Margaret Mims CURRY

     Margaret Mims CURRY was born on 12 March 1852 in Talladega County, Alabama.¹ She was also known as Margie.

Margaret Mims CURRY appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1870, in the household of James Creth BURT and Frances Anne GIBSON in Mardisville, Talladega County, Alabama.²

Margaret married Henry McKenzie BURT, son of James Creth BURT and Elizabeth BAIRD, on 12 December 1871 in the home of William Curry, Talladega, Alabama. Rev. Samuel Henderson performed the wedding service. Margie's uncle, J. L. M. Curry, was a noted politician whose statue is in the rotunda in the U. S. capitol. He owned the house (bought in 1886) in which Margie and Henry lived in Talladega.³

Margaret Mims CURRY died on 12 January 1905 in Talladega, Alabama, at age 52.⁴ She was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Talladega, Alabama.