Prominent Men of West Virginia [p.748] WILLIAM HENRY CURRY. DR. W. H. CURRY was born in Baltimore county, Maryland. His father, Kean Curry, was of Scotch descent, and possessed in a large measure the strong, sturdy characteristics of the race. He was especially noted for his benevolence, unflinching loyalty to principle, insatiable love for books, and remarkable powers in debate. On his mother's side he is descended from the old Pennsylvania family of KOHLER, who were among the early German settlers of that State. She was a gentle, amiable woman, devoted to her family, and found her highest gratification in rearing and training their children—twelve in number—all of whom she lived to see reach man and womanhood, and settled in useful pursuits. Doctor Curry inherited little of the strong physical traits of his parents, being slight and frail from childhood. He early showed, however, a special fondness for study, and his parents indulged the bent of his mind as far as their means would allow and the nearest schools afford. These did not satisfy his thirst for knowledge, and at fifteen years of age he was working on neighboring farms to earn the means to continue his education. His savings were supplemented by some aid from his parents, and he was thus enabled to take a course of study in one of the best classical schools in Pennsylvania. At eighteen he began teaching, and continued to do so for several years, when failing health necessitated a change. He then began the study of medicine, at the University of Maryland, and graduated with great credit at the end of the prescribed course. The condition of his health was so impaired at this time that he gratefully accepted an offer in the Regular Army, with service on the frontier, and remained therein as Assistant Surgeon until the fall of 1866, when he resigned and entered upon private practice in the city of Baltimore. He continued to practice there until 1875, when his health again gave way and he was obliged to abandon his profession entirely.