Representative from Alabama in the first Confederate Congress; lieutenant colonel, Confederate Army; became a Baptist minister after the Civil War; president of Howard College, 1865; professor at Richmond College, 1868-1881; United States Minister to Spain, 1885-1888; appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to Spain, 1902. He represents Alabama in Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol. Family links: Parents: Jabez Curry (1797 - 1871) Rebecca Jordan Curry (1800 - 1884) Spouse: Ann Alexander Bowie Curry (1828 - 1865)* *Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Jabez Curry | | | Burial:
Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond Richmond City Virginia, USA | Maintained by: Find A Grave Originally Created by: Garver Graver Record added: Sep 19, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6788501 |
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