CURRY, George

LOCAL and PERSONAL.

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Last Monday afternoon while Andrew Brown and George Curry were driving stakes, the maul flew off the handle and hit Curry on the head. After walking some distance Curry got in a wagon and was taken home. In about two hours after the accident he became unconscious, in which condition he has remained ever since. The skull is not fractured, but his comatose condition is due to blood clotting on the brain. He is not expected to live.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, April 15, 1898,
Volume XXXVIII Number 40, page 1 column 1

LOCAL and PERSONAL.

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The sad accident which befell George Curry, as mentioned last week, resulted fatally. Mr. Curry never regained con­sciousness but passed away about 5 o’clock Thursday evening of last week. He was 61 years old and leaves a wife and seven children. Funeral services were held Saturday at 1 o’clock, from the residence, conducted by Rev. C. R. Hudson. Burial at Hopewell.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, April 15, 1898,
Volume XXXVIII Number 40, page 4 column 6

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CORONER’S VERDICT

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The undersigned coroner of Johnson county, Indiana, did on the 8th day of April, 1898, hold an inquest on the body of George W. Curry, late of said county, found dead at Franklin, Indiana, on the 8th day of April, 1898.

Having viewed the body and heard the testimony of witnesses, I find that the deceased came to his death by reason of cerebral hemorrhage as the result of a blow on the side of his head by a maul leaving the handle, held in the hands of Andy J. Brown, while in the act of driving a stake or post in the ground. I also find the act resulting in the homi­cide was unintentional and unavoidable on the part of the said Andy Brown.

Deceased was 61 years old.

J. T. JONES, 
Coroner of Johnson County. 

Franklin, Ind., April 9, 1898.

Link to George W. Curry’s grave

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry