Fifteenth Generation

5082. Charles Forrest Curry was born on 11 March 1858 in Naperville, DuPage Co., Illinois, USA. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Wisconsin, USA. He appeared in the census in 1880 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California, USA. Charles appeared in the census in 1910 in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, USA. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, USA. He died on 10 October 1930 at the age of 72 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Charles was buried in National Memorial Park, Falls Church, Fairfax Co., Virginia, USA. District of Columbia Deaths
Name: Charles Forrest Curry
Event Date: 10 Oct 1930
Event Place: District of Columbia
Address: N.J. Ave. & "C", SE
Gender: Male
Age: 72
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Member Congress
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Birthplace: Naperville, Illinois
Burial Date: 13 Oct 1930
Burial Place: Virginia
Cemetery: Abbey Mauseleum
Father's Name: William Henry Madrow Curry [Madrow is Madron]
Father's Birthplace: Rio Ruth, England. [Redruth, Cornwall, England.]
Mother's Name: Emma Jane Curry
Mother's Birthplace: Naperville, Illinois
Spouse's Name: Lilly Alice Curry
Reference ID: cn 330738 , GS Film Number: 2116109 , Digital Folder Number: 004025106 , Image Number: 2752
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He was originally entombed in the Abbey Mausoleum at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Find A Grave Memorial# 6724682
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Obituary
U.S. Congressman. He moved with his parents to Seattle, Washington, 1872 and thence to San Francisco, California, in 1873. There he became successful in the cattle, lumber and mining businesses and was a member of the California State Assembly, (1887-88). He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1888, was superintendent of Station B post office, San Francisco, (1890-94) and clerk of San Francisco City and County, (1894-98). He also was California State Secretary, (1899-1910), building and loan commissioner of California in 1911 and a representative to the Panama Pacific International Exposition for the Pacific Coast and Intermountain States, in 1911. In 1913, he was elected as a Republican, to the Sixty-third Congress and to the eight succeeding Congresses, serving until his death at age 72.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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United States Census, 1920
Name: Charles Forrest Curry
Event Place: Sacramento Assembly District 15, Sacramento, California
Gender: Male
Age: 61
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Own or Rent: Rent
Birth Year (Estimated): 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 7
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Charles Forrest Curry Head M 61 Illinois
Florence Curry Dau F 27 California
Charles F Curry Jr. Son M 26 California
Annie M Peterson Sister F 46 Wisconsin
Emmet J Peterson Nephew M 20 California
Gladys Morgan Boarder F 25 California
Alice Morgan Boarder F 19 California
Rowenia Belden Servant F 17 California

Charles Forrest Curry and Lillie Alice Sipperly were married on 5 October 1891 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California, USA. Lillie Alice Sipperly, daughter of Friederich Willem Sipperly and Sarah Ann Thompson, was born on 1 March 1864 in Thompsons Flat, Butte Co., California, USA. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Red Bluff, Tehama Co., California, USA. She died on 28 October 1898 at the age of 34 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California, USA. United States Census, 1880
Name: Florence Sipperly
Event Place: Red Bluff, Tehama, California
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Occupation: At Home
Relationship to Head of Household: Stepdaughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1860
Birthplace: California
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: England
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 480
Person Number: 2
Volume: 1
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Bickford Hutchison Self M 70 New Hampshire
Sarah Hutchison Wife F 45 New York
Florence Sipperly Stepdau F 20 California
Lillie Sipperly Stepdau F 16 California

Charles Forrest Curry and Lillie Alice Sipperly had the following children:

7691	i.	Florence Alice Curry was born on 17 August 1892 in Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., Wisconsin, USA. She was christened on 20 April 1898 in Lake Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., Wisconsin, USA. She appeared in the census in 1910 in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, USA. Florence appeared in the census in 1920 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California, USA. She died on 8 March 1976 at the age of 83 in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, USA. Wisconsin, Births and Christenings Name: Florence Alice Curry Gender: Female Christening Date: 20 Apr 1898 Christening Place: Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Birth Date: 17 Aug 1892 Birthplace: Lake Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Father's Name: Charles Forest Curry Mother's Name: Lillie Alice Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C53078-1 , System Origin: Wisconsin-ODM , GS Film number: 1316553 ----- California Death Index Name: Florence A Curry Event Date: 08 Mar 1976 Event Place: Sacramento, California Birth Date: 17 Aug 1892 Birthplace: California Gender: Female
7692	ii.	Charles Forest Curry was born on 13 August 1893 in Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., Wisconsin, USA. He was christened on 20 April 1898 in Lake Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., Wisconsin, USA. He appeared in the census in 1910 in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, USA. Charles appeared in the census in 1920 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California, USA. He died on 7 October 1972 at the age of 79 in Long Beach, Los Angeles, Co., California, USA. He was buried in Westminster Memorial Park, Westminster, Orange Co., California, USA. Wisconsin, Births and Christenings Name: Charles Forest Curry Gender: Male Christening Date: 20 Apr 1898 Christening Place: Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Birth Date: 13 Aug 1893 Birthplace: Lake Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Father's Name: Charles Forest Curry Mother's Name: Lillie Alice Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C53078-1 , System Origin: Wisconsin-EASy , GS Film number: 1316553 , Reference ID: 2:1V2P59M ----- Find a Grave Memorial ID 7099163 ----- Obituary U.S. Congressman. He attended George Washington University, Georgetown University School of Law, Washington, D.C. and was secretary to his father, US Congressman Charles F. Curry, (1913-17). During World War I, he served overseas as a Second Lieutenant in the Aviation Section, Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps, US Army. After the war, he was admitted to the bar in 1921 and was clerk to the Committee on the Territories, House of Representatives, (1919-30). In 1931, he was elected as a Republican as a write-in candidate to the Seventy-second Congress, serving until 1933. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he returned to California, engaged in the practice of law, mining and other business enterprises, until his death at age 79. Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith