This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Curry Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/9638 Message Board Post: I am a volunteer researcher for the Texas Peace Officers Memorial.Dallas Morning News (14 Oct 1894) reports: "Convict Guard's Funeral. Rockdale, Milam Co., Tex. Oct 11 - The funeral of Mr. W.M. CURRY occurred yesterday afternoon at the city cemetery. Mr. CURRY was a young man and at the time of his death was a convict guard, and on Tuesday was killed by an accidental discharge of a shotgun loaded with buckshot near Burlington." I need some family information on CURRY, was the accident on or off duty, etc.