Typed by: Theresa Carhart


CURRY, HARDY PRINCE, M. D.

Surnames: CURRY, BROWN, ROGERS, GARY, BREMOND, FAUGHT, GOODRICH, WILSON.


HARDY PRINCE CURRY, M.D.

Hardy Prince Curry, M.D., b August 31, 1876 a Alto Springs in east Falls County, Texas, d Decembe 12, 1961 and buried in Calvary Cemetery at Marlir Falls County, Texas-was a son of Thomas Levi CUff and his second wife, Florence Elizabeth ("Betty Brown) Curry - a daughter of Dr. Alfred Foy Browr who settled in Falls County in 1868. Hardy Prince CUI ry's paternal grandparents were Thomas and Matild (Rogers) Curry, Jr., who acquired land in and settled i Falls County in 1851.

Upon completion of public school at Alto Spring! Hardy was employed by Wells, Fargo and Company i Bremond, Texas. On March 27, 1898, he was marrie to Dyadema Elizabeth Gary - a twin daughter of Cra- who die January 18, 1962.

In 1904, Hardy Prince Curry received his medic-one years. In the early 1930's, D Curry acquired the Sanitarium Drug Store in Marli] as well as nearby farm interests, and he moved h: family to Marlin in 1935. He then partially retire from medical practice, and devoted most of his time 1 his farming and cattle interests until the shortage j physicians during World War II revealed the need f( him to return to local practice. He became associate with the Buie Clinic on a full-time basis, for the dun tion of the war.

Dr. and Mrs. Curry were members of the Metho( ist Church, and he was a charter member of the Fal Lodge No. 1113, A.F.&A.M. at Reagan. He was a men ber of several Masonic bodies, and the Rotary Club. r. was a member of the state and national medical socii ties, and a past president of Falls County Medical 8< ciety. During his active years, he took post-gradua1 courses at Columbia University; and during bot World Wars I and II, he served as medical examiner f( the local Selective Service Board. In 1939, the Texas Governor appointed him a member of the local Volunteer Parole Board. At the end of World War II, Dr. Curry again retired from medical practice, and devoted the remainder of his life to the management of his land and cattle interests.

Dr. and Mrs. Hardy Prince Curry were the parents of four children:

   Joe Curry, who married Marguerite Faught.
   Lucy Curry, who married Samuel Mortimer Brown.
   Hardy Prince Curry, Jr., who married Onie Reed Goodrich.
   Mary Elizabeth Curry, who married George Buford Wilson.



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"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 108 Column 2 and page 109 column 1.
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