Robert Brownlee Currey Explained

Robert Brownlee Currey
Birth Date:1774
Death Date:December 8, 1848
Death Place:Nashville, Tennessee
Nationality:American
Occupation:Politician
Spouse:Jane Gray Owen
Children:Richard Owen Currey
Algernon B. Currey
Robert B. Currey
William Hume Currey
Algernon S. Currey
Washington J. Currey
John Currey
Elizabeth Jane Currey

Robert Brownlee Currey (1774 - 1848) was an American Jeffersonian Republican politician.[1] [2] He served as the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, from 1822 to 1824.[1] [2] [3]

Early life

Currey was born in 1774.[1]

Career

Currey served as the first United States Postmaster in Nashville.[3] [4] From 1822 to 1824, he served as Mayor of Nashville.[1] [2] [3]

Personal life and death

Currey was married to Jane Gray Owen.[1] They had eight children, Richard Owen Currey (1816–1865), Algernon B. (died 1815, 7 months old), Robert B. (1817–1860), William Hume (1818–1831), Algernon S., Washington J., John, and Elizabeth Jane.[1] [3] He died on December 8, 1848, in Nashville.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nashvillearchives/mayors.html Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN
  2. http://www.library.nashville.org/research/res_nash_history_mayors.asp Nashville Library
  3. The East Tennessee Historical Society's Publications, East Tennessee Historical Society, Issue 50, 1982, p. 58 https://books.google.com/books?id=5uoTAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Robert+Brownlee+Currey%22
  4. Mary Bondurant Warren, Family Puzzlers, Heritage Papers, Issues 1368-1392, 1995 https://books.google.com/books?id=BV1bAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Robert+Brownlee+Currey%22