CS Con Curry, Jabez Lamar Monroe - C.S. Congressman, AL

Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry

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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
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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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