Yours of 15th Inst. To Dr. John H. Curry of this place was placed in my hands with a request to answer it as I had been acquainted with Dr. T. M. Curry since 1836, and was for a time a partner with him. I am glad that my old friends memory is to be preserved in book & by one so well qualified as yourself.

Dr. Curry was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Hiram Curry, a Baptist preacher who was a Chaplain in the Revolution, but who later in life became a Universalist. The date of Dr. Curry's birth cannot be definitely ascertained but at his death on the 2nd of March 1848, his nephew informs me, he was supposed to be 80 years old. He was in the regular Army for several years. He studied medicine and graduated in Philadelphia came to Kansas in 1818 and settled at Terre Haute and was married there to Miss Jane Barnes. He moved to Crawfordsville in 1823 and practiced medicine there till 1840 when he moved on a farm near Burlington, in Carroll County, Ind. where he died and was buried on his farm.

Dr. Curry was the father of eight children, one son and seven daughters, the son and three of the girls are dead.

In politics, he was an uncompromising Whig, and a great admirer of Gen. W. H. Harrison, with whom he was personally acquainted and any imputation on the character of his old friend was sure to be met with scathing invective. In religion, he was a Universalist and died in the faith. He was a man of remarkably kind and affectionate disposition towards the sick & to children. Notwithstanding he had a large family, he usually had two or three orphan children about him that he treated as his own.

He was a man of good education, successful practitioner, a good neighbor, somewhat eccentric, but rather a poor financier. He said to the writer that he was transferring the debts due him from the poor to his credit on the ledger above.

On one occasion, he was canvassing for the Legislature in company with his competition who made the opening speech and who made very many promises as to what he would do if elected. Dr. Curry replying said "his competition had made many promises, he had only one to make that was he would promise to have his per diem if elected" and said no more. He was elected.

He was familiarly known in Crawfordsville as "Dr. Blinkyeye" on account of some imperfection in one of his eyes causing him to squint in a strong light. It became necessary to remind his patrons of his pressing need for money, he had a wood cut made representing a man running through very tall grass followed closely by a large snake. Over this cut in large letters was announced that "Dr. Blinkyeye was snake bit" followed by a very pathetic appeal for silver plasters to neutralize the poison. Needless to say his friends promptly responded.

He was analytical in his mental methods, and being a close reader of men and books, he was most generally correct in his conclusions.

You have his legislative history, I think he held no other public positions.

I do not know the PO address of but one of his children to wit: Mrs. Amanda Waters, Russiaville, Howard County, Kansas.

I am indebted for most of the matter preceding 1836 to Dr. John H. Curry , a nephew of Dr. T. M. Curry.

I scarcely dare hope I have been successful in answering satisfactorily your request, but will trust it.