Photo of William Leontes Curry

William Leontes Curry

Captain Army Civil War

Army
Army
Captain
Captain
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Captain
Unit
1st OVC, Co. K
Conflict / Era
Civil War
Years of Service
12/30/1864
Date of Birth
06/25/1839
Date of Death
04/27/1927
Hometown
Jerome, OH
Burial Location
UNKNOWN
Monument Paver
No
Township (entering service)
Jerome
Township (current / at death)
UNKNOWN
School
UNKNOWN
Status
Prisoner of War
When
07/25/1862
Where
Courtland, AL
Record Authenticated
Yes

Biography

School: UNKNOWN. Brother of Otway Curry & grandson of Col. James Curry, Revolutionary War; mustered out on 12/30/1864 (service term expiration and by own account from injuries; thrown from a horse, 12/21/1864, Louisville, KY)

Source: Beers, p. 285+, Record 526; Ohio Vital Records; 1850 Federal Census; American Civil War Research Database: veteran photo obtained from from History of Jerome Township Union County, Ohio by W.L. Curry 1913