Hiram M. Curry

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Hiram M. Curry or Hiram M. Currey (* between 1750 and 1760; † after 1839 in Crawfordsville , Indiana ) was an American Baptist preacher and politician . His middle name is Merack, Merrick, Mirach, Mirick, Myrack, or Myrick, depending on the source.

Career

Hiram M. Curry was born in the Thirteen Colonies during the reign of King George II . Nothing is known about his youth. According to the census of 1783, he was living in Tyrone Township ( Pennsylvania ) at that time . It was then in Westmoreland County , but became part of that county with the creation of Fayette County in 1783. Today it is divided into the Lower Tyrone Township and the Upper Tyrone Township . He married Sarah Reagan around 1788. The couple had seven children: Sarah, Rebecca, Hiram M., Rachel (* 1789), Jane (* 1795), Thomas M. (* around 1796) and Providence Montz (* 1800).

According to the 1792 Tax List, they lived in Mason County, Kentucky . He was admitted to the ministry in Mays Lick, Kentucky in 1792 . In the following years he worked as a Baptist preacher and teacher at the first school in Mays Lick. According to the tax lists from that time, he owned 200 acres of land on the Stone Lick Stream near Bull Creek, Kentucky, between 1792 and 1801  , which he sold piece by piece over the years. During this time he represented his parishes twice at the Elkhorn Baptist Association, and on September 19, 1801 at a meeting of the Bracken Association in Stone Lick, Kentucky. In the following years he moved with his family to Ohio , where he worked as a pastor. On June 26, 1804, he performed a wedding in Adams County and on June 4, 1805 in Franklin County . He registered as a voter in Salem Township ( Champaign County ) in 1806 . He continued to work as a pastor.

From 1808 to 1811 he represented Champaign County in the Ohio Senate . During this time he was named a Worthy Master in his Masonic Lodge and authorized to hold meetings in Urbana, Ohio, and Springfield, Ohio, alternately in 1809 . On February 9, 1809 he was appointed trustee of Miami University in Oxford (Ohio) and appointed to the board of trustees of Miami University on February 17, 1809.

Under the 1810 Tax List, he owned 100 acres of land in Buck Creek, Ohio. His election to the Ohio Senate was successfully challenged by Alexander McBeth in 1810. On October 8, 1811 he became a voter in Union Township (Champaign County). He built a log home in 1812 on the opposite bank of Oldtown, Ohio on Stony Creek, about a mile and a half  south of Town De Graff, Ohio. Between 1812 and 1814 he was a member of the Harmony Lodge in Urabna (Ohio). During this time he was again a trustee of Miami University on March 14, 1812. From 1813 to 1814 and 1816 he represented Champaign County in the Ohio House of Representatives . He also taught again around 1816. According to the 1816-1821 tax records, he owned 170 acres of land in Buck Creek.

Curry was appointed Treasurer of State of Ohio in early 1817 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of William McFarland on January 3, 1817. When President James Monroe visited the Ohio capital, Columbus , he gave an adequate speech in August 1817. Treasurer of State of Ohio, he oversaw about 1818 together with the Auditor of State of Ohio Ralph Osborn and the Secretary of State of Ohio Jeremiah McLene improvement measures at the state prison in Ohio.

On April 12, 1819, he took part in the marriage of Rebecca Currey and Joseph Mark in Boone County, Kentucky.

Curry deposited $ 100,070 in the Franklin Bank of Columbus on September 17, 1819  . These funds were then confiscated by John L. Harper of the Bank of the United States at Chillicothe, Ohio. The seizure took place as a result of an injunction from CW Byrd, judge at the United States District Court , in and for the District of Ohio on November 22, 1819 in West Union (Ohio). In addition, Curry was asked to appear in court on November 23, 1819 in Chillicothe. Later he was supposed to report to the Ohio General Assembly on December 6, 1819 . Curry resigned from his post as Treasurer of State of Ohio in February 1820.

On August 30, 1821, he married Elizabeth Lane in Franklin County, Ohio. There were no children from the marriage.

They later moved to Indiana . There he led from 1828 to 1839 services in a school building in Sheffield Township ( Tippecanoe County ) with the members of the Universalist Church of America .

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SURNAME Curry, Hiram M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Currey, Hiram M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Baptist minister and politician
DATE OF BIRTH between 1750 and 1760
DATE OF DEATH after 1839
Place of death Crawfordsville , Indiana