Emma was born in Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois. Her parents were Leonard Lucky Kimball and Minerva Melvina Chatfield.
On 22 October 1855, she wed Charles Henry Madren Curry (b. 4 Nov. 1833 Redruth, Cornwall, England; d. 25 August 1896 San Francisco), a jeweler and later a prominent California civil servant, in Mineral Point, Iowa Co., Wisconsin. It seems that the Currys became a politically active family- her first son and grandson were both US Representatives for California.
Emma received the homestead her father Leonard settled in 1850 in the Salt Point township for $1. However, records do not indicate that she ever lived there, and none of her children were born there. A structure on the property retains the Curry name in the local vernacular: "The Curry Barn."
Emma passed in Sacramento, living at 1515 I Street, aged 74 years, 10 months and 23 days. She was laid to rest beside her father in Salt Point township.
Emma and her husband had eight children:
1. Charles Forrest Curry 1858-1930
2. Mary E. Curry 1860 -
3. Forrest Minor Curry 1860 -
4. John J. Curry 1862 -
5. William H. Curry 1864 -
6. Leonard Minor Curry 1867 -
7. Anna Minnie Curry Peterson 1872 - 1948
8. Minerva R. Galvin 1876 -
Obituary, 23 May 1912, Sacramento Daily Union:
Mrs. Emma J. Curry, Pioneer, Succumbs Mother of Former Secretary of State Expires at Advanced Age of 75 Years
After an illness of several days, Mrs. Emma J. Curry, mother of former Secretary of State Charles Forrest Curry, died at her home, 1515 I street yesterday afternoon. She will be buried by the side of her father in Sonoma county tomorrow. Mrs. Curry was the widow of the late C. H. M. Curry, and was born June 29, 1837, in Naperville, Illinois. She was married at Mineral Point, Wisconsin, October 22, 1855, and shortly after came to this country to live. Her father, Leonard Lucky Kimball was a pioneer of California, having come to this county September 5, 1850. Mrs. Curry's was buried in San Francisco but the cemetery in which the body rests has been filled, and for that reason the body will be taken to Sonoma county. Her father owned a ranch about thirty miles from Healdsburg, which passed to her ownership and now comes to her children. Upon a high hill near the center of the old home place there is a private burying ground. and there the body of Mrs. Curry will be laid, beside that of her father. The funeral services will be held at the family residence 1515 I street this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. L. S. Jones. Friends will be permitted to attend the funeral services at the house, but a request is made that no flowers be sent. Mrs. Curry was the mother of Charles Forrest Currv, Mrs. Anne Minnie Peterson and Mrs. Minerva Ruth Galvin, all of this city. She was the mother of seven children, four of whom died after attaining their majority. She was the grand mother of Florence A. Curry, Charles Forrest Curry Jr., Leonard C. Curry and Emmett J. Peterson, all of this city. She came from a family of fighters—men who gave much to the cause of their country. Her grandfather was Sherman Chatfield, famed for service in the American cause during the war of 1812. Her two great grandfathers, John Kimball and Edmund Mallory were officers in the Continental army during the war of the American revolution.
On 22 October 1855, she wed Charles Henry Madren Curry (b. 4 Nov. 1833 Redruth, Cornwall, England; d. 25 August 1896 San Francisco), a jeweler and later a prominent California civil servant, in Mineral Point, Iowa Co., Wisconsin. It seems that the Currys became a politically active family- her first son and grandson were both US Representatives for California.
Emma received the homestead her father Leonard settled in 1850 in the Salt Point township for $1. However, records do not indicate that she ever lived there, and none of her children were born there. A structure on the property retains the Curry name in the local vernacular: "The Curry Barn."
Emma passed in Sacramento, living at 1515 I Street, aged 74 years, 10 months and 23 days. She was laid to rest beside her father in Salt Point township.
Emma and her husband had eight children:
1. Charles Forrest Curry 1858-1930
2. Mary E. Curry 1860 -
3. Forrest Minor Curry 1860 -
4. John J. Curry 1862 -
5. William H. Curry 1864 -
6. Leonard Minor Curry 1867 -
7. Anna Minnie Curry Peterson 1872 - 1948
8. Minerva R. Galvin 1876 -
Obituary, 23 May 1912, Sacramento Daily Union:
Mrs. Emma J. Curry, Pioneer, Succumbs Mother of Former Secretary of State Expires at Advanced Age of 75 Years
After an illness of several days, Mrs. Emma J. Curry, mother of former Secretary of State Charles Forrest Curry, died at her home, 1515 I street yesterday afternoon. She will be buried by the side of her father in Sonoma county tomorrow. Mrs. Curry was the widow of the late C. H. M. Curry, and was born June 29, 1837, in Naperville, Illinois. She was married at Mineral Point, Wisconsin, October 22, 1855, and shortly after came to this country to live. Her father, Leonard Lucky Kimball was a pioneer of California, having come to this county September 5, 1850. Mrs. Curry's was buried in San Francisco but the cemetery in which the body rests has been filled, and for that reason the body will be taken to Sonoma county. Her father owned a ranch about thirty miles from Healdsburg, which passed to her ownership and now comes to her children. Upon a high hill near the center of the old home place there is a private burying ground. and there the body of Mrs. Curry will be laid, beside that of her father. The funeral services will be held at the family residence 1515 I street this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. L. S. Jones. Friends will be permitted to attend the funeral services at the house, but a request is made that no flowers be sent. Mrs. Curry was the mother of Charles Forrest Currv, Mrs. Anne Minnie Peterson and Mrs. Minerva Ruth Galvin, all of this city. She was the mother of seven children, four of whom died after attaining their majority. She was the grand mother of Florence A. Curry, Charles Forrest Curry Jr., Leonard C. Curry and Emmett J. Peterson, all of this city. She came from a family of fighters—men who gave much to the cause of their country. Her grandfather was Sherman Chatfield, famed for service in the American cause during the war of 1812. Her two great grandfathers, John Kimball and Edmund Mallory were officers in the Continental army during the war of the American revolution.
Emma was born in Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois. Her parents were Leonard Lucky Kimball and Minerva Melvina Chatfield.
On 22 October 1855, she wed Charles Henry Madren Curry (b. 4 Nov. 1833 Redruth, Cornwall, England; d. 25 August 1896 San Francisco), a jeweler and later a prominent California civil servant, in Mineral Point, Iowa Co., Wisconsin. It seems that the Currys became a politically active family- her first son and grandson were both US Representatives for California.
Emma received the homestead her father Leonard settled in 1850 in the Salt Point township for $1. However, records do not indicate that she ever lived there, and none of her children were born there. A structure on the property retains the Curry name in the local vernacular: "The Curry Barn."
Emma passed in Sacramento, living at 1515 I Street, aged 74 years, 10 months and 23 days. She was laid to rest beside her father in Salt Point township.
Emma and her husband had eight children:
1. Charles Forrest Curry 1858-1930
2. Mary E. Curry 1860 -
3. Forrest Minor Curry 1860 -
4. John J. Curry 1862 -
5. William H. Curry 1864 -
6. Leonard Minor Curry 1867 -
7. Anna Minnie Curry Peterson 1872 - 1948
8. Minerva R. Galvin 1876 -
Obituary, 23 May 1912, Sacramento Daily Union:
Mrs. Emma J. Curry, Pioneer, Succumbs Mother of Former Secretary of State Expires at Advanced Age of 75 Years
After an illness of several days, Mrs. Emma J. Curry, mother of former Secretary of State Charles Forrest Curry, died at her home, 1515 I street yesterday afternoon. She will be buried by the side of her father in Sonoma county tomorrow. Mrs. Curry was the widow of the late C. H. M. Curry, and was born June 29, 1837, in Naperville, Illinois. She was married at Mineral Point, Wisconsin, October 22, 1855, and shortly after came to this country to live. Her father, Leonard Lucky Kimball was a pioneer of California, having come to this county September 5, 1850. Mrs. Curry's was buried in San Francisco but the cemetery in which the body rests has been filled, and for that reason the body will be taken to Sonoma county. Her father owned a ranch about thirty miles from Healdsburg, which passed to her ownership and now comes to her children. Upon a high hill near the center of the old home place there is a private burying ground. and there the body of Mrs. Curry will be laid, beside that of her father. The funeral services will be held at the family residence 1515 I street this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. L. S. Jones. Friends will be permitted to attend the funeral services at the house, but a request is made that no flowers be sent. Mrs. Curry was the mother of Charles Forrest Currv, Mrs. Anne Minnie Peterson and Mrs. Minerva Ruth Galvin, all of this city. She was the mother of seven children, four of whom died after attaining their majority. She was the grand mother of Florence A. Curry, Charles Forrest Curry Jr., Leonard C. Curry and Emmett J. Peterson, all of this city. She came from a family of fighters—men who gave much to the cause of their country. Her grandfather was Sherman Chatfield, famed for service in the American cause during the war of 1812. Her two great grandfathers, John Kimball and Edmund Mallory were officers in the Continental army during the war of the American revolution.
On 22 October 1855, she wed Charles Henry Madren Curry (b. 4 Nov. 1833 Redruth, Cornwall, England; d. 25 August 1896 San Francisco), a jeweler and later a prominent California civil servant, in Mineral Point, Iowa Co., Wisconsin. It seems that the Currys became a politically active family- her first son and grandson were both US Representatives for California.
Emma received the homestead her father Leonard settled in 1850 in the Salt Point township for $1. However, records do not indicate that she ever lived there, and none of her children were born there. A structure on the property retains the Curry name in the local vernacular: "The Curry Barn."
Emma passed in Sacramento, living at 1515 I Street, aged 74 years, 10 months and 23 days. She was laid to rest beside her father in Salt Point township.
Emma and her husband had eight children:
1. Charles Forrest Curry 1858-1930
2. Mary E. Curry 1860 -
3. Forrest Minor Curry 1860 -
4. John J. Curry 1862 -
5. William H. Curry 1864 -
6. Leonard Minor Curry 1867 -
7. Anna Minnie Curry Peterson 1872 - 1948
8. Minerva R. Galvin 1876 -
Obituary, 23 May 1912, Sacramento Daily Union:
Mrs. Emma J. Curry, Pioneer, Succumbs Mother of Former Secretary of State Expires at Advanced Age of 75 Years
After an illness of several days, Mrs. Emma J. Curry, mother of former Secretary of State Charles Forrest Curry, died at her home, 1515 I street yesterday afternoon. She will be buried by the side of her father in Sonoma county tomorrow. Mrs. Curry was the widow of the late C. H. M. Curry, and was born June 29, 1837, in Naperville, Illinois. She was married at Mineral Point, Wisconsin, October 22, 1855, and shortly after came to this country to live. Her father, Leonard Lucky Kimball was a pioneer of California, having come to this county September 5, 1850. Mrs. Curry's was buried in San Francisco but the cemetery in which the body rests has been filled, and for that reason the body will be taken to Sonoma county. Her father owned a ranch about thirty miles from Healdsburg, which passed to her ownership and now comes to her children. Upon a high hill near the center of the old home place there is a private burying ground. and there the body of Mrs. Curry will be laid, beside that of her father. The funeral services will be held at the family residence 1515 I street this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. L. S. Jones. Friends will be permitted to attend the funeral services at the house, but a request is made that no flowers be sent. Mrs. Curry was the mother of Charles Forrest Currv, Mrs. Anne Minnie Peterson and Mrs. Minerva Ruth Galvin, all of this city. She was the mother of seven children, four of whom died after attaining their majority. She was the grand mother of Florence A. Curry, Charles Forrest Curry Jr., Leonard C. Curry and Emmett J. Peterson, all of this city. She came from a family of fighters—men who gave much to the cause of their country. Her grandfather was Sherman Chatfield, famed for service in the American cause during the war of 1812. Her two great grandfathers, John Kimball and Edmund Mallory were officers in the Continental army during the war of the American revolution.
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Mrs. Emma Jane Kimball Curry
Born June 29, 1837
at Naperville, Ill.
Died May 22, 1912
in Sacramento, Cal.
Her children arise up and call her blessed
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