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  • Name Curry, Thomas 
    Born 27 Oct 1856  Plymouth County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    Moved To Jul 1857  Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Occupation Between 1872 and 1925  [10, 11] 
    a printer and publisher 
    • This biographical sketch was published in 1915 in History of Northwest Missouri, edited by Walter Williams.

           TOM CURRY. One of the oldest newspapers in Northwest Missouri is the Holt County Sentinel, which was established in 1865, and which has been publishing the news, carrying the local advertising, and doing an excellent service in boosting for the welfare of that county for nearly half a century.
           The proprietors are the firm of Dobyns & Curry, and the junior member, Tom Curry, is one of the veterans of Missouri journalism.
           A descendant of Revolutionary stock, Tom Curry was born in Plymouth County, Iowa, October 27, 1856, and has the distinction of being the first white child born in that county. His parents were James Barnes and Mary (Philbrick) Curry. James Barnes Curry was a grandson of Dr. Thomas Curry of Crawfordsville, Indiana, who in turn was a son of Hiram Mirick Curry, who was with General Washington at Valley Forge and a number of years later served also as a soldier in the War of 1812. Tom Curry through his mother is of Danish lineage, being descended from Providenze Montz, who emigrated to this country and settled in Beesontown, Virginia, during the Indian wars.
           Tom Curry was brought to Holt County, Missouri, in July 1857, and with the exception of a brief absence for experience on a metropolitan newspaper that county has been his home ever since. When seventeen years old he began learning the printer's trade as an apprentice on the Missouri Valley Times, when Hasness & Kaucher were its editors and publishers. He also was employed on the old Holt County Press. In 1883 Mr. Curry became a partner of D. P. Dobyns on the Holt County Sentinel, the firm name being changed to Dobyns & Curry the same year, and that title has now existed for more than thirty years. For ten years, from 1897 to 1907, Mr. Curry served as postmaster of Oregon.
           On February 18, 1885, Mr. Curry and Wilhelmina Fiegenbaum were united in marriage, and they have become the parents of two children: Will R. and Anna Helen, the latter now the wife of Johnson J. Rayhill of Milo, Missouri. Mrs. Curry is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Henry Fiegenbaum of St. Joseph, Missouri, her father having been a pioneer minister of the German M. E. Church.
    Occupation Between 1897 and 1907  Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    the postmaster 
    Died 18 Nov 1925  Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17] 

    • The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mr. Tom Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 20 November 1925, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.

      The citizens of Oregon learned with much sorrow early on Wednesday morning, 18 November 1925, that Mr. Tom Curry, publisher of The Sentinel, had died about 3:45 o'clock that morning. While Mr. Curry had been in failing health for many years, and especially in most recent months, he had a most remarkable constitution, and remained active in business affairs up to the time of his death. He had been at the office the greater part of the preceding day, and about 8 o'clock that evening had gone to the office on a little business. He returned to his home after a few minutes and about 1:30 o'clock Wednesday morning became ill, and passed away while sitting in his chair, about 3:45 o'clock. Death was the result of heart trouble, from which he had been a patient sufferer for many years. It was indeed a shock to his good wife, who was alone with him at the time. For many years Mr. Curry had suffered from kidney trouble, but he possessed such a wonderful constitution that he carried on his business affairs. Since the death of the late D. P. Dobyns, which occurred 3 July 1924, Mr. Curry had been the sole proprietor of The Sentinel, and it was ever his ambition to maintain it as one of the leading weeklies of the state. Mr. Curry became associated with The Sentinel in August 1883, when he and Mr. Dobyns purchased the paper from W. W. Davenport, and this partnership continued until terminated by the death of Mr. Dobyns. For forty-two consecutive years Mr. Curry has been actively engaged in the production of The Sentinel, having had the management during most of these years, and as a result he had a wide acquaintance throughout Northwest Missouri, and in fact throughout the whole state. It is doubtful if any one man had a bigger acquaintance in the county than he, and he possessed the faculty of making friends of all with whom he came in contact. On 18 February 1885, Mr. Curry and Miss Wilhelmina Fiegenbaum were united in marriage, and during all these years Mrs. Curry has been a most valuable aid to him in his business affairs. Besides the widow, he is survived by one son, Will R. Curry of the Indianapolis, Indiana Star; and Mrs. J. J. Rayhill of Stanberry, Missouri; four grandchildren, and two brothers, Autumn Curry, cashier of the Zook & Roecker Bank in Oregon and Mont Curry of Kansas City. Mr. Curry was born in Plymouth County, Iowa 27 October 1856, being the first white child born in that county. When a child of but two years, his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Curry, removed to Oregon, where he attended our schools and when seventeen years of age began to learn the printing business, being an apprentice of the Missouri Valley Times, when Harness & Kaucher were editors and publishers. He also worked on the old Holt County Press, and a short time he spent in the employ of metropolitan papers, and in 1883 began his connection with The Sentinel. For ten years, 1897-1907, Mr. Curry served as postmaster of Oregon. Funeral services will be conducted from the Oregon M. E. Church, Friday afternoon, 20 November at 2 o'clock, with interment in Maple Grove Cemetery. A complete obituary will be published next week.

