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]
Currey was born in 1774.[1]
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]
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]