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Martha Jane Curry 1828 – 1901 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1828

Birth Location: Augusta Co., VA.

Death Date: 20 February 1901

Death Location: Buried at Churchville, Augusta County, Virginia

Father: Reuben Curry

Mother: Sarah Fifer

Spouse(s): Christian Bear

Children(s): Floid Bear, Mildred Bear, Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Bear, Laura Bear, Louiza Bear, Martha Bear

Martha Jane Curry was born in 1828 in Augusta Co., VA., the child of Reuben Curry and Sarah Prudence Fifer. Martha Jane Curry married Christian Alexander Bear, and had children including Floid Bear, Mildred Rachel Bear, Elizabeth Prudence "Bettie" Bear, Sarah Bear, Laura M. Bear, Louiza Bear, Martha Crawford "Mattie" Bear. Martha Jane Curry passed away in 1901 in Buried at Churchville, Augusta County, Virginia.

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Biography

  • Martha Jane Curry was born in 1828 in Augusta Co., VA., the child of Reuben Curry and Sarah Prudence Fifer.
  • Martha Jane Curry married Christian Alexander Bear, and had children including Floid Bear, Mildred Rachel Bear, Elizabeth Prudence "Bettie" Bear, Sarah Bear, Laura M. Bear, Louiza Bear, Martha Crawford "Mattie" Bear.
  • Martha Jane Curry passed away in 1901 in Buried at Churchville, Augusta County, Virginia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Reuben Curry
1789 – 1840
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
RC
Sarah Fifer
1806 – 1880
Birth Location: Barbour, West Virginia, USA
SF

Spouses(s)

Christian Bear
1830 – 1902
Birth Location: Buffalo Gap, Augusta, Virginia
CB

Children(s)

Floid Bear
1855 – 1858
Birth Location: Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America
FB
Mildred Bear
1858 – 1922
Birth Location: Valley Mills, Augusta County, Virginia, United States
MB
Elizabeth Bear
1860 – 1941
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
EB
Sarah Bear
1863 –
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
SB
Laura Bear
1865 – 1939
Birth Location: Virginia
LB
Louiza Bear
1866 –
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
LB
Martha Bear
1868 – 1915
Birth Location: Churchville, Augusta Co., Va
MB

Martha Curry's Ancestors

Self
Martha Curry
1828 – 1901
Birth Place: Augusta Co., VA.
Parents
Reuben Curry
1789 – 1840
Virginia, USA
Sarah (Prudence) Fifer
1806 – 1880
Barbour, West Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Harry (A Bear Curry (1\4 Mohican or Monacan) AKA Isass) Fortenberry
1762 – 1863
Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States
Mary ("Betsy") Currie
1760 – 1842
Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States
George (Washington) Fifer
1770 – 1851
Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary (Polly) Conate
1773 – 1816
Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Capt. Curry
1728 – 1813
Eliza Davis
1750 – 1812
Capt. Curry
1728 – 1813
Eliza Davis
1750 – 1812
George Fifer
1753 – 1838
Agnes Shirey
1749 – 1814
John Conate
1750 – 1820
Betty
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Antoine Curis\Curry
1700 – 1760
Nicole TONNELIER
1699 – 1752
Antoine Curis\Curry
1700 – 1760
Nicole TONNELIER
1699 – 1752
Cornelius Fifer
1727 – 1790
Susan Lindsay
1730 – 1800
John Shirey
1730 – 1797
Sibilla Steenhoven
1730 – 1822

Martha Curry's Descendants

1.
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Martha (Jane) Curry (1828 – 20 February 1901) m. Christian (Alexander) Bear (15 Aug 1830 – 19 Jan 1902)
  1. 1. Floid Bear (18 December 1855 – 7 April 1858)
  2. 2. Mildred (Rachel) Bear (30 Jun 1858 – 11 AUG 1922)
  3. 3. Elizabeth (Prudence "Bettie") Bear (Jul 1860 – 22 Dec 1941) m. Franklin (Pierce) Miller (1857 – 25 Apr 1915)
    1. 1. Mamie (Dunlap) Miller (Sep 1883 – 4 Jan 1959) m. Furr
    2. 2. Christian (Alexander) Miller (Mar 1885 – 27 May 1966) m. Claribel (Lea) Marshall (10 June 1899 – 15 March 1995)
      1. 1. June (Marshall) Ferguson (9 June 1916 – 4 July 2008)
    3. 3. Grace (Bear) Miller (19 APR 1887 – 30 Jun 1910)
      1. 1. Robert (Franklin) Walton (8 Sep 1915 – 26 Jul 1966)
        1. 1. Barbara Grace
    4. 4. Harvey (Henderson) Miller (9 February 1890 – 2 Aug 1968) m. Mary (Jane) O'Dell (abt 1896 – 1948) m. Susie (Haley) Carter (29 July 1903 – 7 August 1984)
      1. 1. Mary (Helen) Miller (26 May 1915 – 26 Dec 1972) m. Christian Gaupp
        1. 1. Frederick (B.) Gaupp (1935 – ) m. Brenda (Marie) Dressier
      2. 2. James (Wendell) Miller (23 Jul 1917 – 28 Jun 1996)
      3. 3. Harry (Howard) Miller (abt 1917 – 28 Jun 1996) m. Grace (Golda Hopkins) (Underwood?) (3 Oct 1918 – 4 January 2011)
        1. 1. Linda (Lou) Miller (11 Aug 1949 – 19 Apr 2000) m. William Schumacher (15 October 1947 – 30 July 2020)
        2. 2. Mark (James) Miller (02 1957 – 14 Apr 1988)
        3. 3. Jodi McKee
        4. 4. Barry (E) Miller m. Ave (M) Noll
      4. 4. Melba (Oriole (Odell) Miller) Lilly (abt 1917 – Apr 1985) m. Jay (Victor) Lilly (28 February 1914 – 27 December 2004)
        1. 1. Roger (Victor) Lilly (abt 1938 – 14 Jul 2011) m. Judith (Kaye) Lowe (5 May 1939 – 9 Jul 2008) m. Roberta (Grace) Spinks (abt 1939 – ) m. Christina Lilly m. Shahla
        2. 2. Mary (Caroline) Lilly
        3. 3. Lois Butti
        4. 4. Sarah Swilley
        5. 5. Rhoda Mosaffa
      5. 5. Nellie (Virginia) Miller (17 Nov 1920 – 2 Oct 2000) m. Samuel (Arthur) Boatman (13 April 1917 – 18 November 1954)
        1. 1. Frances (Carolyn) Boatman (15 Nov 1939 – 12 Dec 2014) m. James (Roger) Barber (19 Feb 1936 – 16 Aug 2005)
        2. 2. Mary (Beatrice) Boatman (1 Sep 1942 – 26 Jun 2018) m. Arnold (Erik) Johnson (14 Apr 1940 – )
      6. 6. Margaret (Louise) Miller (25 Dec 1922 – 2 Oct 2008) m. Col. (Beryl Leon) Boatman** (abt 1922 – 06 Oct 1983)
        1. 1. Ronald (Leon) Boatman (1 Jun 1943 – 17 Jun 2003) m. Anna (Mae) Boatman (21 January 1938 – 28 December 2019)
        2. 2. Sam Boatman (19 Jul 1956 – )
        3. 3. Michelle Boatman m. Branch
      7. 7. Betty (Jane) Miller (28 Apr 1926 – 27 Apr 1990) m. Melvin (S) Wise (16 Mar 1911 – 10 Jul 1998)
        1. 1. Randy (W) Wise (abt 1946 – )
      8. 8. Marshall (Earl) Miller (18 Dec 1927 – 10 May 1999) m. Muriel (Fern) Smock (26 May 1930 – 15 Feb 2015)
        1. 1. Bradrord (Degory) Miller (26 Nov 1961 – 10 Aug 1987)
        2. 2. Kedron (C) Miller (abt 1964 – )
      9. 9. George (McRae) Miller (19 April 1930 – 3 October 1931)
      10. 10. William (Rae) Miller (abt 1934 – 19 Mar 2013) m. Shirley (Ann) Cox (abt 1934 – )
        1. 1. Anita (Jane) Miller
        2. 2. Eric Miller
        3. 3. De (Anne Miller) Grove
      11. 11. James (Wendell) Miller (14 Apr 1936 – 21 Aug 2002) m. Sylvia (Ruth) Miller
        1. 1. Mark (James) Miller (20 Feb 1957 – 14 Apr 1988)
        2. 2. James (Eric) Miller
        3. 3. Julie Miller
      12. 12. Thomas (Clark) Miller (21 Feb 1939 – 7 Apr 2022) m. Anna (Marie) Vandall (18 Nov 1942 – )
        1. 1. Robin Miller m. Lee
        2. 2. Tina (Marie) Miller
    5. 5. Margaret (Mildred) Miller (Apr 1891 – 8 Dec 1976) m. James (Knieriem) Rishel (abt 1899 – 8 Oct 1984)
      1. 1. James (Philip) Rishel (21 May 1926 – 21 May 1926)
      2. 2. Donald (Knieriem) Rishel (abt 1928 – 21 Jan 2006)
    6. 6. Zada (Oriole) Miller (6 Jun 1893 – 3 Mar 1944) m. George Miller (abt 1890 – )
    7. 7. Marshall (l David) Miller (10 Oct 1895 – 1920)
    8. 8. John (Skinner) Miller (1898 – ) m. Hattie (Augusta) Ogden (abt 1906 – )
    9. 9. James (Henry Clement) Miller (1901 – 13 Oct 1992)
      1. 1. Garnet (May) Wood (10 February 1931 – 11 July 2023)
        1. 1. James (Alexander) Wood (17 Mar 1951 – )
    10. 10. Holmes (Ralston Miller) * (10 Mar 1905 – 4 Dec 1974) m. Louise (Virginia) Donald (18 DEC 1906 – 22 Jul 1976)
      1. 1. Robin (Pierce) Miller (25 Jan 1930 – 13 Sep 2010) m. Sara (Frances) Epperson (24 February 1936 – 11 February 2019)
        1. 1. James (Donald) Miller (abt 1961 – ) m. Pamela (Bridget) Patterson (abt 1959 – )
        2. 2. Samuel Miller
  4. 4. Sarah Bear (abt 1863 – )
  5. 5. Laura (M.) Bear (15 May 1865 – 15 June 1939)
  6. 6. Louiza Bear (1866 – )
  7. 7. Martha (Crawford "Mattie") Bear (1 Aug 1868 – 16 Dec 1915)

Martha Curry's Timeline

13 Records

1825
11 Nov 1825
Birth of Martha Jane Curry in Augusta, Virginia, USA
Augusta, Virginia, USA
1825
11 NOV 1825
Birth of Martha Jane Curry in Virginia, United States
Virginia, United States
1828
1828
Birth of Martha Jane Curry in Augusta Co., VA.
Augusta Co., VA.
1850
1850
Age 22
Martha Jane Curry resided here in District 2, Augusta, Virginia, USA
District 2, Augusta, Virginia, USA
1860
1860
Age 32
Martha Jane Curry resided here in North Subdivision, Augusta, Virginia, USA
North Subdivision, Augusta, Virginia, USA
1860
1860
Age 32
Martha Jane Curry resided here in North Subdivision, Burkes Mill, Augusta, Virginia, USA
North Subdivision, Burkes Mill, Augusta, Virginia, USA
1870
1870
Age 42
Martha Jane Curry resided here in District 6, Craigsville, Augusta, Virginia, USA
District 6, Craigsville, Augusta, Virginia, USA
1870
1870
Age 42
Martha Jane Curry resided here in Pastures, Augusta, Virginia, USA
Pastures, Augusta, Virginia, USA
1880
1880
Age 52
Martha Jane Curry resided here in Pastures, Augusta, Virginia, USA
Pastures, Augusta, Virginia, USA
1900
1900
Age 72
Martha Jane Curry resided here in Pastures, Augusta, Virginia, USA
Pastures, Augusta, Virginia, USA
1901
20 FEB 1901
Age 73
Death of Martha Jane Curry in Virginia
Virginia
1901
20 February 1901
Age 73
Death of Martha Jane Curry in Buried at Churchville, Augusta County, Virginia
Buried at Churchville, Augusta County, Virginia
1909
20 February 1909
Age 81
Death of Martha Jane Curry in Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA
Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Nov 1825
    Event Place: Augusta, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1880 United States Federal Census
    [2] 1870 United States Federal Census
    [3] 1900 United States Federal Census
    [4] 1860 United States Federal Census
    [5] 1850 United States Federal Census
    [6] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
    [7] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 NOV 1825
    Event Place: Virginia, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 6, Augusta, Virginia; Roll: M593_1634; Page: 143A
    [2] 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: North Subdivision, Augusta, Virginia; Roll: M653_1333; Page: 947; Family History

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1828
    Event Place: Augusta Co., VA.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: District 2, Augusta, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: North Subdivision, Augusta, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: North Subdivision, Burkes Mill, Augusta, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: North Subdivision, Augusta, Virginia; Roll: M653_1333; Page: 947; Family History

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: District 6, Craigsville, Augusta, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 6, Augusta, Virginia; Roll: M593_1634; Page: 143A

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Pastures, Augusta, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Pastures, Augusta, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Pastures, Augusta, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 February 1909
    Event Place: Churchville, Augusta, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 FEB 1901
    Event Place: Virginia

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 February 1901
    Event Place: Buried at Churchville, Augusta County, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Churchville, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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