      The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mr. Tom Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 27 November 1925, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.

      The funeral service for Tom Curry was held at the Methodist Church in Oregon on Friday afternoon, 20 November. The wonderful hold he had upon the affections of this community was evidenced by the numbers that came out to pay a last tribute to their friend and neighbor, and by the wealth of flowers piled up and about his casket. Every minister in the community participated in the services. Each in turn spoke of the warm sympathy and support he had received from him who had so long been connected with The Holt County Sentinel. Each one spoke of his great heart, his broad sympathies, his democratic fellowship and his ideal home life. The ministers participating in the service were: Rev. Kenneth R. Anderson of the Presbyterian Church; Rev. E. E. Sparks of the Methodist Church; Rev. G. W. Hawley of the Evangelical church; Rev. L. J. Hessel of the German Methodist Church and Rev. T. D. Roberts, a retired Presbyterian minister. Rev. James H. Thompson, pastor of the Methodist Church at Burlington Junction, and formerly pastor of the church in Oregon, delivered the funeral address. It was not a sermon. Out of the fullness of his heart Rev. Mr. Thompson spoke of his long association with Mr. Curry, of the deep and abiding friendship that had grown up between them, of Mr. Curry's contributions to the upbuilding of the community, and of his unselfish life. Rev. Thompson took for his text the story of David and Jonathan, quoting the passage where Jonathan takes leave of the departing David: "And Jonathan said unto David, Tomorrow is the new moon; and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty. We shall meet often times, but the seat of this beloved brother will be empty," spoke the speaker, "but the influence of his kindly life, his example as a home builder and a home maker, his work as a member of this community, will live on to inspire others. The cold earth will soon hide his mortal remains from our view, but nothing can obscure our vision of him as memory recalls his every day life and work." It was indeed a message of comfort to the bereaved and a deserved tribute to the good man gone before. Miss Agnes Neudorff of St. Joseph, accompanied by Mrs. Fred P. Cook of Mound City, at the piano sang "Lead, Kindly Light," "One Sweetly Solemn Thought" and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere," her rich soprano voice, tender and subdued, thrilling the hearts of the mourning listeners. The active pallbearers were: Robert A. Jackson, W. H. Alkire, Charles W. Glenn, Leonard Botkin, D. B. Kinkel and Will L. Moore. The honorary pallbearers were: Dr. C. L. Evans, Henry C. Cook, Richard T. Dobyns, Morton Dobyns, L. R. Bagby of Craig, George A. Conway of Bigelow, T. C. Byrne of Omaha, Jesse C. Fitts of Kansas City, Will M. Maupin of Omaha, E. L. McDonald of St. Joseph, Ed R. Dobyns of Marceline and Fred Neudorff of St. Joseph. Of the honorary pallbearers six had learned the printer's trade under Mr. Curry's tutorship. At the cemetery the burial service was read, a brief prayer offered and the casket, garlanded with flowers, was lowered into the tomb. Thus were the last sad rites concluded, thus the tribute of tears paid to a neighbor and friend. Tom Curry was born in Plymouth County, Iowa 27 October 1856. While yet an infant, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James B. Curry, moved to Oregon and here the baby grew to manhood, attended the public schools, learned the printer's trade, and for more than two score years was actively connected with the publication of The Holt County Sentinel. In 1883 he became associated with the late David P. Dobyns in the publication of this newspaper and that association continued until the death of Mr. Dobyns a little more than a year ago. For ten years, from 1897 to 1907, Tom Curry was postmaster at Oregon. Mr. Curry married Miss Wilhelmina Fiegenbaum at St. Joseph 18 February 1885. Two children were born to them, Anna, now Mrs. J. J. Rayhill and Will R. now employed on the Indianapolis, Indiana Star. These two, with the bereaved wife, survive him. Two brothers, Montz of Kansas City and Autumn of Oregon, also survive. Father and mother and two sisters, May and Emma, preceded him into the Great Beyond. Four granddaughters, daughters of Mrs. Rayhill, also mourn the death of a grandfather who idolized them.
    Buried 20 Nov 1925  Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22] 
    • The funeral service was held at the Methodist Church. Burial was in Lot-225 First Addition (Thatcher) in Maple Grove Cemetery
    Person ID I333  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 14 May 2016 

    Father Curry, James Barnes,   b. 10 Mar 1824, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1886, Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Philbrick, Mary Ellen,   b. 24 Sep 1830, Licking County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1916, Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 15 Oct 1855  Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 23, 24] 
    Family ID F1692  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Fiegenbaum, Christina Wilhelmina,   b. 30 Aug 1859, Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1929, Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 18 Feb 1885  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31] 
    • It appears that "Fr. Fiegenbaum" officiated at the marriage. This is probably Friedrich Wilhelm Fiegenbaum, Wilhelmina's uncle and a pastor in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
    Children 
     1. Curry, William R.,   b. 30 Nov 1885, Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1938, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
    +2. Curry, Anna Helen,   b. 28 Feb 1889, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1947, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F117  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). April 2007.
      Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #32831. For Tom Curry. Born 27 October 1856 in Plymouth County, Iowa. Father: James B. Curry, born in Indiana. Mother's maiden name: Mary Philbrick, born in Ohio.
            See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    2. [S193] A History of Northwest Missouri, edited by Walter Williams, (Chicago; New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1915), Volume 2, pages 1288-1289.
      Biography of Tom Curry.
           "A descendant of Revolutionary stock, Tom Curry was born in Plymouth County, Iowa, October 27, 1856, and has the distinction of being the first white child born in that county. His parents were James Barnes and Mary (Philbrick) Curry."

    3. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 53.
      Thomas Curry, child of James Curry and Mary Philbrick, was born on 27 October 1858 [sic] in Plymouth County, Iowa.

    4. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 54.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mr. Tom Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 20 November 1925, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "Mr. Curry was born in Plymouth County, Iowa 27 October 1856, being the first white child born in that county."

    5. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 54-55.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mr. Tom Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 27 November 1925, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "Tom Curry was born in Plymouth County, Iowa 27 October 1856."

    6. [S113] Web site, Our Family: Heartland Genealogy.
      By Marcia Philbrick. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcphilbrick/tmgw/heartland-p/). Tom Curry. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcphilbrick/tmgw/heartland-p/p22.htm#i1361). Updated on 30 December 2005. Accessed 18 December 2009.
           Tom Curry, child of James Barnes Curry and Mary Ellen Philbrick, was born 27 October 1856 in Plymouth County, Iowa.

    7. [S182] Find A Grave, Inc, Findagrave.com (https://www.findagrave.com in December 2017), Tom Curry. Memorial #35583394.
      ( http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35583394 ). Accessed in April 2016. Record created by "Cemetery Sexton" of Maple Grove Cemetery on 6 April 2009. Digital image of grave marker added by "Cynthia Kenny" on 2 February 2016. This is not a shared marker.
           Tom Curry was born on 27 October 1856 at Plymouth County, Iowa, USA and died on 18 November 1925 at Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA. Burial was in Lot-225 First Addition (Thatcher) in Maple Grove Cemetery at Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA.
           The Cemetery Sexton included information not shown on the grave marker: The place of birth: Plymouth County, Iowa, USA. Place of death: Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA.

    8. [S193] A History of Northwest Missouri, edited by Walter Williams, (Chicago; New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1915), Volume 2, pages 1288-1289.
      Biography of Tom Curry.
           "Tom Curry was brought to Holt County, Missouri, in July 1857, and with the exception of a brief absence for experience on a metropolitan newspaper that county has been his home ever since."

    9. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 54.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mr. Tom Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 20 November 1925, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "When a child of but two years, his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Curry, removed to Oregon, where he attended our schools...."

    10. [S193] A History of Northwest Missouri, edited by Walter Williams, (Chicago; New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1915), Volume 2, pages 1288-1289.
      Biography of Tom Curry.

    11. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 54.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mr. Tom Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 20 November 1925, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "...and when seventeen years of age began to learn the printing business, being an apprentice of the Missouri Valley Times, when Harness & Kaucher were editors and publishers."

    12. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 54.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mr. Tom Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 20 November 1925, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "For ten years, 1897-1907, Mr. Curry served as postmaster of Oregon."

    13. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). April 2007.
      Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #32831. For Tom Curry. Born 27 October 1856 in Plymouth County, Iowa. Father: James B. Curry, born in Indiana. Mother's maiden name: Mary Philbrick, born in Ohio. Died 4:25 a.m. on 18 November 1925, at Oregon, Holt County, Missouri at the age of 69 years, 21 days. He had lived in Holt, Missouri for 68 years. He was a self-employed editor of a newspaper. He was married at the time of death to Minnie Curry. Principal causes of death was "cerebral hemorrhage; arteriosclerosis." Contributory causes were "chronic interstitial nephritis and diabete mellitus." Burial was to be 20 November 1925 in Oregon, Missouri. The undertaker was Lester Pettijohn, of Oregon, Missiouri. Personal information was provided by Autumn Curry, of Oregon, Missouri. W. S. Wood, MD, of Oregon, Missouri, had attended the deceased from 18 November 1925 to 18 November 1925 and signed the certificate on 18 November 1925. Certificate filed with the local registrar on 18 November 1925.

    14. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 53.
      Thomas Curry died on 18 November 1925 at Oregon, Holt County, Missouri.

    15. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 54.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mr. Tom Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 20 November 1925, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.

    16. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 54-55.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mr. Tom Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 27 November 1925, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.

    17. [S113] Web site, Our Family: Heartland Genealogy.
      By Marcia Philbrick. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcphilbrick/tmgw/heartland-p/). Tom Curry. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcphilbrick/tmgw/heartland-p/p22.htm#i1361). Updated on 30 December 2005. Accessed 18 December 2009.
           Tom Curry died on 18 November 1925 at Oregon City [sic], Holt County, Missouri, at age 69.

    18. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). April 2007.
      Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #32831. For Tom Curry. Died 4:25 a.m. on 18 November 1925, at Oregon, Holt County, Missouri at the age of 69 years, 21 days. Burial was to be 20 November 1925 in Oregon, Missouri. The undertaker was Lester Pettijohn, of Oregon, Missiouri.
            See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    19. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 53-54.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mrs. Mina F. Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 29 November 1929, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "Mrs. Mina F. Curry, publisher of The Holt County Sentinel, died Friday 22 November 1929 at her home in Oregon, Missouri at the age of 70 years....Funeral services were held at the late home Sunday afternoon and burial was in Maple Grove Cemetery beside her husband, the late Tom Curry, who four years ago, on 18 November 1925, had preceded his wife in death."

    20. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 54.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mr. Tom Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 20 November 1925, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "Funeral services will be conducted from the Oregon M. E. Church, Friday afternoon, 20 November at 2 o'clock, with interment in Maple Grove Cemetery."

    21. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 54-55.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mr. Tom Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 27 November 1925, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "The funeral service for Tom Curry was held at the Methodist Church in Oregon on Friday afternoon, 20 November."

    22. [S113] Web site, Our Family: Heartland Genealogy.
      By Marcia Philbrick. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcphilbrick/tmgw/heartland-p/). Tom Curry. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcphilbrick/tmgw/heartland-p/p22.htm#i1361). Updated on 30 December 2005. Accessed 18 December 2009.
           Tom Curry was buried in Oregon City Cemetery, at Oregon City [sic], Holt County, Missouri (citing: "Eileen Derr, Gone Home: Directory of the Deceased and Items of History of Holt County, Missouri 1837-1981 (Marysville, MO: Holt County Missouri Historical Society, 1981);" "Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, Cemetery Records of Holt County, Missouri Volume I: Maple Grove -- Oregon, Mo. (Chillicothe, MO: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, unknown publish date);" "Photography, Tompstone, Oregon City Cemetery, Holt Co. MO read by Marcia Philbrick, 1998.").

    23. [S193] A History of Northwest Missouri, edited by Walter Williams, (Chicago; New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1915), Volume 2, pages 1288-1289.
      Biography of Tom Curry.
           "...Tom Curry was born in Plymouth County, Iowa, October 27, 1856.... His parents were James Barnes and Mary (Philbrick) Curry."

    24. [S113] Web site, Our Family: Heartland Genealogy.
      By Marcia Philbrick. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcphilbrick/tmgw/heartland-p/). James Barnes Curry. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcphilbrick/tmgw/heartland-p/p21.htm#i1347). Updated on 30 December 2005. Accessed 18 December 2009.
           James Barnes Curry and Mary Ellen Philbrick, were married on 15 October 1855 at Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana.

    25. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). April 2007.
      Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #36990. For Wilhemina Curry. Born 30 August 1859 in Galena, Illinois. She was widowed at the time of death; her husband had been Tom Curry.
            See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    26. [S193] A History of Northwest Missouri, edited by Walter Williams, (Chicago; New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1915), Volume 2, pages 1288-1289.
      Biography of Tom Curry.
           "On February 18, 1885, Mr. Curry and Wilhelmina Fiegenbaum were united in marriage, and they have become the parents of two children: Will R. and Anna Helen, the latter now the wife of Johnson J. Rayhill of Milo, Missouri. Mrs. Curry is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Henry Fiegenbaum of St. Joseph, Missouri, her father having been a pioneer minister of the German M. E. Church."

    27. [S181] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 in November 2017), Holt County marriage license; [17?] February 1885. Accessed July 2008.
      Bound copy of license; page 288. License for "Tom Curry," of Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, who was over the age of 21, and "Mina Fiegenbaum," of St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, who was over the age of 18. Recorded on [17?] February 1885 at Oregon [Holt County, Missouri].
           Certification that the undersigned "Fr. Fiegenbaum" did unite in marriage the above named persons at St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri on 18 February 1885. Signed by "Fr. Fiegenbaum." Filed with the county recorder on 26 February 188[6?].

    28. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 53.
      Thomas Curry and Wilhelmina (Minnie) Fiegenbaum were married 18 February 1885 at St.Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri.

    29. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 54.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mr. Tom Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 20 November 1925, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "On 18 February 1885, Mr. Curry and Miss Wilhelmina Fiegenbaum were united in marriage...."

    30. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 54-55.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mr. Tom Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 27 November 1925, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "Mr. Curry married Miss Wilhelmina Fiegenbaum at St. Joseph 18 February 1885."

    31. [S113] Web site, Our Family: Heartland Genealogy.
      By Marcia Philbrick. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcphilbrick/tmgw/heartland-p/). Tom Curry. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcphilbrick/tmgw/heartland-p/p22.htm#i1361). Updated on 30 December 2005. Accessed 18 December 2009.
           Tom Curry and Wilhelmina Fiegenbaum were on 18 February 1885 at St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri (citing: Walter William, ed., A History of Northwest Missouri, Vol. 2, page 1288; "Register of Marriages: Book 1, page 166.").


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