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Harris Abraham Curry
21 Oct 1889 – 23 May 1963
| Birth | 21 Oct 1889 |
| Death | 23 May 1963 |
| Cemetery | Evergreen Memorial Park and Mausoleum Riverside , Riverside County , California , USA |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/283406596 |
Bio
According to the application for his veteran headstone, Harris is buried in Evergreen Memorial Park. Harrison Abraham Curry was the son of Thomas Jefferson Curry (1834 KY - 1911 TX) and Mary Elizabeth Curry (birth surname same as married surname, 1848 KY - 1901 TX). His siblings included: Isham Greene Curry (1867 KY - 1950 TX). Find A Grave 67146621 John Daniel Curry, 1868 KY - 1868 Joseph Everette Curry (1870 KY - 1936 TX). Find A Grave 67593411 Coleman Carter Curry, 1872 KY - 1919 TX. Find A Grave 53024549 Linzey/Linsey W. Curry, 1874 KY - 1884. Nora A. Curry, 1876 KY - 1878 KY Edward Underwood Curry, 1879 KY - 1959 TX. Find A Grave 113083195 Ezra Roscoe Curry, 1886 KY - 1935 TX. Find A Grave 100481545 In 1880, his parents Thomas and Elizabeth Curry lived in Green County, Kentucky, with his brothers Isham, Everette, "Coalman," Linsay and Edward W. In 1900, "Horace" (Harris) Curry, age 10, born in Texas in October 1889, lived with his parents Thomas and Mary Curry, and brothers Edward and Ezra in Howe, Grayson County, Texas. Harris entered the U.S. Army on 10 December 1917. As a private in the 20th Engineers, Company D, he sailed aboard the troopship SS "Tuscania" on 24 January 1918. On 5 February 1918, the "Tuscania" was torpedoed and sunk in the North Channel between Scotland and Ireland by German submarine UB-77 with the loss of 215 American soldiers. Harris returned from World War I aboard the "Santa Paula" in May 1919. He had listed his brother Ezra R. Curry as his next-of-kin while on "Tuscania" and his sister-in-law Mrs. Effie Curry (Ezra's wife) on his return voyage. Harris's military serial number was 250,289. On 5 October 1936, Harris married Alma Glazener Grandy Sawyer in Los Angeles County, California. She had been married to Quinnie Tillman Grandy (1886-1918) with whom she had a son, John Earle Grandy (1908-1981). In 1940, Harris Curry, age 50, born Texas, a mess attendant at the Veterans Hospital, lived with Alma in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
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- Isham Greene Curry 1867–1950
- Joseph Everette Curry 1870–1936
- Coleman Carter Curry 1872–1919
- Edward Underwood Curry 1879–1959
- Ezra Roscoe "E.R." Curry 1886–1935
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