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Descendants of Father '1st Gen' McBrayer

49. KATHERINE⁴ MCBRAYER (ANDREW³, JAMES², FATHER '1ST GEN'¹)⁴⁴ was born February 24, 1825 in KY, and died April 29, 1856. She married JAMES PENDLETON GARVEY November 11, 1852 in Anderson Co., KY.

Notes for KATHERINE MCBRAYER:
She is buried in the McBrayer Cem. near Lawrencburg, KY.

More About JAMES GARVEY and KATHERINE MCBRAYER:
Death of one spouse: April 29, 1856
Marriage: November 11, 1852, Anderson Co., KY

Children of KATHERINE MCBRAYER and JAMES GARVEY are:

	i.		WILLIAM SANFORD⁵ GARVEY, b. 1853, KY; d. 1923; m. ALICE BAILEY.
214.	ii.		CLIFFORD PENDLETON GARVEY, b. 1855; d. 1917.

50. FRANCES⁴ MCBRAYER (ANDREW³, JAMES², FATHER '1ST GEN'¹) was born March 02, 1827 in KY, and died October 28, 1851 in KY. She married DR. WILLIAM W. DEDMAN May 11, 1847 in Anderson Co., KY. He was born September 18, 1824.

Notes for FRANCES MCBRAYER:
She is buried in the McBrayer Cem. on Glenboro Road, 1 1/2 miles from Lawrenceburg, KY.

Notes for DR. WILLIAM W. DEDMAN:
It is thought William was the brother of Dr. Dixon Deadman who married Frances' sister, Mary McBrayer.

More About WILLIAM DEDMAN and FRANCES MCBRAYER:
Marriage: May 11, 1847, Anderson Co., KY

Child of FRANCES MCBRAYER and WILLIAM DEDMAN is:

ELIZABETH WALLACE⁵ DEDMAN, b. September 03, 1850; d. December 18, 1852.

Notes for ELIZABETH WALLACE DEDMAN:
One source give her birth as 8 Sep 1850.

51. ELIZABETH ANN⁴ MCBRAYER (ANDREW³, JAMES², FATHER '1ST GEN'¹) was born November 14, 1834 in KY, and died July 27, 1889 in TX. She married JOHN THOMAS CURRY⁴⁵ January 17, 1861 in Sugar Grove, Anderson Co., KY ⁴⁶, son of JOHN CURREY and DELLA ?. He was born October 28, 1837 in Harrodsburg, KY ⁴⁷, and died December 1920.

Notes for ELIZABETH ANN MCBRAYER:
From the John T. Currey family Bible: Our darling Mother died July 27 1889. She was an earnest Christian and affectionate wife a loving Mother and a true friend to all. She has passed from a life of trouble to a life of happiness and rest.

Notes for JOHN THOMAS CURRY:
According to Melinda Dennis, Richardson, TX, both Elizabeth and John, along with five generations of this line, are buried in the Oakland Community Cemetery in Van Zandt Co., TX.

From Dawn A. Hyde: " John T. Curry served two terms in the Legislature from the state of Texas and two pictures of him hang in the State Capital Building in Austin, TX."

We are deeply appreciative to Melinda Dennis for her contribution of the many articles of documentation and the lineage of her family. (Sept 2003)

JOHN T. CURRY
Canton

Representative from the One Hundredth district, Van Zandt county, was born in Harrodsburg, Ky, October 28, 1837, at which place his parents located shortly after coming to America from England in 1835.
His father, Mr. John Currey, was a manufacturer of rope and bagging at Harrodsburg where he died in 1863; his mother, Mrs. Della Currey died at that place in 1866.
John T. Currey worked in his father's factory; married Miss Elizabeth McBrayer, in Anderson county, Ky., January 16, 1861, and began life on his own account as a farmer; merchandised at Danville, Ky., from 1865 to 1875, and since that time has been exclusively engaged in farming, first in Kentucky and later in Van Zandt county, Texas, to which county he moved in 1879.
Eight children have been born to him, six of whom are now living and reside in Van Zandt county.
Mr. Currey is a member of the M.E. Church, South, and Masonic fraternity.
He has attended various local and state Democratic conventions and has canvassed his district and delivered speeches in adjoining counties in the interest of Democracy on many occasions.
He was elected from Van Zandt county (then the Eighth district) to ao and served in the House of the Twentieth, Twenty-second and Twenty-third Legislatures and in 1896 was elected to his present seat in the Twenty fifth Legislature. The state having been redistricted, Van Zandt county is now the One Hundredth Representative district.
He is Chairman of the Committee on Revenue and Taxation and a member of the following committees:
Internal Improvements, Finance, Roads, Bridges and Ferries and Irrigation.
He believes in as economical an administration of the state government as is consistent with the efficiency of the public service; the establishment of state banks on a specie redemption basis, and the passage of laws to more thotoughly equip the public schools with charts, maps, globes, and other apparatus needed in imparting instruction.
(* Copied from a book in the holding of the Texas State Archives - copy provided by Melinda Dennis - 2003)

More About JOHN THOMAS CURRY:
Name 2: John T. Currey
Date born 2: of Mercer Co., KY

More About JOHN CURRY and ELIZABETH MCBRAYER:
Marriage 1: January 17, 1861, Sugar Grove, Anderson Co., KY ⁴⁸
Marriage 2: January 16, 1861, Anderson Co., KY ⁴⁹

Children of ELIZABETH MCBRAYER and JOHN CURRY are:

215.	i.	MARIE JANE 'MATTIE'⁵ CURRY, b. January 11, 1862, Anderson Co., KY.
216.	ii.	SARAH D. 'SALLY' CURRY, b. September 12, 1863, Anderson Co., KY.
	iii.	MARY KATE CURREY, b. June 24, 1865, Anderson Co., KY; d. April 13, 1870.
	iv.	JOHN WILLIAM CURRY, b. June 18, 1867, Danville,Boyle Co., KY; m. AMANDA P. TYLER, December 10, 1887, Van Zandt Co., TX⁴⁹.

Notes for JOHN WILLIAM CURRY:
They had 6 children in 1926.

More About JOHN CURRY and AMANDA TYLER:
Marriage: December 10, 1887, Van Zandt Co., TX⁴⁹

SANFORD MCBRAYER CURRY, b. March 05, 1869, Danville, KY; m. ANNA KENNEDY, February 20, 1890, Oakland, Van Zandt Co., TX⁴⁹.

Notes for SANFORD MCBRAYER CURRY:
They had issue 10 children.

More About SANFORD CURRY and ANNA KENNEDY:
Marriage 1: February 20, 1890, Oakland, Van Zandt Co., TX⁴⁹
Marriage 2: February 08, 1890

217.	vi.		ELIZABETH WALLACE 'LIZZIE' CURRY, b. November 18, 1870, Danville, KY.
	vii.		WILLIAM MCBRAYER CURRY, b. February 21, 1874, Mercer Co, KY; d. July 24, 1889, Van Zandt Co., TX.

More About WILLIAM MCBRAYER CURRY:
Date born 2: Danville, KY⁴⁹

viii.

CHARLES MORTIMER CURRY, b. June 25, 1876, Mercer Co, KY; d. Aft. 1926; m. LIZZIE HAMBLEN, May 25, 1895.

Notes for CHARLES MORTIMER CURRY:
They had 10 children living in in 1926. (pg 71, " McBrayer Genealogy" - 1926)

More About CHARLES CURRY and LIZZIE HAMBLEN:
Marriage: May 25, 1895

52. PRESTON⁴ MCBRAYER (JAMES³, JAMES², FATHER '1ST GEN'¹) was born 1799 in KY, and died 1839 in KY. He married (1) KEZIAH GALLOWAY. He married (2) MARY 'POLLY' HOLLIS October 19, 1835 in Anderson Co., KY.

More About PRESTON MCBRAYER and KEZIAH GALLOWAY:
Unknown-Ending: Bef. October 1835, KY ⁵⁰

Notes for MARY 'POLLY' HOLLIS:
Mary survived Preston and in 1849, according to a deed dated 6 Nov 1849, was the wife of ? Smithy.

More About PRESTON MCBRAYER and MARY HOLLIS:
Marriage: October 19, 1835, Anderson Co., KY

Children of PRESTON MCBRAYER and KEZIAH GALLOWAY are:

218.	i.	HUGH GALLOWAY⁵ MCBRAYER, b. January 30, 1828, Washington Co., KY; d. February 05, 1917, Shelby Co., KY.
219.	ii.	JOHN D. MCBRAYER, b. 1824, Anderson Co., KY; d. 1899, Atlanta, IL.
220.	iii.	ELIZABETH ANN MCBRAYER, b. KY.

53. ELIZABETH⁴ MCBRAYER (JAMES³, JAMES², FATHER '1ST GEN'¹) was born Abt. 1800 in KY. She married (1) JOSEPH B. JOHNSON. She married (2) GARLAND LANE November 1816 in Franklin Co., KY.

Marriage Notes for ELIZABETH MCBRAYER and GARLAND LANE:
      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT WE Garland Lane and James McBrayer are held firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky, in the sum of 100 pounds to the payment whereof well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, etc., jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals and dated this 18th day of Nov 1816.
      THE CONDITION of the above obligation is such that whereas a marriage is shortly intended to be solemnized between the above bound GARLAND LANE and BETSY MCBRAYER DAUGHTER OF JAS MCBRAYER of this county;
      Now, shall it always hereafter appear, that there is no just cause to obstruct the said marriage, then the above obligation to be void, else to remain in full force and virtue.
            /s/ Garland Lane /seal/
            /s/ James McBrayer /seal/
            Teste /s/ A.H. Rennick

More About GARLAND LANE and ELIZABETH MCBRAYER:
Marriage: November 1816, Franklin Co., KY

Child of ELIZABETH MCBRAYER and GARLAND LANE is:

221.

PERMELIA⁵ LANE.

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