Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry
Born: June 5, 1825
Birthplace: Lincoln County, Georgia
Father: Colonel William Curry Sr. 1793 – 1855
(Buried: Curry Family Cemetery at Curry Station, Curry, Alabama)
Mother: Mary Murray 1801 – 1875
(Buried: Curry Family Cemetery at Curry Station, Curry, Alabama)
1st Wife: Ann Alexander Bowie 1828 – 1865
(Buried: Marble Springs Church Cemetery, Talladega, Alabama)
2nd Wife: Marty Wortham Thomas Unknown – 1903(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Education:
1843: Graduated from University of Georgia
Attended Law School at Harvard University
Occupation before War:
1845: Attorney in Talladega, Alabama
1846: Served in Texas Rangers during Mexican War as Private
1847: Alabama State Representative
1853: Alabama State Representative
1855: Alabama State Representative
1856: Democratic Party Presidential Elector
1857 – 1861: United States Congressman from Alabama
1857 – 1859: Member of House State Department Expenditures Committee
1857 – 1859: Member of House Revolutionary Claims Committee
1859 – 1861: Member of House Naval Affairs Committee
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress
1862 – 1864: Confederate States Congressman from Alabama
Proposed President Davis command the army in person.
1862 – 1864: Chairman of House Commerce Committee
1862 – 1864: Member of House Elections Committee
1863: Unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to Confederate Congress
1863: Unsuccessful Candidate for Confederate States Senator
1864 – 1865: Lt. Colonel of 5th Alabama Cavalry Regiment
1865: Appointed Colonel of Military Court never got to fill position
1865: Paroled at Talladega, Alabama on May 16, 1865
Occupation after War:
Studied ministry and became a Baptist Minister
1866 – 1868: President of Howard College in Alabama
Professor at Richmond College in Richmond, Virginia
1881 – 1903: Agent for Peabody and Slater Funds to aide schools
1885 – 1889: United States Minister to Spain
Died: February 12, 1903
Place of Death: Asheville, North Carolina
Age at time of Death: 77 years old
Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
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